Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit

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About

The Envision Kit allows quick and easy evaluation of the RX65N microcontrollers, which are typically used in HMI (Human Machine Interface) projects. Moreover, the RX65N Envision Kit allows you to experience, through pre-installed demos, firmware updating using the new dual-bank flash function of the RX65N microcontroller, graphics performance using LCDC and a 2D drawing engine, and many more. The kit has everything you need for your own board and demo development, such as a board circuit diagram and demo source code. The provided on-board emulator allows you to design your own application without the need for an external E1/E2 Lite.

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About RX65N Microcontrollers

The Renesas RX65N is a mainstream RX microcontrollers with RXv2 core, large-capacity RAM, and enhanced security, connectivity and human machine interface (HMI) capabilities.

 

The RX65N Group is a 32-bit general microcontroller that's optimal for IoT devices with enhanced security, connectivity, and HMI. It also has a built-in large-capacity flash and RAM and a wide package lineup, and can be used to control a variety of applications.

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RX65N Envision Kit Features

  • 32-bit RX65N MCU with 2MB Code Flash Memory and 640KB RAM embedded
  • Easy evaluation and development on the RX65N MCU
  • New functions of RX65N: LCD controller, 2D drawing engine, dual-bank flash, and more
  • 4.3-inch WQVGA TFT panel with capacitive touch function
  • E2 Emulator Lite circuit (programming/debugging emulator circuit)
  • Easy firmware updating using a USB memory stick (not provided)
  • Free Eclipse-based development environment
  • Segger emWin GUI software package can be used by RX651/RX65N customers

 

Software Demos

  • 2D Drawing Engine: Experience the capabilities of the graphics accelerator
  • Bouncing Balls: Experience outstanding calculation performance
  • Mandelbrot Calculation: Experience the performance of the single-precision floating-point unit
  • Firmware Bank Swap Demo: User firmware on the RX65N is easy to update thanks to the extended flash architecture

 

Additional Information

Important Dates

Enrollment Begin: Sept 25 2019

Enrollment Ends: Oct 29 2019

RoadTesters Selected: Nov 22 2019 (estimated)

Product Shipped: Nov 22 2019

RoadTesting Begins: Nov 29 2019

Reminder/Update Email: Dec 29 2019

Submit Reviews By:Jan 29 2020

*The element14 RoadTest Staff will send this reminder/update email.

**If a RoadTester is unable to meet the deadline, please notify the RoadTest Program Lead, , as soon as possible before the deadline.

RoadTesters

Terms and Conditions

 

RoadTest: Terms and Conditions

RX65N Envision Kit

 

These are the terms and conditions which govern the RX65N Envision Kit contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previous experience with this type of equipment/component, information on what they would do to test the equipment/component, and the applicant’s desire to post a thorough review of their experience with images, photos, or other supplemental materials. Participants will be required to meet the Conditions for Participation.  The winners of this RoadTest will receive the item(s) listed below. RoadTest Reviews are due no later than 60 days after the receipt of the item(s). No other prizes are offered.

The Principal terms of the Competition:

The following words and phrases are used in these terms and conditions and have the meanings given to them below.

(RoadTest or Contest)

Key dates:

Applications Close: midnight (GMT) on Nov 22 2019

Announcement of Winner (estimated): Nov 22 2019

Prize: RX65N Envision Kit

Additional Prizes: none

Competition Site: https://www.element14.com/community/groups/roadtest?ICID=menubar_resources_roadtest

Site or element14 Community: www.element14.com/community

Judges: members of the element14 community team chosen at the Organiser’s discretion.

Judging Criteria, All of the following which will have equal weighting:

· Demonstrated competence with the technologies including links or descriptions of past projects

· Qualifications as indicated by current job role and/or schooling/vocational training;

· A thorough description of how the prize would be tested;

· Likelihood that the Applicant will blog about the prize and provide a review on element14.com;

· Originality;

· Innovation.

Organiser: Premier Farnell plc (registered in England and Wales under company number 876412) whose registered office is at Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds, UK

Conditions for Qualification: in addition to meeting the requirements of these terms, all persons applying to take part in the Contest (each one an Applicant) must:

· Provide a RoadTest application describing what he/she would do if awarded the Prize including similar previous projects, product experience and qualifications

Terms: these terms and conditions which govern the Competition and to which the Organiser reserves the right to make changes from time to time and the latest version of these Terms from time to time will be posted to the Site.

