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 Website.

• RL78 Family Development Environment — Software
• Code Generator Plug-in
• RL78 Smart Configurator (for newer MCUs)

Sample code for RL78 can be found here.  

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 and CS+ are the Renesas supported IDEs.  Note that in Americas region, only e2studio is supported. You can also use Embedded Workbench for RL78. 

Supported toolchains are Renesas CC-RL, IAR C/C++ Compiler for RL78, and LLVM for Renesas RL78.  

Boards - UPDATE 

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

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FAQs

RL78 FAQs 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

Feedback

You can use below links to provide feedback.  Here is the process:

Microcontroller Customer Portal (Renesas FAEs Only) 

1. Login your OJF account
2. Create a OFJ ticket
3. Select "Renesas Wiki" from the Issue Type pulldown
   1. Not yet exits
   2. Need to decide what to do with other fields (some are mandatory and does not apply here)
4. Fill in Summary field 
5. Copy heading links from the Table of Contents in each page and paste it in your Description
   1. This is important so we can locate your feedback on Renesas Wiki

Technical Support (External Customers) 

1. Login your MyRenesas account
2. Submit a ticket
3. Fill in Title field
4. Select "I need technical help" from Request Type pulldown
5. Select "Microcontrollers (MCU) from the Inquiry Product Category pulldown
6. Select "Renesas Wiki" from the MCU Product
   1. Not yet exits
   2. Need to decide what to do with other fields (some are mandatory and does not apply here)
7. Copy heading links from the Table of Contents in each page and paste it in your Description
   1. This is important so we can locate your feedback on Renesas Wiki

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