NGX Technologies BLUEBOARD-RL78, BLUEBOARD-G12, BLUEBOARD-G14_30pin, BLUEBOARD-G13 Quick Start Manual

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BlueBoard-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin

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User Manual for BlueBoard-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin:

For CubeSuite+ with E1 Emulator: Click here
For Renesas Flash Programmer with E1 Emulator: Click here

Sample projects for BlueBoard-RL78/G12_30pin:
For CubeSuite+: Click here
Sample projects for BlueBoard-RL78/G13_30pin:
For CubeSuite+: Click here
Sample projects for BlueBoard-RL78/G14_30pin:
For CubeSuite+: Click here

Schematic for BlueBoard-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin: Click

here to download Schematic.

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About NGX Technologies

NGX Technologies is a leader in embedded microcontroller product development. We supply reference
designs and evaluation modules to silicon companies. Our customers include industry leaders like NXP
and RENESAS. Our core business is in helping our customers realize their embedded products.

Contact Information:

NGX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
#12, 20th Cross, Malagala, Nagarabhavi 2nd Stage
Bengaluru - 560091
Phone- [phone] / 23188306

email:[e-mail]

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 4

1.1 Possible Debuggers and IDEs that can be used ................................................................................ 4

2.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin OVERVIEW .................................................................. 5

2.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 5

2.2 Board Features .................................................................................................................................. 5

2.3 Block Diagram .................................................................................................................................. 6

2.4 MCU Features ................................................................................................................................... 7

3.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin Hardware Description .................................................... 8

3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 8

3.2 Board Image with pointer to each peripheral & connectors ............................................................. 8

4.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin hardware verification ..................................................... 9

4.1 Board connections ............................................................................................................................. 9

4.2 Powering the Board ......................................................................................................................... 10

4.3 Verifying all the peripherals BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board .......................... 10

4.3.1 LED .............................................................................................................................................. 10

4.3.2 BUZZER ...................................................................................................................................... 10

4.3.3 USER SWITCH ........................................................................................................................... 10

4.3.4 ADC ............................................................................................................................................. 11

4.3.5 UART0 and UART1 .................................................................................................................... 11

4.3.6 Supply Voltage Adjustment Pot ................................................................................................... 13

5.0 CHANGE HISTORY .......................................................................................................................... 14

5.1 Change History................................................................................................................................ 14

6.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 14

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This document is the quick start guide for the BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin, a low cost
RENESAS’s RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin based board by NGX Technologies. This document reflects its
contents which include MCU features, hardware description, and hardware verification. This document
provides detailed information on the board features and hardware verification and possible debuggers
and IDEs that can be used with this board.

1.1 Possible Debuggers and IDEs that can be used

E1 Emulator with CubeSuite+

1.2 E1 Emulator and CuibeSuite+

Board has 14 pin emulator connector, connect the one end of 14 pin cable to E1 emulator and other end to
the 14 pin connector on the board, connect usb cable to E1 emulator and PC and connect the power supply
to the board as shown in the below image

Note: E1 Emulator, 14 pin cable and USB cable are not a part of the BB-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin

board package.

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2.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin OVERVIEW

2.1 INTRODUCTION

The NGX BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin is a compact and versatile evaluation platform for
the RENESAS's RL78/G12/G13/G14_pin MCU. RENESAS's evaluation platforms are generally tied up
to CubeSuite+ and High Performance Workshop compiler/IDE and E1 Emulator. For our development
we use E1 Emulator and CubeSuite+ as the debugger and compiler/IDE respectively. The board is
supported by extensive sample examples allowing you to focus on the application development.

