Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Strengthen Their R-Car Product Lineup with the R-Car E1 Automotive Systems-on-Chip

Optimized for Emerging Markets Offering a Perfect Blend of System Integration and Performance



With the R-Car E1 SoC, Renesas strengthens its position in entry navigation systems, as this device offers a perfect balance between system integration and cost. The R-Car E1 is powered with a single ARM®CortexTM-A9 32-bit RISC CPU core (enhanced with NEONTM extension) running at 533 megahertz MHz, which achieves a maximum processing power of 1,330 Dhrystone million instructions per second (DMIPS). The Graphics Processor Unit is Imagination Technologies’ PowerVRTM SGX531 and processes up to 14M triangles/s and is capable of delivering up to 1.4 gigaflops for accelerated graphics.

To help customers minimize board space and costs of their navigation solutions, targeting emerging markets and cost-sensitive applications, R-Car E1 SoC has a balanced selection of integrated peripherals and functions. With multiple channels of 10-bit A/D converters, customers can simplify the interface to gyroscopes and accelerometers. The R-Car E1 SoCs also offers CD-ROM hardware-decoding capabilities and media interfaces for digital formats such as SD and USB.



Two output displays are supported - one output display is a digital RGB interface targeted for the main screen, while the second is an analog output supporting PAL/NTSC formats, enabling cost-effective, rear seat entertainment. The integrated digital-camera interface facilitates the integration of backup-camera or external video content. The R-Car E1 video processing unit (VPU) is capable of decoding up to 720p HD video codecs.



Equipped with varius standard and automotive communication interfaces (CAN, MOST, Ethernet, UART, SPI, I²S, I²C) the R-Car E1 SoCcan handle further external devices and can be linked into common automotive networks.