Renesas Electronics RTK7EKA4L1S01001BE RA4L1 Evaluation Kit
Renesas RTK7EKA4L1S01001BE RA4L1 Evaluation Kit enables users to seamlessly evaluate the features of the RA4L1 MCU group and develop embedded systems applications using the Renesas Flexible Software Package (FSP) and e2 Studio IDE. Users can implement the rich onboard features, along with the option of popular ecosystem add-ons, to bring ideas to life.
Features
- System control and ecosystem access
- USB Full Speed host and device (USB-C® connector)
- Three 5V input sources
- USB (Debug, Full Speed)
- External power supply (using surface mount clamp test points and power input vias)
- Three Debug modes
- Debug onboard (SWD)
- Debug in (SWD)
- Debug out (SWD, SWO, and JTAG)
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three User LEDs (red, blue, green)
- Power LED (white) indicating the availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two user buttons
- One reset button
- The five most popular ecosystem expansions
- Two Seeed Grove® system (I2C/I3C/Analog) connectors (not populated)
- SparkFun Qwiic® connector (not populated)
- Two Digilent Pmod™ (SPI, UART, and I2C) connectors
- Arduino® (UNO R3) connector
- MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ connector (not populated)
- MCU boot configuration jumper
- MCU native pin access
- R7FA4L1BD4CFP MCU (referred to as RA MCU)
- 80MHz, Arm® Cortex®-M33 core
- 512KB code Flash, 64KB SRAM
- 100-pin LQFP package
- Native pin access through 3 x 26-pin headers (not populated)
- Low power mode voltage input and operation
- Segment LCD board interface
- MCU current measurement points for precision current consumption measurement
- Multiple clock sources – RA MCU oscillator and sub-clock oscillator crystals, providing precision 8.000MHz and 32,768Hz reference clocks, additional low-precision clocks are available internal to the RA MCU
- Special feature access
- 32MB (256Mb) External Quad-SPI Flash
- CAN-FD (3-pin header)
- Configuration switches
Applications
- Appliances
- Small appliances
- Home appliances
- Smart home and building automation
- Entry systems
- Intercoms
- Thermostats
- Security panels
- Alarm sensors
- Smart locks
- Voice recognition
- Office automation
- Asset management
- Printers
- QR code readers
- Fingerprint scanners
- Healthcare
- Heart rate monitors
- Glucose meters
- Oximeters
- Blood pressure monitors
- Voice AI applications
Kit Contents
- EK-RA4L1 v1 board
- USB-C to USB-C cable
- USB-A to USB-C cable
- USB-C to USB-A female host cable
- Display mounting hardware (spacers and fixing screws)
- Segment LCD board
Board Layout
Block Diagram
Additional Resources
Related Microcontrollers
Renesas Electronics RA4L1 80MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33-Based Low-Power MCUs
Offers operation down to 1.6V combined with a low-power standby current as low as 1.65µA.
Published: 2025-02-18
| Updated: 2025-10-02