Overview

Description

The R-Car V3M is a System-on-Chip (SoC) that is primarily for front camera applications, but also surrounds view systems, driver monitoring, or even Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems; and, it enables NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) features. NCAP is a government car safety program tasked with evaluating new automobile designs for performance against various safety threats.

A challenge for front cameras is how to provide high performance for computer vision while supporting low power consumption and a high level of functional safety. Since front cameras are mounted next to the windshield, the rise in temperature due to not only the heat generated by the components themselves but also direct sunlight must be taken into consideration. Thus, the requirements for low power consumption are especially stringent. The R-Car V3M solves this challenge and improves the power efficiency of camera system development.

R-Car V3M is certified ASIL B according to ISO 26262, which drastically reduces the effort for ASIL ECU development.

R-Car V3M uses the R-Car SDK (Software Development Kit), an easy-to-start and easy-to-use development framework for the R-Car V Series SOCs from the successful Renesas Autonomy Platform.

Features

  • Low power consumption and highly efficient image recognition engine
  • High-speed processing of algorithms like optical flow, object detection and classification, and convolutional neural networks
  • Dual Arm® Cortex®-A53 for application programming and dual Cortex-R7 lockstep cores to run AUTOSAR
  • Integrated ISP enables a high level of integration for reduced cost
  • R-Car  V3M is certified ASIL B according to ISO 26262
  • Open solution for intelligent camera supported by Renesas and its ecosystem of partners
  • R-Car V3M and its software suite are in mass production

Specifications

  • Two 800MHz Arm® Cortex®-A53 MPCore™ cores
  • Dual lockstep 800MHz Arm® Cortex®-R7 core
  • Memory controller for DDR3L-1600 with 32 bits × 1 channel
  • QSPI Flash memory support
  • eMMC 4.5 support
  • Image recognition engine (IMP-X5-V3M)
  • Image signal processor (ISP)
  • Image renders for camera image distortion correction application (IMR)
  • Video signal processor (VSPD)
  • Video encoding processor for inter-device video transfer (iVCP1E)
  • Video output (4 lanes × 1 channel LVDS, 1 channel digital)
  • Video input (4 lanes × 1 channel MIPI-CSI2, 2 channels digital)
  • 2 channels FlexRay interface
  • 8 channels 12-bit analog to digital converter
  • CAN/CAN FD interface
  • Ethernet AVB
  • 4x UART, 4x SPI, 5x I2C interfaces
  • FCBGA 19 x 19mm2 0.8mm package

Comparison

Applications

Applications

  • Front Smart Cameras for NCAP
  • Surround View with 3D Visualization
  • Driver Monitoring Systems
  • Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Systems
  • Intelligent Survey Cameras

Documentation

Design & Development

Software & Tools

Software & Tools

Software title
Software type
Company
Automotive SoC Consulting Service
R-Car Online Consultation is a service where you can receive various consultations regarding R-Car V3H and R-Car V3M. We propose various solutions according to the customer’s situation, such as consultation for customers who are considering R-Car for the first time, learning of image recognition and deep learning using R-Car, and construction of evaluation environment. With this development consulting service for automotive SoC, we will shorten the introduction time of customers and solve problems at an early stage.
Software Package Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.
e² studio for R-Car
Integrated Software Development Environment. Innovative and Open Development Environment in order to ease SW Development for Computer Vision and Deep Learning Algorithms.
IDE and Coding Tool Renesas
INTEGRITY® RTOS
The INTEGRITY® RTOS is built around a partitioning architecture to provide embedded systems with total reliability, absolute security, and maximum real-time performance.
Software Package Green Hills Software LLC
QNX's ASIL Real Time Operating System
Blackberry provides ASIL compliant RTOS and BSP stack optimized for Renesas R-Car V3H & R-Car V3M.
Software Package BlackBerry Limited
R-Car Hardware using OpenCL and SYCL
Codeplay's Solution for Renesas R-Car developers. ComputeSuite for R-Car™ enables developers to accelerate applications on R-Car hardware using OpenCL and SYCL.
Software Package Codeplay Software
RT-RK - Expertise on Renesas' Computer Vision and CNN
Consulting and services on computer vision and machine learning to optimize the performance of Tier 1 and OEM algorithm on Renesas products
Software Package RT-RK
SVNet, Deep Learning Embedded Software by STRADVISION
SVNet is a deep learning and camera-based embedded perception software for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles use cases. There are millions of vehicles powered by SVNet from Level 2 ADAS to Level 4 Autonomous Vehicles in the production pipeline in Germany and China.
Software Package StradVision, Inc.
3D Surround View With and Without GPU
GPU version (R-Car H3 / M3) • 4x 2MP @ 30fps input • 4k @ 60fps output • Cogent color harmonization • Dynamic 3D bowl, dynamic blend zones • Transparent car (Historical view) • Detection features IMR version (R-Car V3H / V3M) • 4x 2MP 30fps input
Software Package Cogent Embedded Inc.
ISP Solutions for R-Car V3H & R-Car V3M
R-Car V3x ISP solutions, ISP Pipeline • Raw data correction • Lens correction • Noise reduction • Demosaic • Exposure control • White balance • Color correction • Color space conversion: RGB or YUV output PC Tuning Tools • Real-time Tuning • Off-line Tuning
Software Package Cogent Embedded Inc.
Atlas Camera Optimization Suite for R-Car by Algolux
The Atlas Camera Optimization Suite is the industry’s first set of machine learning tools and workflows that automatically optimizes camera architectures for optimal image quality or for computer vision. Through a secure cloud-enabled interface, Atlas significantly improves computer vision results in days vs. traditional approaches that deliver suboptimal results even after many months of manual ISP tuning.
Software Package Algolux
Autobrains AI Solution
Autobrains provides video perception SW. Revolutionary, self-learning AI leveraging R-Car V Series assets.
Software Package AutoBrains Technologies Ltd.
Safety Support Program Consultancy for R-Car Automotive Applications
AVL Software and Functions GmbH provides System FuSa Consultancy for Renesas R-Car SOCs
Software Package AVL Software and Functions GmbH
RoX Software Development Kit
The RoX SDK is an easy-to-start & easy-to-use development framework for the R-Car SoCs.
Software Package Renesas
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