Introduction

This page is for the Renesas RL78 family of MCUs. The main goal is to make the information about RL78 MCUs friendly, easy to access for embedded developers.fhkjfskhf

The links below can be used to get familiar with Renesas RL78 MCUs. 

• RL78 Low Power 8 & 16-Bit MCUs

Getting Started with RL78

Here are the resources for RL78 MCUs on Renesas GitHub site.

• Flexible Software Package (FPS)
• Example Projects (EPs)
• Application Project (APs) 

Other resources on Renesas Website.  Links below are pre-configured searches.  You can modify them as needed.  

• User Manuals
• Boards & Kits
• Tools
• IBIS Models

e2studio is the Renesas supported IDE. You can also use EWARM and Keil IDEs.  Supported toolchains are Arm GNU Toolchain, LLVM Embedded Toolchain for Arm, IAR Compiler, and Arm Compiler.  

Each FSP version and supported tools are available from the Releases page.  Bundled platform installers are available at the bottom of each FSP version under Assets section.   

Boards

RL78 series boards are available here.  Each board has its landing page and most have the following information. 

• Board Quick Start Guide
• Board User's Manual
• Board Design Package 

Your First RL78 Project

Please holder for Blinky project. 

Tips and Tricks

RL78 Tips and Tricks page contains many useful information and how to notes on everything RL78.  We update the page regularly so come and check it often.   

Known Issues and Workarounds

==================== END OF COMMON MCU PAGE ======================