2.2 Board Features

Following are the salient features of the board

 Dimensions: 82mm X 62mm
 Two layer PCB (FR-4 material)
 Power: DC 6.5V with power LED On-board linear regulator
 14 pin debug connector for Emulator connection
 User Switch and reset switch
 12.0000 MHz crystal for MCU
 Extension headers for all MCU pins
 User LED
 RS232 connector
 10K pot for ADC
 Buzzer

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2.3 Block Diagram

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2.4 MCU Features

• Minimum instruction execution time can be changed from high speed (0.03125µs: @ 32 MHz

operation with high-speed on-chip oscillator) to ultra low-speed (30.5µs: @ 32.768 kHz operation
with subsystem clock)

• General-purpose register: 8 bits × 32 registers (8 bits × 8 registers × 4 banks)

• ROM: RL78/G12 16 KB, RL78/G13 48 KB, RL78/G14 64KB

• RAM: RL78/G12 2 KB, RL78/G13 3 KB, RL78/G14 5.5KB

• Data flash memory: RL78/G12 2KB, RL78/G13 4 KB, RL78/G14 4 KB

• On-chip high-speed on-chip oscillator

• Select from (For RL78/G14 only 64 MHz (TYP.), 48 MHz (TYP.)), 32 MHz (TYP.), 24 MHz

(TYP.), 16 MHz (TYP.), 12 MHz (TYP.), 8 MHz (TYP.), 4 MHz (TYP.), and 1MHz (TYP.)

• On-chip single-power-supply flash memory (with prohibition of block erase/writing function)

Self-programming (with boot swap function/flash shield window function)

• On-chip debug function

• On-chip power-on-reset (POR) circuit and voltage detector (LVD)

• On-chip watchdog timer (operable with the dedicated low-speed on-chip oscillator)

• On-chip multiplier and divider/multiply-accumulator

• 16 bits × 16 bits = 32 bits (Unsigned or signed)

• 32 bits ÷ 32 bits = 32 bits (Unsigned)

• 16 bits × 16 bits + 32 bits = 32 bits (Unsigned or signed)

• On-chip key interrupt function

• On-chip clock output/buzzer output controller

• On-chip BCD adjustment

• I/O ports: 16 to 120 (N-ch open drain: 0 to 4)

• Timer

• 16-bit timer: 8 to 16 channels

• Watchdog timer: 1 channel

• Real-time clock: 1 channel (Correction clock output)

• Interval timer: 1 channel

• Serial interface

• CSI

• UART/UART (LIN-bus supported)

• I2C/Simplified I2C communication

• Different potential interface: Can connect to a 2.5/3 V device when operating at 4.0 V to 5.5 V

• 8/10-bit resolution A/D converter (VDD = EVDD =1.6 to 5.5 V): 6 to 8 channels

• Standby function: HALT, STOP, SNOOZE mode

• Power supply voltage: VDD = 1.6 to 5.5 V

• Operating ambient temperature: TA = -40 to +85°C

For the most updated information on the MCU please refer to RENESAS's website.

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3.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin Hardware Description

3.1 Introduction

The NGX BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin is based on RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin
microcontroller from RENESAS. RL78/G12 offers 16 KB, RL78/G13 offers 48KB, RL78/G14 offers
64KB Flash memory, 32-MHz operation, ADC: Up to 8 channels, 10-bit resolution, 2.1µs conversion
time, D/A converter: 2 channels, 8-bit resolution, On-chip temperature sensor and wide range of
peripherals. Refer to the RL78/G12/G13/G14 data sheet for complete device details.

BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin microcontroller is factory-programmed with a quick start
demo program. The quick start program resides in RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin on-chip Flash memory and
runs each time power is applied, unless the quick start has been replaced with a user program.

3.2 Board Image with pointer to each peripheral & connectors

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4.0 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin hardware verification

NGX's BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board evaluation platforms ship with a
factoryprogrammed test firmware that verifies the BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board
peripherals. It is highly recommended that you verify the board, before you start programming. Also this
exercise helps you get acclimatized with the board quickly.

