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Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide for YRDKRX63N 3.2

Dear Customer,
Thank you for purchasing the Renesas Demonstration Kit for the RX63N MCU, Version 3.2.
Please begin by reading this document throughout; you can also view and print an electronic copy found at the root of the
kit’s DVD (RX63N RDK V32 Quick Start Guide_R20UT2701EU0100.pdf).

RDK Validation
Before we do anything else, let’s verify the board is working when you receive it.
NOTE: To perform this validation, your kit must be running the Factory Demo (which it is when you purchase it). If you need
to reload the Factory Demo, refer to Chapter 9 in the User’s Manual.
NOTE: If you connect the kit to your computer, you will probably be asked to install the driver. At this time, ignore that
request. We will install the software and driver after validation.
1. On the RDK, ensure the MCU Mode DIP switch, SW5, is set to “DEBUG” (OFF, OFF, OFF, ON)
as shown on the right.
2. Connect one end of the included USB cable to your computer and the other end to J-Link
connector of the RDK.
• The J-Link connector is located above the display between the DB9 connector for the serial port and the power jack.
• This is the debug interface, but for now, we are only using it to power the board. Ignore any “Driver not found” errors –
we will install the driver for the debugger in the next section.
3. Press the “RESET” button, SW4.
4. You should see the RDK Welcome Screen and version number on the LCD Screen
(for about 5 seconds.)
5. Tilt the board and observe changes to the “Roll” and “Pitch” variables at the bottom of the screen.
Turn the potentiometer VR1 and observe changes to the “Pot” variable at the bottom of the screen.

Software Download and Installation

We recommend you use the latest installer located at www.Renesas.com/rdkRX63Ninstall. If for some reason, you are
unable to complete this download, you can use the DVD provided with the kit – but be aware that the latest installer,
application notes and application programs are always updated and saved at www.Renesas.com/rdkRX63N .
NOTE: You may have to accept the installation of drivers that are not digitally signed. Click on “Install this driver software
anyway” if this message appears.
NOTE: Be aware that if you choose to install ALL available sofware on the DVD, the full installation could take over an hour.
(By default, we selected what you will need for the Quick Start.)
6. Open your favorite browser and surf to www.Renesas.com/rdkRX63Ninstall. If no internet connection is present, go to
Step 9 to install from the included DVD.
7. Click on “YRDKRX63N Installation CD” and download the file to your hard drive. Execute the file to extract the DVD files
to your computer.
8. Locate the file “Autorun.exe” in the root of the DVD file and double click on this file to start installation. Follow the
on-screen directions to install the required software. We recommend installing Renesas e2 studio, Renesas RX
Toolchain, Segger J-Link, and the Micrium Demo. These are selected by default. Proceed to Step 9.
9. If you cannot download the most up-to-date installer, insert the enclosed DVD into your DVD drive. The program
“Autorun.exe” should auto-start to install the required software. If the program does not auto-start, surf to the DVD drive
and double-click on “Autorun.exe”. Follow the prompts to install all the software components. We recommend installing
Renesas e2 studio, Renesas RX Toolchain, Segger J-Link, and Renesas Flash Programmer. These are selected by
default.

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General Information
For basic operation, the RDKRX63N only needs USB power; the Aux Power Jack J4 (+5V Regulated input) is only
necessary in high-current operation.
The single install contains the following components (note that only the Renesas Software is pre-selected by default.
If you require additional software, re-run the installer and select additional tools):
a. Renesas e2 studio (IDE)
b. HEW (High Performance Embedded Workshop) (IDE)
c. RX Tool Chain (C/C++ compiler, assembler, and linker, with demonstration projects)
d. GNU Tool Chain (C/C++ compiler, assembler, linker)
e. IAR Embedded Workbench (IDE with C/C++ compiler, assembler, and linker)
f. Segger J-Link OB Debugger and drivers.
g. Third-party ports for RDK from Micrium, Segger, CMX, and Rowebots.
h. Documentation (Start > Renesas > YRDKRX63N): Schematics, Gerbers, RDKRX63N Users Manual,
RDKRX63N Quick-start Guides (x4).

Connection
The “Found New Hardware” Wizard may appear. Please follow the steps below to install the drivers. Note that
administrator privileges are required for Windows® 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 machines.
Windows® 2000/XP Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64)
a. Select option ‘No, not this time’ in “Found New a. Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended).”
Hardware” Wizard dialog, and click <Next> button.
b. “User Account Control” dialog box will appear. If applicable,
b. Verify the “Recommended” option is selected and enter administrator password and click <OK>.
click <Next>.
c. Driver installation will start. After couple of minutes, a
c. If using Windows XP, go to step ‘e’; otherwise, “Windows security” dialog box will appear. Select “install this
click <Next>. driver software anyway.”
d. Click <Next> to install the driver. d. “Device driver software installed successfully” pop-up will
appear in the windows toolbar and installation will complete.
e. Click <Finish> to close the wizard.