  1. Eligibility
  2. Applications:
  3. Selecting Winners:
  4. Liability:
  5. General:

1.1 Save as set out in these Terms, the Contest is open to any natural or legal person, firm or company or group of natural persons or unincorporated body.

1.2 All Applicants must be aged at least 18 at the time of their application.

1.3 Applicants must not enter the RoadTest if doing so or taking part may:

1.3.1 cause the Organiser and/or themselves to be in breach of any agreement (including but not limited to any contract of employment) to which they are a party or in breach of any law, regulation or rule having the force of law to which the Organiser or the Applicant may be subject or any policy of the Organiser or the Sponsor;

1.3.2 Require the Organiser to obtain any licence, authorisation or permission to deal with the Applicant; or

1.3.3 Be in breach of any policy or practice of their employer. Some employers prohibit or restrict their employees from taking part in competitions such as these or receiving prizes under them and the Organiser respects those policies and practices.

The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any Application made in breach of these Terms and to reject any Application which it reasonably believes may be or become in breach. The Organiser reserves the right to require evidence in such form as the Organiser may reasonably require of any Applicant’s compliance with any of these Terms and to disqualify any Applicant or Participant who cannot provide such evidence reasonably promptly.

1.4 Multiple applications are not permitted.

1.5 Applications may not be submitted by an agent whether acting on behalf of an undisclosed principal or otherwise.

1.6 The Contest is NOT open to:

1.6.1 Any person or entity who is a resident or national of any country which is subject to sanctions, embargoes or national trade restrictions of the United States of America, the European Union or the United Kingdom;

1.6.2 Any employee, director, member, shareholder (as appropriate) or any of their direct families (parents, siblings, spouse, partner, children) (“Direct Families”) of the Organiser and Sponsors; or

2.1 Each Applicant must fully complete and submit a RoadTest Application by the Application Close.

2.2 By submitting a Registration Form, each Applicant:

2.2.1 Authorises the Organiser to use his or her personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) for the purposes of running and promoting the RoadTest;

2.2.2 Authorises the Organizer to copy, reproduce and publish their application should they be accepted as a Participant;

2.2.3 Will be deemed to have read, accepted and agree to be bound by these Terms. Applicants are advised to print and keep safe these Terms;

2.2.4 Authorises the Organiser to copy, reproduce and use the Application and/or Review for the purposes of the RoadTest and as otherwise contemplated by these Terms. The Organiser will not be responsible for any inaccuracy, error or omission contained in any reproduction or use of the Project Blogs.

2.2.5 Licenses the Organiser to use the intellectual property in the Project (IP) for the purposes of this Contest. As between the Applicant and the Organiser the IP remains owned by the Applicant.

2.2.6 Grants the Organiser the right to use his or her likeness, photographs, logos, trademarks, audio or video recordings without restriction for the purposes of Contest or the promotion of it or the Site;

2.2.7 Agrees to participate positively in all publicity surrounding the Contest;

2.2.8 Agrees to be responsible for all expenses and costs incurred by him or her in preparing for, entering and participating in the Contest (save for any expenses expressly agreed by the Organiser to be borne by it in these Terms);

2.2.9 Confirms that he or she owns all IP used in his or her application or Project or Blogs and indemnifies the Organiser from any claim by a third party that use of any material provided by an Applicant to the Organiser infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party;

2.2.10 Agrees not to act in any way or fail to act in any way or be associated with any cause or group which would have a negative impact on the reputation of the Organiser and/or the RoadTest.

2.3 All applications submitted to this RoadTest must meet the following criteria:

2.3.1 Applicants must be the author, creator and owner of the proposed review idea. Applicants must not submit someone else’s idea;

2.3.2 The proposed application must be reasonably achievable by the within the time constraints of the Contest;

2.3.3 Applications must not include or propose any of the following, the inclusion of which shall render any proposed application ineligible:

(a) Applications which relate to socially taboo topics, such as illicit drug use or sexual gratification;

(b) Applications that are or could reasonably be considered to be illegal, immoral, discriminatory or offensive as determined by the Organiser;

(c) Applications in relation to them which if accepted would infringe or breach any of the policies or terms of access or use of the Site.

2.4 No Application may contain any of the hazardous substances identified by Article 4 of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament on the Restrictions on the Use of Substances in Electronic and Electrical Equipment ("the Directive") or the use of such hazardous substances in the in any such Project must not exceed the maximum concentration values set out in the Directive.

