Renesas Electronics launches over 35 new MCU products to expand motor control embedded processing product lineup

Two major product families and three major series of MCU new products bring a wider range of motor control solutions to the industry

Beijing, China, May 30, 2023 - Renesas Electronics, a global semiconductor solutions provider, today announced the release of three new MCU product groups for motor control applications, including more than 35 new products from the RX and RA families. These new MCUs expand Renesas’ outstanding motor control portfolio that includes a variety of MCUs and MPUs, analog and power solutions, sensors, communications devices, signal conditioners and more.

Renesas has launched two new MCU product groups based on the Arm® Cortex®-M RA family. Among them, the RA4T1 product group can provide 100 MHz performance, as well as up to 256KB flash memory and 40KB SRAM; the new RA6T3 product group operates at 200MHz and provides 256KB flash memory and 40KB SRAM. Both new product groups target motor control applications and offer a range of features and capabilities, including trigonometric function units (TFU) for acceleration, advanced ADCs with integrated PGAs, and many more including CAN FD. Communication interface selection. Renesas' Flexible Configuration Software Package (FSP) supports these new products, making it easy to port designs from other RA products.

In addition, Renesas also launched a new RX26T product group of the RX product family, which operates at 120MHz and has up to 512KB of flash memory and 64KB of SRAM. They not only support 5V power supply, provide high noise immunity and control accuracy, but also provide TFU, on-chip timing and interrupt control functions. Users using the popular product RX24T MCU can easily extend their designs to the new RX26T product to fully leverage the advantages of existing design software while achieving dual improvements in performance and control efficiency.

Renesas’ Preeminent Position in Embedded Motor Control Processing

Renesas launched MCUs designed specifically for motor control more than ten years ago and has delivered more than 1.1 billion embedded motor control processors to thousands of users around the world. In addition to the RX and RA product families, Renesas also offers 16-bit RL78 MCU and 64-bit RZ MPU, optimized for motor applications. In 2022, Renesas will launch the industry's first RISC-V-based ASSP for motor control.

Roger Wendelken, senior vice president and general manager of the MCU Business Unit at Renesas Electronics, said: "For many years, the world's leading suppliers of home appliances, industrial equipment, and building and office automation have chosen to use Renesas technology for related motor control processing. Not only do we It has created the industry's broadest product lineup and comprehensive technology portfolio, while leveraging its outstanding R&D capabilities to deliver a variety of complete solutions covering a series of key functions required by users. In addition, for motor control, Renesas Electronics' The product quality is also well-known.”

Takanobu Shanxi, a senior researcher at Fuji Economics, said: "With the continuous advancement of industrialization and mechanical automation technology in emerging countries, the industrial motor market is expected to grow strongly. It is worth mentioning that there are also areas such as robots, electronic component manufacturing equipment, and power tools. Huge market potential will provide support for the widespread adoption of MCU products. We hope that Renesas can contribute to the accelerated development of the industry with its diverse motor control MCUs that can meet different user needs."

All of these new MCUs support the Renesas Flexible Motor Control Development Kit, which enables easy evaluation of motor control using permanent magnet synchronous motors (brushless DC motors), and support the Renesas Motor Workbench development tool. By improving the efficiency of motor control, Renesas MCUs can save energy consumption in end systems.

Key Features of RA4T1 Product Group MCUs

Ω 100 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 CPU core, supports TrustZone® technology

　128KB to 256KB flash memory, and 40KB SRAM

Includes 32 to 64-pin packages

Integrated trigonometric function unit as hardware accelerator

Integrated advanced analog functions, including 12-bit ADC, programmable gain amplifier, high-speed comparator, and 12-bit DAC

Key Features of RA6T3 Product Group MCUs

Ω 200 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 CPU core, supports TrustZone® technology

 256KB flash memory and 40KB SRAM

Includes 32 to 64-pin packages

Integrated advanced analog functions, including 12-bit ADC, programmable gain amplifier, high-speed comparator, and 12-bit DAC

ΩIntegrated multiple communication options, including USB 2.0 full-speed device, CAN FD, I3C, SCI, and SPI

Key Features of RX26T Product Group MCUs

Industry -leading real-time performance: 120 MHz clock speed, zero wait for flash memory access

Support 5V power supply : high noise immunity and high analog input dynamic range

Supports dual motors through FOC and PFC control on a single chip: 120 MHz PWM (2 three-phase complementary channels + 2 single-phase complementary channels), three 12-bit ADCs

Circuit board miniaturization/BOM reduction: built-in high-speed on-chip oscillator, small QFN package (48-HWQFN: 7mm x 7mm, 64-HWQFN: 9mm x 9mm)

High security: Dual-area flash memory can rewrite data without shutting down the system; trusted and secure IP-Lite reduces the risk of information leakage

High -speed communication: basic support for new generation CAN FD and I3C

▪ Equipped with the latest CPU core RXv3 (721CoreMark) at 120MHz

Successful product portfolio

Renesas has designed several "successful product portfolios" for new MCUs: high-power, compact BLDC motor control design using RA4T1 MCU and RAA227063 smart gate driver IC to control 3-phase sensorless BLDC motor; with totem pole interleaved PFC The digital power conversion includes the RX26T MCU with the RAA223011 700V AC/DC regulator and other Renesas components; the e-bike system solution combines the RA6T3 MCU with power and BMS devices to provide a complete solution for any type of e-bike. Renesas' "Successful Product Portfolio" relies on devices that are compatible and work seamlessly together with technically proven system architecture to deliver optimized, low-risk designs and accelerate time to market. Based on the various products in its product lineup, Renesas has now launched more than 400 "successful product portfolios" designed to help users drive the design process and accelerate product launch process.

Supply information

The new MCU product portfolio and related development kits are now available from Renesas and its authorized distributors.

Renesas MCU Advantages

As the world's leading supplier of MCU products, Renesas Electronics' average annual MCU shipments in recent years have exceeded 3.5 billion, of which about 50% are used in the automotive field, and the rest are used in industry, the Internet of Things, data centers and communication infrastructure. facilities and other areas. Renesas Electronics has a broad portfolio of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit products and is the industry's leading supplier of 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs, providing products with outstanding quality, efficiency and excellent performance. At the same time, as a trustworthy supplier, Renesas Electronics has decades of MCU design experience and relies on its dual-source production model, industry-leading MCU process technology, and a huge system of more than 200 ecosystem partners. backing.