Renesas Electronics ADAS Starter Kit

Renesas Electronics has introduced the ADAS Starter Kit. Complementing the company’s R-Car V2H-based ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) development boards, the kit will enable users and companies to experience the enhanced computer vision performance of Renesas SoCs and accelerate the development of dedicated hardware and software solutions for future ADAS applications.

The product provides good computer vision performance with OpenCV and high-performance graphics power based on OpenGLES, allowing users and partners to develop their ADAS applications on a robust platform. The kit is powered by Linux, based on the Yocto distribution that is also used for other R-Car evaluation boards.

The starter kit measures 10 x 10 cm and features pre-implemented interfaces and peripherals, which eliminates the need for additional hardware. The core board comes with 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, 64 MB of QSPI flash and a Micro SD card slot. It also includes ethernet, an HDMI output and a connector for a camera module.

With the integrated extension connector, the product is designed for easy customisation. Users can design add-on boards that enable new use cases with little effort. The extension connector supports interfaces like PCIe, further display outputs and four channels for cameras for surround view applications.