RL78/G23 Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board
The RL78/G23 Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board is a lighting communication master board for controlling evaluation boards for various lighting...
In recent years, buildings have been developed and supplied with an emphasis on energy efficiency, safety, and comfort for a sustainable society, including SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). In addition to BCP (Business Continuity Plan), environmental certification and evaluation systems for buildings such as LEED, ZEB, and WELL have emerged. In order to address a variety of environmental certifications and assessments, lighting is an important part of the process, with flexible control of dimming and color to improve comfort while saving energy and reducing costs. The international standard DALI has emerged toward this end and has already become mainstream globally.
*1 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design): Environmental performance evaluation system for buildings and site use
*2 ZEB (Zero-Energy Building): A building that aims to achieve a comfortable indoor environment while reducing the annual primary energy consumption of the building to zero.
*3 WELL: A system to evaluate the environmental and energy performance of a building and the health and comfort of its users
*4 UL Standard: Product safety standard established by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
*5 ISO standard: International standard for a product or service that states the same level of quality should be provided all over the world.
*6 IEC standard: International standard for electrical and electronic technologies.
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is an international communication standard for lighting specified in IEC 62386. Communication takes place between a master (control device) and slave (control gear).
Data transfer route basics are covered by 101, control gear by 102, control devices by 103, and so on. Control devices include routers, switches, and motion or light sensors. Control gear includes lighting fixtures. There are also upper-level standard numbers (2xx and 3xx) that cover characteristics.
A new DALI standard, DALI-2, is currently coming into use. DALI-2 defines new applications, adds new functions, and improves compatibility to better meet the lighting requirements of customers. Also, a device must pass an official test to receive certification of compliance with the standard. Renesas was the first semiconductor device manufacturer to join the DALI standardization organization. This enables us to deliver solutions that track the latest trends in the standard and include a tested protocol stack by official DALI tester.
DALI enables the task/ambient lighting method. Task/ambient lighting means that different types of lighting are used for “tasks” such as desks and for “ambient” areas such as floors and corridors.
Features of task/ambient lighting:
This task/ambient lighting configuration allows individual control of the lighting of task areas such as desks and of ambient areas such as floors and corridors. The lighting fixtures, sensors, and switches are all connected via DALI, and alternatively a unit such as a lighting controller can be used to provide centralized management. In this way DALI can be used to link and control all essential devices, making it easy to implement task/ambient lighting.
DALI-2 TOTAL Solution is useful solution to support both “Control Device” (master application like a router), and “Control Gear” (slave application like a lighting fixture). Users can save stack and application development resource from half to 1 year for by making use this solution.
Application | Standard | Recommended Products | Evaluation Board | Solution |
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Lighting Fixture | IEC62386-102 ed.2.0 Control Gear (General Requirement) | RL78/G24 | DC/DC LED Control Evaluation Board | Automatic Software Generator RL78/G24 DALI-2 Control Gear Basic (102) LED (207) Colour Control (209) Sample Application Rev.1.00 (PDF | English, 日本語) |
Lighting Router | IEC62386-103 ed.1.0 Control Device (General Requirement) Application Controller | RL78/G23 | Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board | RL78/G23 Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board User's Manual (PDF | English, 日本語) DALI Master Control GUI |
Lighting Router | IEC62386-103 ed.1.0 Control Device (General Requirement) Application Controller | RX65N | RX65N Cloud kit + DALI-2 Option board | RX65N Group APPLICATION NOTE DALI-2 lighting communication using RX65N Cloud kit (Control Device/Application Controller) (ZIP | English, 日本語) DALI Master Control GUI |
IEC 62386 Standard | Applications | Details | RL78 *3 | RA *2 | RX |
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102 Ed.1.0 | Lighting fixtures, PWM converters, etc. | Control Gear (General Requirement) | check | - | - |
207 Ed.1.0 | LED modules (Particular Requirement) | check | - | - | |
102 Ed.2.0 | Control Gear (General Requirement) | check | check | - | |
207 Ed.2.0 | LED modules (Particular Requirement) | check | check | - | |
209 Ed.1.0 Tc | Color Control (Particular Requirement) | check | check | - | |
103 Ed.1.0 | Switches, rotors, sensors, etc. | Control Device (General Requirement) Application Controller | - | check | check |
Control Device (General Requirement) Input Device | check | check | - | ||
301 Ed.1.0 | Push buttons (Particular Requirement) | check | check | - | |
302 Ed.1.0 | Absolute input devices (Particular requirements) | check | - | - | |
303 Ed.1.0 | Occupancy sensors (Particular requirements) | check | - | - | |
304 Ed.1.0 | Light sensors (Particular requirements) | check | - | - |
*1: Official DALI tester and test sequences are used to confirm the operation of the communication components of DALI products.
