Renesas EK-RA6M4 kit | DesignSpark Unboxing

In this #DesignSparkUnboxing episode, Kamilla reviews EK-RA6M4 evaluation kit (206-4728) from #RenesasElectronics, which features RA6M4 microcontroller - the latest addition to Renesas Advanced (RA) 32-bit family of MCUs. We have also interviewed the Product Manager for this group from Renesas to discuss what differentiates the kit from other development boards available in the market and how you can easily get started with it.

00:00 Overview

The RA6M4 MCU is best suited for applications that require high-speed connectivity and security, which covers areas such as industrial applications, enhanced security and building automation.

01:17 Kit contents
In the box, you will find the EK-RA6M4 board, micro USB device and host cables as well as Ethernet patch cable.

01:35 MCU Native Pin Access Area
The board includes the Arm® Cortex®-M33 core RA6M4 MCU with 200 MHz of operating frequency, 1 MB Flash and 256 kB SRAM. The MCU comes in 144 pin LQFP package.

02:26 Special Feature Access Area
This section consists of Ethernet transceiver with Reduced Media Independent Interface (RMII) and corresponding RJ45 standard Ethernet connector as well as 32 MB Quad-SPI flash and 64 MB Octo-SPI flash for external memory expansion options.

02:46 System Control and Ecosystem Access Area
This area incorporates multiple 5V input sources and debugging options. It also supports five most popular ecosystem expansions, consisting of two SeeedGrove® system connectors, SparkFun® Qwiic® connector, MikroElektronikaTM mikroBUS connector, two Digilent PmodTM connectors and ArduinoTM Uno R3 compatible connector.

04:08 What differentiates EK-RA6M4 kit from others?
05:38 What resources are available to get started?

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