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| 1 | +.. _ek_ra4w1: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +RA4W1 Evaluation Kit |
| 4 | +#################### |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +Overview |
| 7 | +******** |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +The Renesas RA4W1 is the first Bluetooth® 5.0 Low Energy fully compliant with 2Mbit High-Throughput |
| 10 | +(HT) and Long Range support in a single chip MCU of Renesas RA4 product series for IoT applications |
| 11 | +that require a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M4 core at a very attractive price point. The RA4W1 MCU |
| 12 | +has full function support for Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy long-range and mesh networking, and provides |
| 13 | +excellent reception performance. RA4W1 is geared towards IoT application requiring Security, large |
| 14 | +embedded RAM and low power consumption. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +**MCU Native Pin Access** |
| 17 | +- R7FA4W1AD2CNG |
| 18 | +- QFN-56 package |
| 19 | +- On-chip memory: 512-KB ROM, 96-KB RAM, 8-KB data flash memory |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +**Power-supply voltage** |
| 22 | +- USB connector: 5-V input |
| 23 | +- Power-supply IC: 5-V input, 3.3-V output |
| 24 | +- External power-supply header*1: 3.3-V input, 2 pins x 1 |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +**Main clock** |
| 27 | +- Crystal oscillator (surface-mount technology (SMT)) for the main system clock |
| 28 | +- Crystal oscillator or ceramic resonator (lead type) for the main system clock |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +**Sub-clock** |
| 31 | +- Crystal oscillator (SMT) for the sub-clock |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +**Bluetooth Low Energy** |
| 34 | +- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) circuit x1 |
| 35 | +- Range of frequency: 2402 to 2480 MHz |
| 36 | +- Maximum transmission output power: 4 dBm (in 4-dBm output mode) |
| 37 | +- Output variation: +2 dB |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +**Push switches** |
| 40 | +- Reset switch x 1 |
| 41 | +- User switch x 1 |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +**LED** |
| 44 | +- Power indicator: green x 1 |
| 45 | +- User: green x 2 |
| 46 | +- ACT LED: green x 1 |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +**Conetivity** |
| 49 | +- Connector for an on-board emulator: USB Micro-B |
| 50 | +- Connector for a USB serial-conversion interface: USB Micro-B |
| 51 | +- Pmod™ connector: Angle type, 12 pins |
| 52 | +- Arduino™ UNO connectors |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +- Emulator reset switch |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +.. figure:: ek-ra4w1-board.webp |
| 57 | + :align: center |
| 58 | + :alt: RA4W1 Evaluation Kit |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + EK-RA4W1 Board Functional Area Definitions (Credit: Renesas Electronics Corporation) |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Hardware |
| 63 | +******** |
| 64 | +Detail Hardware feature for the RA4W1 MCU group can be found at `RA4W1 Group User's Manual Hardware`_ |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +.. figure:: ra4w1-block-diagram.webp |
| 67 | + :width: 442px |
| 68 | + :align: center |
| 69 | + :alt: RA4W1 MCU group feature |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + RA4W1 Block diagram (Credit: Renesas Electronics Corporation) |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Detail Hardware feature for the EK-RA4W1 MCU can be found at `EK-RA4W1 - User's Manual`_ |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Supported Features |
| 76 | +================== |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +The below features are currently supported on Zephyr OS for EK-RA4W1 board: |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | ++-----------+------------+----------------------+ |
| 81 | +| Interface | Controller | Driver/Component | |
| 82 | ++===========+============+======================+ |
| 83 | +| GPIO | on-chip | gpio | |
| 84 | ++-----------+------------+----------------------+ |
| 85 | +| MPU | on-chip | arch/arm | |
| 86 | ++-----------+------------+----------------------+ |
| 87 | +| NVIC | on-chip | arch/arm | |
| 88 | ++-----------+------------+----------------------+ |
| 89 | +| UART | on-chip | serial | |
| 90 | ++-----------+------------+----------------------+ |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Other hardware features are currently not supported by the port. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +Programming and Debugging |
| 95 | +************************* |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Applications for the ``ek_ra4w1`` board target configuration can be |
| 98 | +built, flashed, and debugged in the usual way. See |
| 99 | +:ref:`build_an_application` and :ref:`application_run` for more details on |
| 100 | +building and running. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +Flashing |
| 103 | +======== |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +Program can be flashed to EK-RA4W1 via the on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger. |
| 106 | +SEGGER J-link's drivers are avaialbe at https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/ |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +To flash the program to board |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | + 1. Connect to J-Link OB via USB port to host PC |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | + 2. Make sure J-Link OB jumper is in default configuration as describe in `EK-RA4W1 - User's Manual`_ |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | + 3. Execute west command |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + .. code-block:: console |
| 117 | +
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| 118 | + west flash -r jlink |
| 119 | +
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| 120 | +Debugging |
| 121 | +========= |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +You can use Segger Ozone (`Segger Ozone Download`_) for a visual debug interface |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +Once downloaded and installed, open Segger Ozone and configure the debug project |
| 126 | +like so: |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +* Target Device: R7FA4W1AD |
| 129 | +* Target Interface: SWD |
| 130 | +* Target Interface Speed: 4 MHz |
| 131 | +* Host Interface: USB |
| 132 | +* Program File: <path/to/your/build/zephyr.elf> |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +**Note:** It's verified that we can debug OK on Segger Ozone v3.30d so please use this or later |
| 135 | +version of Segger Ozone |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +References |
| 138 | +********** |
| 139 | +- `EK-RA4W1 Website`_ |
| 140 | +- `RA4W1 MCU group Website`_ |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +.. _EK-RA4W1 Website: |
| 143 | + https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/microcontrollers-microprocessors/ra-cortex-m-mcus/ek-ra4w1-evaluation-kit-ra4w1-mcu-group |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +.. _RA4W1 MCU group Website: |
| 146 | + https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/microcontrollers-microprocessors/ra-cortex-m-mcus/ra4w1-low-energy-single-chip-32-bit-microcontrollers-48mhz-bluetooth-50 |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +.. _EK-RA4W1 - User's Manual: |
| 149 | + https://www.renesas.com/us/en/document/man/ek-ra4w1-users-manual |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +.. _RA4W1 Group User's Manual Hardware: |
| 152 | + https://www.renesas.com/us/en/document/man/renesas-ra4w1-group-users-manual-hardware |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +.. _Segger Ozone Download: |
| 155 | + https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink#Ozone |
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