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Unit Products The following usage notes are applicable to all Microprocessing unit and Microcontroller unit products from Renesas. For detailed usage notes on the products covered by this document, refer to the relevant sections of the document as well as any technical updates that have been issued for the products.
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Terms and Conditions available at renesas.com/legal-notices. The EK-RA6E2 is not guaranteed to be error free, and the entire risk as to the results and performance of the EK-RA6E2 is assumed by the User. The EK- RA6E2 is provided by Renesas on an “as is” basis without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of good workmanship, fitness for a particular purpose, title, merchantability, and non-infringement of intellectual property rights.
Figure 1. EK-RA6E2 Kit Contents ........................7 Figure 2. Quick Start Example Project Flow ....................8 Figure 3. Connecting the EK-RA6E2 Board to the Host PC via USB Full Speed Port ........9 Figure 4. USB Serial Device in Windows Device Manager ................10 Figure 5.
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Figure 21. Building the Project ........................21 Figure 22. Successful Build Output ....................... 21 Figure 23. Connecting the EK-RA6E2 Board to the Host PC via USB Debug Port ........22 Figure 24. Selecting the Debug Option ......................23 Figure 25. Selecting the Debug Image ......................23 Figure 26.
3. Prior to running the Quick Start example project or programming the EK-RA6E2 board, default jumper settings must be used. Refer to the EK-RA6E2 user’s manual for the default jumper settings. 4. The screen shots provided throughout this document are for reference. The actual screen content may differ depending on the version of software and development tools used.
10%, 50%, and 90%. When the EK-RA6E2 board running the Quick Start example project is connected to a host PC via USB as a Full Speed CDC Device, the kit information, MCU die temperature, and user LED blinking frequency are displayed on a terminal console.
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 4. Running the Quick Start Example Project This section lists the requirements and instructions to power up the EK-RA6E2 board and run the Quick Start example project. Hardware Requirements • EK-RA6E2 board •...
EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 2. Press the user button (S1) on the EK-RA6E2 board to change the intensity of the user LED1. With every press of the user button (S1), the intensity will switch from 10% to 50% to 90% and cycle back.
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 5. Open Tera Term, select Serial and COMxx: USB Serial Device (COMxx) and click OK. Figure 5. Selecting the Serial Port on Tera Term 6. Using the Setup menu pull-down, select Serial port… and ensure that the speed is set to 115200, as shown below.
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 7. Complete the connection. The ‘welcome and main menu’ screen will be displayed. Figure 7. Welcome and Main Menu 8. Press 1 to display the Kit Information including the kit name, part number, MCU ID, MCU die temperature, user LED’s current blinking frequency and the user LED blinking intensity.
The FSP, J-Link USB drivers, and e studio are bundled in a downloadable platform installer available on the FSP webpage at renesas.com/ra/fsp. New users are recommended to use the Quick Install option provided in the installation wizard, to minimize the amount of manual configuration needed.
1. Download and extract the Quick Start example project to a local directory on the host PC. The Quick Start example project (source code and project files) is available in the EK-RA6E2 Example Projects Bundle that is available in the Downloads tab of EK-RA6E2 webpage at renesas.com/ra/ek-...
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 6. In the Import dialog box, select General, and then select Existing Projects into Workspace. Figure 13. Importing Existing Projects into the Workspace 7. Click Next. Figure 14. Clicking Next to Import Existing Projects into the Workspace R20QS0038EG0200 Rev.2.00...
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 8. Click Select root directory and click Browse to go to the location of the Quick Start example project folder. Figure 15. Selecting the Root Directory R20QS0038EG0200 Rev.2.00 Page 17 of 26...
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 9. Select the Quick Start example project and click Finish. Figure 16. Finishing Importing the Quick Start Example Project R20QS0038EG0200 Rev.2.00 Page 18 of 26 Feb.28.23...
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 5.3 Modifying, Generating, and Building the Quick Start Example Project This section provides instructions to modify the Quick Start example project. The Quick Start example project can be modified by editing the source code and reconfiguring the properties of the MCU peripherals, pins, clocks, interrupts, and so forth.
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 3. After the desired modifications are made, click Generate Project Content. A dialog box may appear with an option of saving the configuration changes. Click Proceed. Figure 20. Saving the Configuration Changes 4.
Note: The debug LED (LED5) continues to blink when J-Link drivers are not detected by the EK-RA6E2 board. In that case, make sure that the EK-RA6E2 board is connected to the host PC through the micro-B USB debug port (J10) and that J-Link drivers are installed on the host PC by checking in the Windows Device Manager (expand Universal Serial Bus controller, and locate J-Link driver).
Debug Configurations option. Figure 24. Selecting the Debug Option 2. In the dialogue, on the left-hand pane, expand the Renesas GDB Hardware Debugger and select the built image to debug. In this case, the quickstart_ek_ra6e2_ep Debug_Flat.
4. Press F8 or click Resume icon to begin executing the project. Figure 27. Executing the Project 5. The modified Quick Start example project is programmed into the EK-RA6E2 board and is running. The project can be paused, stopped, or resumed using the debug controls.
Renesas RA Family EK-RA6E2 – Quick Start Guide 6. Next Steps 1. To learn more about the EK-RA6E2 kit, refer to the EK-RA6E2 user’s manual and design package available in the Documents and Download tabs respectively of the EK-RA6E2 webpage at renesas.com/ra/ek-ra6e2 2.
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