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Welcome to another DesignSpark unboxing video where we will be focusing on the EK-RA2L1 Evaluation kit (210-5556) for RA2L1 MCUs from Renesas Electronics. The kit is ideal for cost-sensitive, low power embedded applications.
Key features of the EK-RA2L1 include:
MCU Native Pin Access
- R7FA2L1AB2DFP MCU (referred to as RA MCU)
- 48 MHz, Arm® Cortex®-M23 core
- 256 kB Code Flash, 32 kB SRAM
- 100 pins, LQFP package
- Native pin access through 1 x 40-pin and 3 x 20-pin male headers
- MCU current measurement points for precision current consumption measurement
- Multiple clock sources – Low-precision clocks are available internal to the RA MCU.
- Internal MCU DC-DC power option
System Control and Ecosystem Access
- Two 5 V input sources
- USB (Debug)
- External power supply (using surface mount clamp test points and power input vias)
- Three Debug modes
- Debug on-board (SWD)
- Debug in (ETM, SWD, and JTAG)
- Debug out (SWD)
- User LEDs and buttons
- Three User LEDs (red, blue, green)
- Power LED (white) indicating the availability of regulated power
- Debug LED (yellow) indicating the debug connection
- Two User buttons
- One Reset button
- Five most popular ecosystems expansions
- 2 Seeed Grove® system connectors (I2C / Analog)
- SparkFun® Qwiic® connector
- 2 Digilent Pmodâ„¢ (SPI and UART) connectors
- Arduinoâ„¢ (Uno R3) connector
- MikroElektronikaâ„¢ mikroBUS connector