Overview

Topics
[Upgrade to Revision] Solution Toolkit QE for OTA V2.1.0: Development Assistance Tool for Cloud (PDF | English, 日本語)
・RA Family RA6M4 and RA6M5 groups Support
　-Added MCUboot Settings function
・Support FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1 (LTS #2)
・Support AzureRTOS 6.4.0_rel-rx-1.0.0

QE for OTA is a development assistance tool that enables easy trial of over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates with cloud services (AWS, Azure).

  • Enables easy introduction of RTOS projects
  • Automates various cloud settings such as creating those for IoT devices
  • Creating initial firmware required for OTA updates and support for the debugging and programming of devices
  • Creating firmware updates, uploading the firmware to the cloud, and making settings required for OTA updates
Product NameLatest Ver.ReleasedTaget Device (Note1)DetailsDownload(Note2)Operating Environment
QE for OTAV2.1.0Oct 31, 2024RX Family
RL78 Family
RA Family		See Release NoteDownloadOperating Environment

Notes

  1. For detailed support devices, refer to Target Devices
  2. Installing this Product >>

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Documentation

Design & Development

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Videos & Training

QE for OTA Tutorial : How to implement Microsoft Azure ADU by using Azure on RX65N

QE for OTA Tutorial: How to implement FreeRTOS OTA by using Microsoft Azure on RX65N
This tutorial walks you through setting up Microsoft Azure, creating initial firmware, and executing OTA with updated firmware using QE for OTA.

00:00 Opening
00:15 Preparing the demo project
04:10 Preparing initial firmware
06:15 Executing OTA

Video List
QE for OTA Tutorial : How to implement Microsoft Azure ADU by using Azure on RX65N
QE for OTA Tutorial: How to Implement FreeRTOS OTA by Using Amazon Web Services on RX65N

News & Blog Posts

Blog Post Sep 6, 2023
Blog Post Apr 19, 2023

Additional Details

Features

Simply proceed through the workflow to realize over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates via the AWS cloud.

QE for OTA provides a graphical user interface that allows you to set up the cloud, import sample projects, manage IoT devices, create firmware, and start OTA updates.

OTA_MainView

 

View for creating firmware for individual IoT devices and starting OTA updates

The [OTA Manage IoT Device (QE)] view, which is used to manage IoT devices, has the following features.

  • Creating and downloading a device certificate and security key for each IoT device
  • Creating an initial version of firmware (with the source code including IoT-device specific information)
  • Support for programming boards with the initial firmware
  • Creating firmware updates (with the source code including IoT-device specific information
  • Uploading firmware updates to the cloud and starting OTA updates
viewIoTDeviceManager-en

 

Supported Driver and Middleware

Releases - renesas/iot-reference-rx - GitHub
202210.01-LTS-rx-1.1.3, 202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1, FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1
Releases - renesas/amazon-freertos - GitHub
202107.00-rx-1.0.0, 202107.00-rx-1.0.1
Releases - renesas/azure-rtos - GitHub
6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.0, 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.1, 6.4.0_rel-rx-1.0.0
Releases - renesas/iot-reference-rl78 - GitHub
v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.0.0, v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.1.0 (Supported LTE only, not Wi-Fi)

The combinations of the confirmed board and OTA sample program (including RTOS)

Board or KitOTA sample projects(including RTOS)
CK-RX65N v1FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1, FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.1.3(LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1 (LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1 (LTS #2)
AzureRTOS 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.0, AzureRTOS 6.2.1_rel-rx-1.0.1, AzureRTOS 6.4.0_rel-rx-1.0.0
CK-RX65N v2 (Wi-Fi)  (Recommended)FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.2.1 (LTS #2), FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rx-1.3.1 (LTS #2)
RX65N-Cloud-Kit (Note1)FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.0, FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1
RX65N-2MB-Starter-Kit-Plus (Note1)FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.0, FreeRTOS v202107.00-rx-1.0.1
RL78/G23-128p Fast Prototyping BoardFreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.0.0,FreeRTOS v202210.01-LTS-rl78-1.1.0 (Supported LTE only, not Wi-Fi)
CK-RA6M5 v2Sample project included in the application note "RA AWS CloudConnectivity and Firmware Update OTA on CK RA6M5 v2 with Ethernet (R11AN0915)”
EK-RA6M5MCUboot function only
EK-RA6M4MCUboot function only

Note
      1. Although the operation has been confirmed, it is recommended to use the CK-RX65N.

The confirmed debugging tools