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Overview

This page is for quick tips to help you with RL78 MCUs, its software, tools, and boards.  If you have any tips, please let us know and we will include them here.  

RL78 Tips and Tricks

Here are the frequently asked RL78 questions and answers to them.  There are a few tips and tricks also to help your journey with your development.  

What is Self RAM for RL78 MCUs?

In RL78 series MCUs, "Self RAM" refers to the RAM area that must be allocated or reserved when the user utilizes the RL78 series Flash Self-Programming Library.

The relevant application documentation for the RL78 series Flash Self-Programming Library includes descriptions of Self RAM. For example, the section 9.4 "Defining the Internal RAM Area" in the RL78 Family Flash Self-Programming Library Type01 Package Ver.4.00 Release Note provides detailed information about Self RAM allocation.

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RL78 Flash Self Programming Considerations

Some quick tips to help you with Flash Self-programming RL78 MCUs. 

RL78 Flash Self Programming Considerations 

Link Executables of Any Size

This tip shows you how to link executable files of any size.  This could be needed as RL78 MCUs several addressing modes e.g., SFR addressign, register addressing, short direct addressing and direct addressing to name a few.  RL78 MCUs utilize ES and CS registers to expand the addressign spaces to 20 bits.  

Link Executables of Any Size



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