Renesas announced an innovative energy-harvesting embedded controller that can eliminate the need to use or replace batteries in IoT devices. Developed based on Renesas’ breakthrough SOTB (silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide) process technology, the new embedded controller achieves extreme reduction in both active and standby current consumption, a combination that was not previously possible to achieve in conventional microcontrollers (MCUs). These […]
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GUI-based software tool simplifies automotive ISO 26262 compliance
Renesas Electronics Corporation is announcing the release of the GUI CAR (Customizable Analysis Report) Tool, an innovative safety analysis tool that will enhance customers’ ability to quickly integrate Renesas products into their safety-critical automotive systems while increasing user confidence in system compliance to the latest safety standard. The powerful new FMEDA (failure mode effects and diagnostics […]
MCUs supports communication protocol for Robot Operating System
Renesas Electronics Corporation is accelerating the development of robotics systems to deliver intelligence at the industrial endpoint by extending the features of Renesas’ high-performance, 32-bit RX65N Series of microcontrollers (MCUs) to support the DDS-XRCE (Data-Distribution Service for Extremely Resource Constrained Environments), one of the upcoming protocol standards for ROS 2 communication. Renesas’ support of the […]
New core targets a wide range of embedded applications in Industrial IoT
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the development of its third-generation 32-bit RX CPU core, the RXv3. The RXv3 CPU core will be employed in Renesas’ new RX microcontroller (MCU) families that begin rolling out at the end of 2018. The new MCUs are designed to address the real-time performance and enhanced stability required by motor control […]
Development tools speed connected car cloud service applications linked to AWS
To spur the development of cloud-linked services utilizing vehicle data, Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of its Connected Car Software Development Tools. Using the new tools, developers working with the R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) family can create applications, such as predictive safety infotainment applications that link dynamic data from the vehicle and the cloud in […]
Design environment kickstarts HMI, camera- and GUI-based applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a new design environment for its powerful RZ/A1 microprocessors (MPUs) to simplify and accelerate the development of rich human-machine interface- (HMI) and camera- and GUI-based applications, such as industrial equipment, building controls, home automation, medical devices, white goods, and video surveillance and video/fingerprint-based access control. Featuring the new RZ/A1 Software Package, the integrated […]
Automotive display SoC capabilities extended to address security
To address the increasing demand for large-scale digital instrument clusters among all class of vehicles, Renesas Electronics Corporation extends the scalable range of the R-Car family of system-on-chip (SoC) devices with the introduction of the R-Car E3 to realize high-end 3D graphics on the largest class of displays used for automotive instrument clusters – 12.3 […]
Microprocessors achieves real-time image processing at low power consumption
Renesas Electronics Corporation is expanding its range of embedded artificial intelligence (e-AI) solutions for incorporating AI into embedded systems by bringing intelligence to endpoints. The new RZ/A2M microprocessor (MPU) expands the use of e-AI solutions to high-end applications and delivers 10 times the image processing performance of its predecessor, the RZ/A1. It also incorporates Renesas’ exclusive Dynamically […]
Reference design facilitates Low Power Wide Area cellular IoT apps
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the Renesas Synergy AE-CLOUD2 kit, a complete hardware and software reference design that allows embedded developers to quickly evaluate cellular connectivity options and build Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) cellular Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The AE-CLOUD2 kit together with the new Synergy Software Package (SSP) version 1.5.0 simplifies connecting IoT […]
Teardown: Inside the PlayStation 4 game box
We take a look at the venerable Sony game box with an eye toward power handling and architecture. Chances are that if you’re a gamer, you’re experiencing your video games on a Sony PlayStation 4. To date, over 75 million PlayStation 4 boxes have sold. The closest competitor is the Xbox One (36.03 million) and […]
