Renesas RL78/G16

Are you facing challenges in adding touch functionality to your compact products due to space limitations? Do you find yourself longing for an easier thermal design process? We have the perfect solution for you.

The RL78/G16 MCU, a new release of the RL78 family products, is designed to solve these problems.

Key features

• The smallest touch MCU in Renesas
• Reduce thermal runaway with high operating ambient temperature (125°C)
• Enriched specifications with touch and safety for home appliances
• Enables users to scale development with a wide package and memory range

Additional features

• CPU: RL78 core, max. 16MHz
• Voltage: 2.4V to 5.5V
• Package: 10-pin to 32-pin
• Memory: program flash: 16/32KB, SRAM 2KB, data flash 1KB
• Operating temperature range:​ up to 125°C
• Capacitive touch sensing unit
• Safety Functions
• Timer: 16-bit timer x 8ch, watchdog timer x 1ch, 12-bit interval timer x 1ch
• Analog function: 10-bit A/D Converter x 11ch, comparator 2ch
• On-chip oscillator freq.:
  •       High-speed 1, 2, 4, 8, 16MHz
  •       Low-speed 15kHz
     
• Connectivity: SCI (CSI, UART, simple I2C), I2C
• Others: selectable power-on reset, low voltage detection, on-chip debug 2.4V to 5.5V (single-wire, ​double-wire)

Applications

• Home appliance
• Sensor control
• Lighting
• Inverter
• Fan
• Module

Available tools

IDE

• Renesas CS+
• Renesas e2studio
• IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas RL78
   

Compiler

• CC-RL
• IAR Compiler
• LLVM Compiler
   

Debugger & Flash programmer

• Debugging by USB to Serial IC (Emulator-less debugging & programmer-less programming)
• Renesas E2 / E2 Lite
• PG-FP6
   

Software development support tool

• Renesas smart configurator
• Arduino library
• QE for capacitive touch
   

Evaluation board

• RL78/G16 fast prototyping board
• Capacitive touch evaluation system for RL78/G16