3.1 Winners will be selected by the Organiser on the basis of the quality of his or her application and its adherence to these Terms.

3.2 The total number of Winners selected will be at least the minimum number set out above but the actual number is at the sole discretion of the Organizer and/or the Sponsor, if applicable.

3.3 The Organiser will use all reasonable efforts to announce the Winners via an update to the RoadTest page by the date listed above.

3.4 Winners agree to take part in all publicity which the Organiser or the Sponsor wishes to use to promote the RoadTest, the Products featured or other Contests with which the Organiser may be connected from time to time.

3.5 Details of the Winners may also be published in the media.

3.6 Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes, duties or other charges payable in relation to any prize.

3.7

4.1 The Organiser hereby excludes all and any Liability arising out of the Contest or the acceptance, use, quality, condition, suitability or performance of any Prize, even where that Liability may arise from the Organiser’s negligence.

4.2 Nothing in these Terms will affect any Liability of the Organiser for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, for breach of Part II of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (in the event that any entrant is entitled to claim rights under the Consumer Protection Act 1987) or for any matter in relation to which it would be illegal for the Organiser to exclude or to attempt to exclude its Liability.

4.3 Subject to 4.2, neither the Organiser, any parent company nor any subsidiary of the Organiser or such parent company or any of their directors, officers and employees (together referred to in these terms and the ‘Associates’) makes any guarantee, warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this Competition or the Prizes potentially available under it. Neither the Organiser nor any of its Associates shall be responsible for any Liability that may arise out of or in connection with person’s participation in this Competition, the claiming, redemption or value of any prizes under it, the use or enjoyment of such prizes or any events or circumstances arising out of or in connection with any of them. Any implied warranties of condition, merchantability or suitability or fitness for purpose of any of them are hereby expressly excluded. Wherever used in these Terms, ‘Liability’ shall mean any and all costs, expenses, claims, damages, actions, proceedings, demands, losses and other liabilities (including legal fees and costs on a full indemnity basis) arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with the matter concerned.

5.1 The RoadTest is organised and sponsored by the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to delegate all or any of its powers, rights and obligations arising in relation to the RoadTest to any Associate and certain such rights and powers are assumed by the Organiser on behalf of itself and each Associate. Reference to “Organiser” shall be deemed to include reference to each Associate.

5.2 The RoadTest may be terminated at any time if there are, in the sole opinion of the Organiser, an insufficient number of entries, or if the Applications are not of an appropriate standard for a competition of this nature. The Organiser has the right to cancel or suspend the RoadTest at any time due to circumstances outside its reasonable control.

5.3 The Organiser shall have the sole discretion to disqualify (without correspondence or right of appeal) any Applicant it considers to be adversely affecting the process or the operation of the RoadTest or to be in breach of these Terms or to be acting in a disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Applicant or Participant.

5.4 The Organiser has the right to amend or add to these Terms from time to time. Revised Terms and Conditions will be posted on the Contest Site and it is a condition of entry to the RoadTest that Applicants agree to comply with these Terms and, if appropriate, such Terms as amended from time to time.

5.5 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation or construction of these Terms and Conditions.

5.6 These Terms and the operation of the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any claim or matter arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

RoadTest Reviews
Comments
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    The kit reached Italy, the last province of the border of the Empire just today image

     

    As Italians often say, "We will start tomorrow jugglingwith it...".

  • Customer action photo image: I've removed the LCD.

     

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    I'm going to measure the power in the low power modes, and for that I need to remove a resistor (R13) and place jumpers (JP3).

    Because the LCD is mounted on the backside and I have to solder the jumper on that side, I'm removing it.

    Its backplane is conductive aluminium so there would be a risk of the solder side of the jumper pins touching it.

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  • The first experience:

    Start a first project in Renesas' IDE and their proprietary toolchain.

    Building a GCC blinky in two steps: the gpio part and then add a timer with interrupts.

     

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  • Congratulations. Some nice functionality to play with...

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    What happens after 60 days? Does the download fail or the usage of the SDK quit?

    Clem

    No, it still works. Functionality is limited.

    One limitation is "the link size is limited to 64KB". That's smaller than the binary size of any of the supplied examples in debug build.

  • What happens after 60 days? Does the download fail or the usage of the SDK quit?

    Clem

  • To all roadtesters....

     

    I just learned a few minutes ago that the kit's SDK has a 60-day limit.

     

    I'll contact Renesas to see about an extension, but try to plan your testing earlier than later.

