Renesas electronics launches enhanced wi-fi RX65N cloud suite to create secure end-to-end Internet of things cloud solutions

The suite is equipped with the 32-bit RX65N MCU certified by Amazon FreeRTOS and equipped with wi-fi and sensors to connect to the AWS Cloud quickly.

Tokyo, Japan, August 20, 2019 - renesas electronics co., LTD. (TSE: 6723), a leading global supplier of semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of renesas RX65N cloud suite with onboard wi-fi, environment, light intensity and inertial sensors that support Amazon FreeRTOS and quickly connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS).This suite helps embedded designers connect to AWS easily, quickly and securely.Using renesas integrated development environment (IDE) "e2 studio", you can easily create Internet of things applications by configuring Amazon FreeRTOS, all necessary drivers, and network stacks and component libraries.

The RX65N cloud suite provides an excellent assessment and prototyping environment that enables embedded designers to create secure end-to-end Internet of things (IoT) cloud solutions for sensus-based terminal devices.With renesas browser-based software, users can use a smart device cloud dashboard to visualize their sensor data to monitor Internet of things applications, including networked smart meters, buildings, offices, industrial automation systems and home appliances.

"Compared to the 2017 RX65N wi-fi cloud suite, this enhanced low-cost suite includes proven RX65N MCU, easy access to AWS Amazon FreeRTOS, and other hardware, software and convenience tools," said Daryl Khoo, vice President of product marketing, IoT platform business, renesas.Users can use the suite to build prototypes and use the hardware and sample software as reference modules to speed up development and provide additional value.

The renesas 32-bit RX65N MCU offers Dual Bank Flash for secure, easy application updates over the network and remote over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates.Dual Bank Flash integrated on the RX65N MCU, as well as BGO (background operation) and SWAP features make it easier and safer for system and network control manufacturers to perform field firmware updates.The series of MCUS also integrates Trusted Secure IP (TSIP) as part of its built-in hardware security engine. TSIP drivers use powerful cryptographic key management with hardware accelerators -- AES, 3DES, SHA, RSA, and TRNG -- as well as protected boot code flash areas to securely boot customers' IoT devices.

Key features of the RX65N cloud suite:

RX65N R5F565NEDDFP 32-bit, 120 MHz MCU target board, with 2 MB code flash memory and 640 KB SRAM

Integrated with the Silex sx-ulpgn wi-fi communication Pmod module

Cloud panel, equipped with two USB ports for serial communication and debugging, and three sensors for sampling and transmitting measurement data to the cloud:

O renesas ISL29035 digital photosensitive sensor for environmental/infrared light measurement

O Bosch BMI160 MEMS sensor for triaxial acceleration and gyro measurements

O Bosch BME680 MEMS sensor for gas, temperature, humidity and pressure measurements

Renesas e2 studio IDE helps designers develop powerful Internet of things applications:

Get and create the latest Amazon FreeRTOS project from the GitHub directory and start building the project right away

O set up the Amazon FreeRTOS network stack (TCP/IP, wi-fi, MQTT) and component libraries, such as the Device Shadow, without the need for detailed knowledge

Embed other functionality (based on Amazon FreeRTOS) on iot endpoint devices, such as USB, file systems, etc