*2: MBS/CS-Lab GMBH
*3: Both Renesas' library and Tessera's library are available.
The communication evaluation environment is a reference solution for developing communication-compatible dimmers (communication masters, DALI switches, sensors), etc. It can also be used to evaluate communication with lamps (DALI, DMX512, infrared communication).
Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board (RTK7RL23LMP00000BJ) | Lighting Communication Master Evaluation Board (TCM-RL78/I1A) | RL78/G24 DC/DC LED Control Evaluation Board (RTK7RLG240P00000BJ) | RX65N Cloud Kit + DALI-2 Option Board | |
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Use case | Lighting switch and master evaluation development | Master function evaluation development | Basic evaluation of DALI stack | Cloud connectivity application controller development |
MCU | RL78/G23 | RL78/I1A | RL78/G24 | RX65N + RL78/I1A |
Power supply voltage | DC5V | DC5V | DC5V | DC5V |
Feature | DALI input device with capacitive touch sensor | DALI input device | Basic evaluation of DALI | Cloud connectivity |
Dimmer interface | DALI-2/DMX512/IR/Switch | DALI/DMX512/IR | DALI-2/IR/DMX512/PMBus/SMBus | DALI-2/Switch |
Automatic Software Generation Tool | Supported | Supported | Supported | - |
Unit size (W × D × H) | 120 x 120 mm | 120 x 120 mm | 140 x 90 mm | 160 x 240 x 42.5 mm *including option board size |
*For details, contact a sales representative.
GUIs for DALI and DMX512 are available as communication evaluation masters. By combining with TCM-RL78I1A (manufactured by Tessera Technology), it can operate as a master. It can be used to evaluate lighting control by communication. The GUI can be downloaded free of charge from our website.
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DALI Master Controller GUI The DALI Master Controller GUI controls an RL78/I1A lighting communication master evaluation board
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Code Generator | Renesas |
DMX512 Master Controller GUI The DMX512 Master Controller GUI controls an RL78/I1A lighting communication master evaluation board.
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Code Generator | Renesas |
Applilet EZ for HCD Tool that automatically generates LED-lighting sampling software, and writes it to a microcontroller
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Code Generator | Renesas |
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Sample Code |
ZIP
24.97 MB
日本語
Application:
Consumer Electronics
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Communication Interface
IDE:
CS+ for CC, e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V;IAR Compiler for RL78|v.]
ZIP
16.86 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Application Example
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V;IAR Compiler for RL78|v.]
ZIP
16.45 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Application Example
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V;IAR Compiler for RL78|v.]
ZIP
16.27 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Application Example
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V;IAR Compiler for RL78|v.]
ZIP
22.81 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Application Example
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
ZIP
3.13 MB
Application:
Consumer Electronics, Industrial, Renewable Energy & Grid
Function:
System
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Sample Code |
ZIP
23.97 MB
日本語
Application:
Consumer Electronics, Renewable Energy & Grid
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Communication Interface
IDE:
CS+ for CC, e2 studio, IAR EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V1.11]
ZIP
7.21 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL
Function:
Application Example, Communication Interface, Driver or Library, Other peripherals
IDE:
e2 studio
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V1.11;IAR-Compiler-for-RL78|V4.21.3.2447]
ZIP
14.00 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
ICCRL78
Function:
Application Example, Communication Interface, Driver or Library, Other peripherals
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR-EWRL78
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Sample Code |
[Toolchains=CC-RL|V1.11;IAR-Compiler-for-RL78|V4.21.3.2447]
ZIP
10.85 MB
日本語
Application:
Industrial
Compiler:
CC-RL, ICCRL78
Function:
Application-Example, Communication-Interface, Driver-or-Library, Other-peripherals
IDE:
e2 studio, IAR-EWRL78
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