     

    Randall

  • Important Dates Update:

     

    Enrollment Begin: Sept 25 2019

    Enrollment Ends: Oct 29 2019

    RoadTesters Selected: Nov 22 2019 (estimated)

    Product Shipped: Nov 22 2019

    RoadTesting Begins: Nov 29 2019

    Reminder/Update Email: Dec 29 2019

    Submit Reviews By:Jan 29 2020

    *The element14 RoadTest Staff will send this reminder/update email.

    **If a RoadTester is unable to meet the deadline, please notify the RoadTest Program Lead, , as soon as possible before the deadline.

     

  • The following applicants were selected as official roadtesters:

     

  • To all applicants...

     

    I read through the applications a second time.

     

    I brought it down to ten applicants.

     

    Randall

  • To all applicants,

     

    I read through my first round of reading the applications. I eliminated 10 of 42 for not meeting the requirements or not completing the application.

     

    Onto the 2nd round of reading.

     

    Randall Scasny

    RoadTest Program Manager

  • The one I liked was the water in a bucket being let out slowly to pull a weight slowly drawing a seed of germanium to have a constant growth of the crystals. Then doping the side with arsenic through a tube. Very well thought out without the fancy equipment they did not have.

    Clem

  • Same here! : ) I think there's a fourth part but I have not watched that yet (I need to search for the link). It was really cool to see the insight of the challenges at the time, and that initially some production parts like transistors had such a low yield, that there was the risk of zero shippable product, i.e. 100% rejects on some days!

    Also I liked the segment about how some very precise equipment setting was needed, and they didn't have the equipment to measure it, so they used a meter and a mirror, and during the day the sunshine would cast the reflection on a wall which they marked with a higher-res scale : ) And pulling out parts from washing machines or something, since it was the cheapest source to build their production machinery! It's like an early MacGyver but in documentary form..

  • Thanks for the video.I actually watch all 3 in fact.

  • I love reading historical stuff like this : ) Also this documentary series on transistors and ICs was really good I thought.. I started watching it a few days ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihkRwArnc1k

    The image quality is poor (recorded from a VHS tape it seems) but quite informative, with first-hand interviews of people who were there on-the-scene.

    The wiki information could be wrong, I didn't know anything about the PDP/11, but I did like the H8/300 instruction set because it was very orthogonal. Incidentally the H8/300 did have a uITRON implementation RTOS, it was expensive enough to put off the firm I was working with, so instead I wrote a custom RTOS, which was a lot of fun researching how to design it, and what features it should have, and the friendly instruction set made the few bits of assembler code easy to create. Farnell still sell the H8/300H chips.. it would be an obscure chip to design with now though!

  • I was surprised at your Wiki reference re the H8/300 ancestry (I had always believed it to be a TRON spin off.) It's really hard to find good info on the history of these parts so I'm unsure.

     

    However, I did find this which is a good time waster:

     

    Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 13.4.0)

     

    MK

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    Nice to see interesting processors like these. I've used a couple of older Renesas (well, Hitachi) chips, from the H8/300 and H8/300H series (according to Wikipedia that had an architecture similar to DEC PDP/11), anyway they were a delight to use, because of the extremely long-term support, large RAM/ROM, easy-to-use peripherals, easy-to-understand instruction set (I was coding in C, but occasionally did examine the assembler output) excellent documentation (and the RX65N processor looks similarly documented) to a level as good as Freescale and TI, and also because they had a easy-to-use built-in bootloader with UART. I only looked briefly but the RX65N seems to support this too, and USB boot too it seems.

    I did not know the PDP/11 architecture was still around...Makes me think I should give this another look.

  • Nice to see interesting processors like these. I've used a couple of older Renesas (well, Hitachi) chips, from the H8/300 and H8/300H series (according to Wikipedia that had an architecture similar to DEC PDP/11), anyway they were a delight to use, because of the extremely long-term support, large RAM/ROM, easy-to-use peripherals, easy-to-understand instruction set (I was coding in C, but occasionally did examine the assembler output) excellent documentation (and the RX65N processor looks similarly documented) to a level as good as Freescale and TI, and also because they had a easy-to-use built-in bootloader with UART. I only looked briefly but the RX65N seems to support this too, and USB boot too it seems.

  • , I am interested in road testing this product, as embedded systems are my area of expertise. image But I can't take the risk that if I get selected for this one, I will not be considered for the NXP or beaglebone roadtests as I am more interested in the latter two image