Your first RX blinky project

1. How to Create LED_Blinky project

There are two ways to create a project.

• Creating a new LED Blinky project
  Please refer here.
• Using FPB_RX_262_LED_Blinky project.
  FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky.zip

1.1 How to create a new LED Blinky project

Check out the video below to learn how to create a LED Blinky project.

The FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky project is based on the video, but differs from the video in the following ways.

1.2 Differences between the video and FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky project

Project name

FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky

Device Settings -> Target Boad

FPB-RX261

1.3 Operating environment for FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky project

IDE : Renesas Electronics e2 studio 2024-07

C compiler : Renesas Electronics C/C++ Compiler Package for RX Family V3.06.00

Board used : FPB-RX261

USB cable (USB Micro-B - USB Type A) × 1

1.4 LED blinking behaviour of the FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky project

The FPB_RX261_LED_Blinky Project allows customers to change the blinking frequency of the user LED(LED2) cyclically each time the user switch S1 on the FPB-RX261 is pressed.

Upon power-on, the user LED (LED2) blinks at 1 Hz.After that, each time the user switch S1 is pressed, the user LED (LED2) changes its blinking frequency cyclically from 1Hz to 5Hz to 10Hz to 1Hz…

2. Build and Debug for RX

Please refer the following Video.

Part 1 is "Build" and Part 2 is "Debug".

2.1 Debugger connection with FPB-RX261

Regarding debugger connection, if you are using the FPB-RX261 board to debug the FPB_RX261_LED project, please see below.

2.1.1 FPB-RX261 board settings

To debug and program with the FPB-RX261, you must set it to Debug on-board mode.

To enter Debug on-board mode, short pins 2 and 3 of the pin header jumper J4.

After that, connect the USB cable to your PC and connect the e2studio debugger as follows.

2.1.2 e2studio settings for debugger connection

Select ”Debug Configurtions"

In the "Debug Configurations" dialog, click "FPB_RX261_LED_Blinkiy HardwareDebug" under "Reness GDB Hardware Debugging".

Select the "E2 Lite(RX)" in the "Debugger" tab.

In the "Debugger" tab, in the "Connection Settings" tab, set "Power Target From The Emulator (MAX 200mA)" to "No".

Click the "Debug" button.