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RL78 The True Low Power Microcontroller Platform

RL78 The True Low Power Microcontroller Platform
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RL78 MICROCONTROLLERS The True Low Power Microcontroller Platform

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RL78 THE TRUE LOW POWER MICROCONTROLLER PLATFORM RL78 from Renesas Electronics is an advanced family of general purpose and application specific microcontrollers (MCU‘s) combining true low power and high performance operation. RL78‘s innovative Snooze mode allows serial communication and ADC operation in standby, which makes it best in class for battery powered designs. Why RL78? ¡¡ World’s best in class performance for an equivalent MCU family ¡¡ Scalability of physical size including smart pin layout ¡¡ System cost saving features ¡¡ Wide voltage operation ¡¡ Wide temperature operation ¡¡...

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Extensive Ecosystem ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ Comprehensive development tools 3rd party support Free E2 Studio GNU IDE Free Applilet peripheral driver ¡¡ 46 μA/MHz Operation1 ¡¡ 0.57 μA (RTC + LVD) ¡¡ Unique “Snooze” mode High Quality & Safety ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ Broad Scalability ¡¡ 10 to 128 pins ¡¡ 1 KB to 512 KB Flash ¡¡ Compatibility System Cost Reduction Flash memory with ECC IEC 60730 Safety functions High temperature support -40 to 105 °C, -40 to 125 °C High Performance ¡¡ 64/32 MHz +/- 1% Internal Oscillator ¡¡ Data Flash with BGO 1 Million erase cycles2 ¡¡ Onboard temperature sensor & LVD Up to 1.6...

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RL78 LOW POWER MODES RL78 offers multiple power saving modes ¡¡ RL78’s three low power modes maximise battery life, by offering flexible low power states to minimise CPU run time Condition match STOP Running Stand by Snooze Mode reduces power consumption by over 30 % Snooze Mode ¡¡ No need to wake up CPU for receiving data ¡¡ The unique Snooze Mode allows some peripherals ie. ADC and UART operation whilst in standby modes ¡¡ Achieve 1/10th of the power consumption; Snooze mode uses 0.5 mA vs. 5 mA in Run mode (ADC) Analog input ADC with trigger by timer Upper Limit Lower Limit ADC values...

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Standby Modes Power Consumption Values ¡¡ Halt mode disables CPU operation saving as much as 80 % of total MCU current, whilst allowing fast CPU enable time ¡¡ STOP mode achieves lowest power consumption by disabling more CPU functions Current consumed in Main Run mode (μA/MHz) RL78 Wide Operating Voltage RL78/G13, G14 Current consumed in Halt mode (32.768 kHz, RTC + LVD) RL78/G13, G14 Company A Company B Company C Current consumed in Stop mode (WDT + LVD) Source: data

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RL78 LINE-UP Packages available down to 3 x 3 mm Flash Memory G10 Without data flash G13 With or without data flash I1A Only with data flash L12 With LCD and data flash G12 With or without data flash G14 Only with data flash G1A Only with data flash L13 With LCD and data flash

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RL78 REDUCING SYSTEM COST High Accuracy On-Chip Oscillator ¡¡ High speed On-Chip Oscillator with + / -1% accuracy – over temperature and voltage – - 20 to 85 °C and 1.8 V to 5.5 V ¡¡ Two selectable pre-set frequencies – 24 MHz and 32 MHz / 64 MHz (*1) – 16 MHz, 12 MHz, 8 MHz, 4 MHz, 3 MHz, 2 MHz, – 1 MHz by using Divider ¡¡ 64 MHz (+ / -1%) available on RL78/G14 familiy – for high speed motor controller drive ¡¡ Improved accuracy with correction register OCO Accuracy Correction register

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RL78 APPLICATIONS RL78 offers System Designers key advantages for next generation designs, reducing system power, enhancing integration and providing a cost effective platform approach. Industrial Automation ¡¡ RL78 offers an extensive range of small packages ¡¡ RL78 has standard and extended temperature range devices from -40 to +105 °C ¡¡ Renesas has a proven track record in IA with complimentary ASIC and ASSP solutions Consumer ¡¡ RL78 MCU’s offer a full calendar function ¡¡ RL78 has an integrated temperature sensor White Goods ¡¡ RL78 offers integrated safety compliance for white goods...

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Medical ¡¡ When a small package MCU with long product life is required, RL78 is your first choice ¡¡ Renesas provides solutions for Tier one Medical manufacturers and is part of the Continua alliance Metering ¡¡ RL78’s low power modes make the MCU ideal to meet industry power consumption requirements ¡¡ RL78 is analog rich, ideal for smart metering applications ¡¡ Renesas has three decades experience of providing high quality and long product life MCU’s within metering Motor Control ¡¡ RL78/G14 family is ideal for motor control applications with integrated MC timers ¡¡ RL78’s on chip...

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COMPATIBILITY RL78 MCU’s offer full pin compatibility ¡¡ I/O and peripheral pins scale up ¡¡ Easily add additional I/O and functionality by migrating to a larger pin count ¡¡ Keep peripheral pin PCB layout in the same order/position as pin count is increased ¡¡ Software code can be reused across the full RL78 family from 20 pins to 128 pins System Pins The colour coded pins of RL78/Gxx series opposite is an example of actual I/O port commonality from a 20-pin SSOP up through 80-pin QFP package version RL78 offers an unprecedented line-up ¡¡ Over 300 devices ¡¡ Available in 10- to 128-pin...

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RL78 GENERAL PURPOSE LINE-UP RL78/G14 pgrade Easy for ucompatible peripheral Package: 20-pin to 30-pin Flash: 2 K to 16 K RAM: 256 b to 1.5 Kbyte Dataflash: 2 x 1 Kbyte Upward compatibility Add Peripheral & Memory & Flexibility 24 MHz internal HS OCO +/-1 % Vcc: 1.8 V to 5.5 V 2 ch – DMA up to 8 x 16-bit Timer (7 x PWM) 1 x Interval Timer 3 x USART 3 x I2C/SPI 1 x I2C up to 11 x ADC 2 ch – DMA up to 16 x 16-bit Timer (14 x PWM) 1 x Interval Timer up to 4 x USART up to 8 x I2C/SPI up to 2 x I2C up to 26 x ADC no DMA but up 39 ch DTC Compatible to RL78/G13 up to 20 ADC add performance...

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