RZ/A
RZ/A Series 32/64-bit MPUs
This page is for the Renesas RZ/A family of embedded SoCs. The main goal is to make the information about RZ/A SoCs friendly, easy to access for embedded developers.
Online Resources
The links below can be used to get familiar with Renesas RZ/A SoC
Ordering Part Numbers
Boards
Here is the list of available Renesas Evaluation Boards (bottom of page).
The board pages below contain instructions for downloading and building the BSP as well as other useful information about the boards.
RZ/A3 Series Evaluation Boards
RZ/A2M Series Evaluation Boards
RZ/A1 Series Evaluation Boards
Official Software and Documentation
These are the currently supported Software packages for the RZA1 and RZA2M. The
Renesas Supported Development Environments
NOTE: The RZA1 is not supported on the Smart Configurator found in the Renesas e2studio IDE.
This Smart Conjugator is a standalone application
Hardware Pin Configuration is supported
Code Generation not supported
RZA GUI Platforms
Getting Started ( RZ/A2M )
Crank contact Crank for RZA demos
MicroEJ contact MicroEJ for RZA Java demos
Tara Embedded Wizard contact Tara for RZA demos
RZA Bootloaders
Below are links to Source code for the RZ/A bootloaders and firmware update. These are reference code that was designed for the Renesas RZ/A EVKs. Included below are links to porting documentation.
RZA1
RZ/A1 Bootloader
RZ/A1H Group Example of Booting from Serial Flash Memory doc and Source Code
RZ/A1LU QSPI Flash Boot Loader doc and Source Code
RZ/A1LU Group Example of Booting from Serial Flash Memory doc and Source Code
RZA firmware update
The RZA1 does not have Firmware Update reference code.
Refer to the RZA2M Firmware Update for Serial Flash Driver to port to the RZA1.
RZA2M
RZ/A2M Group Example of booting from OctaFlash™ using SPI multi I/O bus controller
Octo Flash doc, Source Code
Serial Flash doc, Source Code
Hyper Flash doc, Source Code
RZA2M Firmware update ( rza2m_fw_update_sample_freertos_gcc.zip )
Code and documentation is in the "RZ/A2M Group RZ/A2M Simple Applications Package"
Porting Guides
RZ/A1
RZ/A1 Azure Porting Guide Wiki
Articles and Whitepapers
RZ/A2M: Improve Machine Vision up to 20 times with Renesas DRP!
RZ/A2M DRP realizes fast detection of 2D barcode code type Sample Code
RZ/A2M DRP realizes efficient mask face detection Sample Code