RX Family Development Environment — Development Tools

Renesas
e² studio
- Eclipse-Based Integrated Development Environment

e² studio is an integrated development environment for the Renesas RX Family of MCUs, based on the globally used Eclipse open source integrated development environment. Combined with the multi-functional editor and project management tools from Eclipse CDT, e2 studio has various extended functions from Renesas, contributing to reducing the time you spend on development. e2 studio is suitable for those who are conversant with the Eclipse environment or those who want to use the plug-in features that have evolved with the open-source Eclipse IDE.

Renesas
CS+
- Simple, Usable and Secure

CS+ is an integrated development environment originally designed by Renesas that brings all the development environment elements needed for Renesas 8-bit to 32-bit microcontrollers together in a single package. This product supports your entire application development, from coding through building and debugging, with many functions such as static code analysis and graphical display of the values of variables. A full selection of tutorials is also available, allowing you to find its simplicity, usability and security of use even if you are a beginner. CS+ is suitable for those who are using Renesas MCUs.

Partner
IAR Embedded Workbench^® for RX
- High performance, Efficiency, and Reliability

The IAR Embedded Workbench^® is a C/C++ integrated development environment for embedded software, known for its high performance and reliability, and is globally the most widely used commercial tool. The original compiler from IAR Systems is capable of generating compact code at an industry-leading speed. All features are seamlessly integrated to maximize the efficiency of your development work. The compiler also offers licenses certified for functional safety according to the IEC 61508, ISO 26262, and IEC 62304 standards. The use of add-on features for static and dynamic analysis provides an inexpensive solution to further improve the quality of generated code.

Smart Utility

“Smart Utilities” is the collective term for a group of original utilities from Renesas that will provide strong support for your development work.

・Smart Configurator
Through the easy-to-use GUI of the Smart Configurator, you can easily make the settings of pins. After that, since the Smart Configurator automatically generates code, you can start evaluation right away even if you do not know programming languages.

• Code Generation
• Importing Middleware/Drivers
• Pin Settings

・Smart Manual
Smart Manual makes it easy to find a hardware manual or information on the registers of a Renesas device.
The [Smart Manual] view is for browsing through hardware manuals and searching for occurrences of the names of registers or keywords in the manual.

・Smart Browser
With the Smart Browser, you can easily find and display the latest Renesas hardware manuals, technical updates, and application notes from within the e² studio or CS+. It is also able to download sample code and import projects from projects which include sample code.

QE :Tools for Particular Applications

We are currently developing a range of Quick and Effective Tool Solutions (QE) as development tools for particular applications. The intention is greater efficiency than existing tools for our development environments. Have you ever wondered "What's the matter with this thing? I understand the development environment, and have pulled the application together, but it still doesn't go!"? We are adding development features for various particular applications to the existing debugging features of our integrated development environments. As they appear, try our new development tools if you are having problems in developing embedded applications.

• The GUI makes it easy for even a beginner to develop touch user interfaces
  >> QE for Capacitive Touch
• Easily and quickly tests the communications features of Renesas Bluetooth^® Low Energy MCUs.
  >> QE for BLE
• Easily trial of over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  >> QE for OTA
• Easily adjusts the initial screen and image quality of a display via the GUI.
  >> QE for Display
• Eases the debugging of USB systems.
  >> QE for USB

Renesas
CC-RX

This compiler offers enhanced optimization functions to maximize the performance of the RX MCUs along with various expansion features for embedded systems. The professional edition provides additional features which help to improve the quality of the programs and shorten development periods, such as the checking of code against MISRA-C rules. For customers who are using RX compiler products in developing products for industrial applications, we also offer a kit to support the certification of development tools as required by the IEC 61508 functional safety standard. This can be used in combination with the e2 studio IDE.

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Partner
IAR C/C++ Compiler for Renesas RX

IAR Systems offers compiler products with the industry-leading code generation rate (the compilers originally designed by IAR Systems). They are used worldwide (Japanese versions are also released); the functional safety versions are certified according to IEC 61508/ISO 26262, the international standards for functional safety.

Partner
GCC for Renesas RX

Open-source compiler, provided for free. This can be used in combination with the e² studio IDE.