Renesas Electronics RX target boards for microcontrollers

Renesas Electronics has announced target boards for the RX65N, RX130 and RX231 microcontroller (MCU) groups, each designed to help engineers jumpstart their home appliance, building and industrial automation designs. They are said to allow more system developers to enjoy the benefits of the company’s 32-bit RX MCU family.

The target boards provide an entry point for embedded designers to evaluate, prototype and develop their products. Each board kit features an on-chip debugger tool that enables application design without requiring further tool investments. Through-hole pin headers provide access to all MCU signals pins, making it easy for users to interconnect to standard breadboards for fast prototyping.

The target board evaluation concept has an innovative approach to re-using the same PCB for all MCU variations. Since each member of the RX MCU family has a common pin assignment, users experience a smooth transition between different groups and series using the same package version. In the case of the RX target boards, the 100-pin LQFP package is on board.

The target boards offer a board circuit diagram and bill of materials, demo source code, user manual and application notes for designers to start board and demo development.