Düsseldorf, July 16, 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the smallest R-Car-based development kit to date – the ADAS Starter Kit – based on Renesas’ high-end R-Car H2 System on Chip (SoC) and developed to help simplify and speed up the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications.
Complementing Renesas’ current R-Car V2H-based ADAS development boards, the new ADAS Starter Kit will enable users and partner companies to experience the enhanced computer vision performance of Renesas SoCs and accelerate the development of dedicated hardware and software solutions for future ADAS applications.
The ADAS Starter Kit provides cutting-edge computer vision performance with OpenCV and high-performance graphics power based onOpenGLES, allowing customers and partners to develop their ADAS applications on a robust and high-performance platform. The new kit is powered by Linux, based on the Yocto distribution that is also used for other R-Car evaluation boards.
The new starter kit is the smallest Renesas R-Car development kit to date, measuring only 10x10cm, and features pre-implemented interfaces and peripherals, which eliminates the need for any additional hardware. The core board comes with 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, 64 MB of QSPI flash and a Micro SD card slot. This small form factor board also includes Ethernet, an HDMI output and a connector for a camera module. With the integrated extension connector, it is designed for easy customization. Users can easily design add-on boards that enable new use cases with little effort. The extension connector supports interfaces like PCI Express (PCIe), further display outputs, and four channels for cameras as needed for surround view applications.
About Renesas R-Car H2 SoC
The new ADAS Starter Kit features Renesas’ successful R-Car H2 SoC, which is capable of delivering more than 25,000 DMIPS and provides state-of-the-art 3D graphics capabilities and powerful vision processing cores. The R-Car H2 is powered by the ARM® Cortex™A-15 quad-core configuration running an additional ARM® Cortex™A-7 quad-core. It also features the Imagination TechnologiesPowerVR Series6 G6400 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This GPU supports open technologies, such as OpenGL ES 2.0 and the OpenGL ES 3.0 standards. Renesas’ IMP-X4 core provides real-time image processing that enables system manufacturers to support computing intensive vision operations. OpenCV support for IMP-X4 will also be offered. The R-Car H2 also supports up to four independent input camera channels, allowing easy implementations of 360° camera views and object recognition – to cite just one example of the possible driver assistance functions. With these features, the R-Car H2 offers the highest level of integration of advanced safety concepts and enables developers to implement high performance ADAS features.
Availability
Renesas’ new ADAS Starter Kit is available for pre-order now, and shipping will start in October 2015. For more information or to pre-order, please contact your local sales representative. The Yocto distribution and information regarding initial support is available now on the Embedded Linux Wiki website: elinux.org.
About Renesas Electronics Europe
Renesas Electronics is the world’s number one supplier of microcontrollers and a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, including system-on-chip and a wide range of discrete analogue and power devices. Established in 2010, Renesas Electronics combines the collective semiconductor expertise of Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC Electronics, encapsulating more than 200 years’ experience.
Renesas’ products are the result of decades of research and investment into semiconductor technology and customer solutions. Today, they provide pioneering platforms for the advancement of the Smart Society, embedding intelligence, connectivity, safety and security in solutions for cars, homes, buildings and factories. In Europe, Renesas complements its cutting-edge technology with resources that foster customer proximity and span the entire product lifecycle. These include the European Technology Centre, which designs innovative solutions specifically for Europe, and the European Quality Centre in Düsseldorf, which provides technical support to customers throughout the region. Renesas also operates an effective ecosystem, comprising the industry’s largest local support network and an extensive network of over 800 hardware and software alliance partners.
Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. More information is available atwww.renesas.eu.
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