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Renesas RX

Renesas is one of the leading semiconductor companies in the world and it offers one of the best microcontrollers in the industry – the Renesas RX. Development for the RX is suited to a broad set of applications in the communications, home automation, building automation and medical devices areas.  In particular, devices which require touch panel graphics at low cost and a variety of connectivity options are ideal.  These devices require an RX MCU and a variety of software components and systems to put together a total solution and this is what the Unison package does for the  RX.

First, Unison offers a broad set of technology which are applicable for applications that the RX is currently being used for or has targeted. These applications require:

  • Motor control – both drives and motion control
  • Smart sensors
  • Modems of various flavors
  • Touch panel color graphics
  • TCP/IP
  • Advanced networking
  • USB
  • Wireless support with a broad set of options
  • And more.

Most applications are high volume with components of connectivity included. The motor control portion for example, requires DSP if maximum efficiency is sought using vector control algorithms but also requires networking or connectiivty options to link to the rest of the world.. Other examples might involve USB or file systems along with touch panel displays.

The Unison RTOS development environment for Renesas RX offers the following features with which Linux compatible applications can be developed:

  • HEW IDE
  • A Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Librarian from HEW
  • Downloading support from HEW
  • A fully functional debugger which works with jtag
  • A tiny tiny Linux RTOS including:
    • pthreads
    • mutex
    • semaphores
    • message queues
    • memory pools
    • memory partitions
    • complete I/O services including  file systems, serial I/O, USB,  and networking including a variety of wireless options.

This complete offering ensures that users have all the support they need to get a system up and going with minimal effort and risk. It provides full source code so you never need to wonder how things work or why a certain behavior happens.

The Unison RTOS for Renesas RX development can be found here.

The entire Renesas RX development offering is supported with design and training services. Services are available on a per diem or fixed price basis. Please refer to these sections of our web site for more details.