To run the tests you will need the following:

 BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin
 Power: DC 6.5V Supply
 PC
 Serial RS232 cable

4.1 Board connections

BlueBoard Peripheral

Schematic labels

MCU pins

User LED

LED 20

Buzzer

BUZZER 15

User Switch

INTP1

17

Reset Switch

NRST

6

ADC

ANI2

29

UART0

RXD0

TXD0

25
24

UART1

RXD1 TXD1

2
3

E1 Emulator

TOOL0

NRST

5
6

Power Supply

Vdd_MCU

12

Table.1

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4.2 Powering the Board

The BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin requires DC supply of 6.5V.1A rating to power it up,
alternatively the board could be powered through Emulator.

4.3 Verifying all the peripherals BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board

The following section focusses on the verification of all the peripherals supported on the BLUEBOARD­RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board. The order of the tests is mentioned in the same manners as the flow of
the test firmware. We highly recommend that you follow the order of the test. The test firmware is designed
in a manner that the user needs to spend as minimum time as possible to verify all the peripherals.

Note: It is highly recommended that the user tests all the peripherals as soon as the board is received.

Power up the board and we are all set to verify the BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin board
peripherals. The order of the peripherals that are verified by the firmware are as follows:

4.3.1 LED

Test setup and verification:

As soon as the board is turned ON or reset; the test LED (D1) go ON & OFF for a couple of times, this
simple test validates the LED.

4.3.2 BUZZER

Test setup and verification:

When the board is turned ON or reset you will hear a beep after few seconds. This confirms the status of
the Buzzer.

4.3.3 USER SWITCH

Test setup and verification:

When you press the User Switch, LED (D1) toggles.

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4.3.4 ADC

Test setup and verification:
The ADC pin is connected to a potentiometer. To test the ADC rotate the wheel of the potentiometer, as

the position varies the ADC value sensed is displayed on the UART1 port. Open the hyper terminal as
shown in the Fig 6, 7 and 8.

Note: Since the RL78/G12/G13/G14 has a 10-bit ADC, the values of the ADC reading will range from
0x0000 to 0x1023.

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4.3.5 UART0 and UART1

Note: The UART0 and UART1 test is not there in the factory-programmed test firmware , user need to
load the UART0 and UART1 sample firmware separately then follow the below steps. To load the
firmware follows the steps in section 3.2 in the user manual.

Test setup and verification:
Open the hyper terminal as shown in the below image. To test the UART0 and UART1 open the hyper
terminal with settings 9600bps 8N1, i.e.

Baud Rate: 9600 bps
Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None

Note: On RL78/G14 board UART0 lines are not available; UART0 pins of RL78/G14 are not pin
compatible with UART0 pins of RL78/G12/G13.

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Fig 6

A ‘Connect To’ window opens where you have to select the COM port. In this example it is COM26.Click

OK. A ‘COM26 Properties’ window appears. Set the values as shown below. Click OK.

Note: Please check for your machines COM port number. The COM port number can be different.

Fig 7 Fig 8

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Next a ‘Hyper Terminal’ window opens as shown.

Fig 9

4.3.6 Supply Voltage Adjustment Pot

Test setup and verification: This pot demonstrates the MCU can work for variable voltages i.e 1.6 V to

5.5 V. We have verified user LED (D1) blinky at voltage 1.8V.
Adjust the pot to set the voltage between the specified ranges and test the user LED (D1) blinky, LED
(D1) should toggle.

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5.0 CHANGE HISTORY

5.1 Change History

6.0 REFERENCES

In addition to this document, the following references are included on the NGX
BLUEBOARDRL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin product and can also be downloaded from

www.ngxtechnologies.com:

▪ NGX BLUEBOARD-RL78/G12/G13/G14_30pin schematic for the Development

board.

Additional references include:

▪ Information on development tool being used:

- CubeSuite+, http://sg.renesas.com/products/tools/ide/ide_cubesuite_plus/

About this document:

Revision History

Version: V1.1 author: Vivek Aggarwal & Sandeep

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