Overview

Description

The RL78/G16 Fast Prototyping Board is an evaluation board based on the RL78/G16 microcontroller and is specifically designed for prototyping various applications. Simply plug in a USB cable to write/debug a program and start your evaluation without any additional tools. You can also perform advanced debugging using the E2 emulator Lite or the traditional E2 emulator. The board comes standard with Arduino Uno and Pmod™ interfaces, and has high scalability with access to all pins on the microcontroller. It is equipped with two touch buttons and one slider utilizing a capacitive sensor unit, which is one of the features of the RL78/G16.

Features

  • Equipped with an RL78/G16 16-bit microcontroller (32-pin, ROM: 32KB, RAM: 2KB)
  • Programs can be written and debugged via the COM Port communication by connecting it to a PC with a USB cable
  • Able to access all the microcontroller pins
  • Comes standard with Arduino Uno, Pmod™ and Grove interfaces
  • Equipped with capacitive touch sensor buttons
  • Support for various RL78 software and tools

Applications

Documentation

Design & Development

Software & Tools

Software & Tools

Software title
Software type
Company
E2 emulator [RTE0T00020KCE00000R]
On-chip debugging emulator. Also available as a flash memory programmer. [Support MCU/MPU: RA, RE, RH850, R-Car D1, RL78, RX, RISC-V MCU]
Emulator Renesas
E2 emulator Lite [RTE0T0002LKCE00000R]
On-chip debugging emulator. Also available as a flash memory programmer. [Support MCU/MPU: RA, RE, RL78, RX, RISC-V MCU]
Emulator Renesas
2 items

Software Downloads

Type Title Date
Board Description File ZIP 1 KB
PCB Design Files ZIP 1.97 MB
2 items

Sample Code

Videos & Training

RL78 Arduino Quick start guide - How to add the RL78 board platform to Arduino IDE 2

This video introduces how to add the RL78 board platform released by Renesas Electronics 
on GitHub to Arduino IDE version 2 and run sketches.

Chapters
00:00 Opening
00:30 Install the Arduino IDE
00:49 Install the tools
01:57 Write the sketch
02:17 COM port setting
02:43 Board setting
02:59 Compile, upload, LED blinking

Related Resources
Quick Start Guide page (GitHub)

News & Blog Posts