Renesas RA8M2
RA8M2 - 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 and Cortex-M33 Dual-Core High-Performance MCU
The RA8M2 group features 32-bit general-purpose MCUs that combine 1GHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 with Helium™ Vector Extensions and 250MHz Cortex-M33 cores, delivering over 7300 CoreMark CPU performance to meet demanding application needs. These MCUs are ideal for compute-intensive applications in industrial automation, home appliances, smart home, consumer, building/home automation, and medical/healthcare market segments.
RA8M2 MCUs integrate large on-chip MRAM and SRAM memory, multiple memory interfaces, and a rich peripheral set, enabling efficient system design and lower costs. The MRAM provides non-volatile, high-reliability storage for critical data. Available in packages from 176 to 303 pins with junction temperature up to 125°C, these MCUs enable a wide range of industrial and IoT/consumer applications. Secure Element-like functionality is built-in, with advanced cryptographic security IP, immutable storage, and tamper protection, to ensure data privacy and integrity.
The RA8M2 MCUs are fully supported by the Flexible Software Package and a comprehensive set of hardware and software development tools.
Features
- 1GHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 core with Helium™ Vector Extensions
- 250MHz Arm Cortex-M33 core
- 0.5/1MB MRAM and 4/8MB Flash
- 2MB SRAM including TCM; 64KB caches
- 176-pin HLQFP & 224, 289, 303-pin BGA packages
- 32-bit high-resolution and ultra-low-power timers
- Renesas Security IP, TrustZone, tamper protection
- Secure boot with immutable storage for first-stage bootloader
- 16-bit ADC, 12-bit DAC, HS comparators
- Gigabit Ethernet, TSN switch, USB2.0 HS/FS, CAN FD interfaces
- SDHI, SPI, I3C/I2C serial interfaces
- 32-bit external memory interface (CS/SDRAM)
- xSPI-compliant Octal SPI with XIP & DOTF
Applications
- Industrial Applications
- Machine Vision, Robotics
- Smart Home and Building Automation
- Office Automation
- Medical and Healthcare
- Predictive Maintenance
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The Renesas RA Family is a new 32-bit MCU family built on the Arm® Cortex®-M core architecture. The Renesas RA Family meets the scalability, power consumption and performance needs of nearly any embedded systems end-product.

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