Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has introduced two touch-free user interface (UI) solutions to simplify the design of 2D and 3D control-based applications. Based on Renesas’ capacitive sensor microcontrollers (MCUs), the new solutions support the development of UI that allows users to operate home appliances, as well as industrial and OA equipment without touching the devices.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has announced two new reference designs that simplify and speed the development of USB Power Delivery (PD3.0) and USB-C battery charging applications such as USB-C computing hubs, power banks, car chargers, SSD enclosures, point of sale (POS) printers, and desktop displays. 

At the European R-Car Consortium Forum, Cortica demonstrates its in-vehicle unsupervised learning technology using the highly power-efficient CNN IP available in Renesas’ R-Car V3H SoC for premium front cameras.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has announced plans to release a security solution based on the Renesas RZ/G Linux Platform that will reduce the amount of time required for users to obtain certification under IEC 62443-4-2, a new international standard for security technologies used to protect industrial control systems from cyber attacks. 

Renesas’s acquisition of Integrated Device Technology has jumped its final regulatory hurdle. The companies have been notified by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) that the investigation of the companies’ proposed merger transaction is complete and that there are no unresolved national security concerns with respect to the transaction.

Renesas has announced the winners of its MCU Car Rally contest for university students, which was held at embedded world 2019. Thirty teams from universities all over Europe, comprising approximately 150 students and their tutors, participated in the challenge with each team developing a functioning model rally car that included sensors to detect a white line on the track and an RX MCU from Renesas. The lap times were recorded...

Renesas Electronics has announced a pair of new encapsulated hybrid digital DC/DC PMBus power modules, the 10A ISL8280M and 15A ISL8282M. The hybrid digital power modules offer power density of 115mA/mm2 in a 12x11mm package, with up to 95% peak efficiency. They are complete single-channel, synchronous step-down regulated power supplies that operate over a wide input voltage range of 5-16V.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has announced a microcontroller (MCU) with embedded flash that integrates a hardware-based virtualisation-assisted function while maintaining the fast, real-time performance of the RH850 products. This hardware-based virtualisation assist technology can support up to ASIL D level of functional safety, providing greater levels of system integration.

Renesas Electronics has introduced the RZ/G2 Group of 64-bit Arm Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53-based microprocessors (MPUs) for industrial automation and building automation applications, as the second generation of the RZ/G Series. The four new RZ/G2 MPUs are supported by the Renesas RZ/G Linux Platform for industrial applications, bringing increased performance, reliability, security, and long term software support to mission-critica...

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has extended its high integration Renesas Synergy S5 microcontroller (MCU) series with the introduction of the entry-level S5D3 MCU Group. The four new S5D3 MCUs join the mid-range S5D5 and high-end S5D9 MCU Groups with similar S5 Series features integrated 120MHz Arm Cortex-M4 core and advanced security.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics Corporation, has announced the development and successful operation verification of an automotive test chip as a technological stepping stone toward the realisation of next-generation automotive-control flash Microcontrollers (MCUs) employing a 28 nanometer (nm) low-power process. 

Renesas Electronics has announced it has implemented KNX protocol on its G3-PLC powerline communication (PLC) solution. Based on the Powerline Modem Solution, Renesas will demonstrate a proof of concept at embedded world, 26th-28th February 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany, Booth 1-310 (Hall 1), to illustrate how to implement KNX networks and take advantage of the flexibility and efficiency offered by modern G3-PLC technology while elimi...

Renesas Electronics and Miromico have announced their collaboration that has produced the compact and low power FMLR-61-x-RSS3 module based on LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology. The new Miromico module enables customers to connect easily to LoRaWAN-based networks that are mushrooming across Europe. The new module employs the innovative Renesas Synergy Platform, giving customers access to microcontrollers and a large p...

  A new semiconductor process combines lower leakage with low standby current modes, writes Graeme Clark, Renesas Electronics Europe

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has announced the expansion of its RX24T and RX24U Groups of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) to include new high-temperature-tolerant models for motor-control applications that require an expanded operating temperature range.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has introduced two plastic packaged, radiation-tolerant digital isolators that provide the highest isolation protection (2,500VRMS) from high voltage spikes in power supply stages and serial communications interfaces used in low Earth orbit (LEO) Small Satellites (SmallSats). 

Renesas Electronics has announced the qualification of its RX65N Group of microcontrollers (MCU) with Amazon FreeRTOS, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Renesas RX65N MCU lineup with Amazon FreeRTOS makes it easy for embedded designers to create a more secure end-to-end IoT cloud solution for sensor-based endpoint devices.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has launched its Failure Detection e-AI Solution for motor-equipped home appliances, featuring the Renesas RX66T 32-bit microcontroller (MCU). This solution with embedded AI (e-AI) enables failure detection of home appliances due to motor abnormality.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, congratulated Mahindra Racing on a great performance at the Moroccan track last Saturday for the second round of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Team driver Jerome D’Ambrosio took a win, after starting from tenth, and now leads the driver’s championship.

Renesas' new Silicon on Thin Buried oxide based embedded controller shows how to harvest energy from smart materials that enable complex application such as an ECG monitor to operate without a battery.