VLAB RH850 MCU Virtual Platform Toolbox

VLAB virtual platform support for Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs) now extends to the RH850 family for automotive applications. The product comprises the VLAB virtual prototyping system, an RH850 MCU Virtual Platform Toolbox with RH850 virtual prototypes and a wide selection of tools and toolboxes for software and system development, debug and analysis.

Users of VLAB RH850 MCU virtual platforms can, in the same tool environment, import and add their own IP and ECU level models, develop their own ECU virtual prototype, debug and integrate with other tools, prepare their own system test bench and bring up, debug and test the SW for their applications. The virtual platforms enable early ECU software development long before hardware is available. After hardware is available, they provide a means for software development, analysis, test and regression. This allows both reduced time to market and improved product quality.

The RH850 MCU Virtual Platform Toolbox supports the range of Renesas RH850 MCU variants for safety, chassis, hybrid motor and engine control, and body applications in automotive. It includes extensive RH850 IP model libraries as well as example target software, scripts and extensive documentation. RH850 MCU virtual prototypes are also available as building blocks for system prototypes and simulations, as library components for multiple instantiation and an assembly of user-defined system virtual prototypes, including ECUs comprising multiple RH850 MCUs and networks of ECUs.

The product integrates with industry-standard tools to allow the seamless replacement of RH850 hardware boards with RH850 virtual platforms in the same test-bench environment.