Factory Demo in Memory

Please check the hardware version of your board; it should show v32 at the top right corner of the PCB.
If you have an older version or if you just completed the e2 studio IDE evaluation, please upgrade the RX63N firmware to version
V3.2 of the factory demo:
1) Locate the RDK’s User Manual on the companion DVD: YRDKRX63N_User_Manual_32_R20UT2532EU0100.pdf
2) Open this User Manual and jump to Chapter #9: Restoring the Factory Demo
3) Follow the instructions using the e2 studio environment which will guide you to restore the factory demo

Getting Started on the Demos

Now that your board is programmed with the correct firmware (V3.2), the following three demonstrations can be performed:

e2 studio IDE Page 4

Micrium’s µC/Probe demo*
Pages 5 & 6
(make sure ‘Micrium Demo’ was selected during the DVD installation)
Exosite Cloud demo* Pages 7 - 10
* This Quick-start Guide gets you started with the YRDKRX63N using the RX ToolChain in Renesas e2 studio. These example
projects do not use an RTOS. See the “Exosite Cloud Demo” starting on Page 7 for RTOS examples from Micrium and Exosite.

Please continue to the demonstration that is right for you. Of course, we recommend you do all three.

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Getting Started with e2 studio

e2 studio Workspace and Demonstration Projects
Renesas e2 studio (pronounced e-squared studio) is an Eclipse-based integrated development
environment.
10. Launch “Renesas e2 studio” from the Start Menu (All Programs > Renesas Electronics
e2studio > Renesas e2studio).
11. In the “Workspace Launcher” dialog box, browse to the following location for your sample
project workspace: “C:\Workspace\YRDKRX63N”
12. If the toolchain integration dialog box pops up, select all available toolchains and click
“Register.”
13. Close the Welcome window. If you want to re-open this later to explore the e2 studio tutorials,
it is located under Help > Welcome.
14. You should see an empty workspace. To import the demo projects, navigate to File > Import.
15. Under the “General” folder, select “Existing projects into workspace.” Click “Next.”
16. On the next page, choose “Select archive file:” and browse to
“C:\Workspace\YRDKRX63N\RDK_Demos.zip” (see image to the right). Click “Finish.”
17. For now, focus on the ADC_OneShot project. Right click on the project folder and select
“Close Unrelated Projects.” You can re-open any of these projects later by selecting the
project in the project explorer and navigating to Project > Open Project from the top menu bar.
18. There are instructions detailing how to use this project in the “adc_oneshot_demo_main.c” file
in the “src” folder.
19. From the top menu bar, select “Project”, then “Build all” (Ctrl+B). The “Build All” builds all open projects in the workspace and may take over a minute.
The build is successful if you see “Build complete” in the console window at the bottom of the screen.

Connect to the Renesas Demonstration Kit

20. Make sure the RDK is connected to your PC as outlined in Steps 1 and 2.
21. Highlight the project you are working on and select Run > Debug Configurations or use the shortcut shown to the right.
22. Select the “ADC_OneShot.x” debug configuration under “Renesas GDB Hardware Debugging” and click “Debug.”
Also accept any possible warning(s) about selecting other target than J-Link or incorrect register programming.
23. If you are asked to switch to the debug perspective, click “Yes.” You can switch back to
the C/C++ perspective using the tabs in the upper right corner.
24. To run the code, click the “Resume icon” .
25. Click the “Suspend” icon to stop code execution. e2 studio will display the source code at the current program counter.
26. When you are finished, click “Terminate” to disconnect.

Next Step
After you have completed this procedure, please review the code in the example projects that came with the kit. These labs and example projects will help you
understand the device and development process using Renesas Development Tools.

You may also be interested in the following additional content available on your DVD. To evaluate any of these products, launch the installer again and select a
product from the installer menu. You will be directed to relevant documentation when the installer completes.
• Segger embOS RX* – Sample projects demonstrating the Segger RTOS
• Micrium Demo* – Sample project demonstrating the Micrium RTOS and networking solution
• KPIT GNU RX – Free unlimited toolchain based on the GNU compiler collection (GCC). This compiler can be integrated with e2 studio and HEW.
• IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas RX – IAR combined IDE/toolchain for the Renesas RX family.
• CMX-Micronet and CMX-RTX* – Sample projects demonstrating the CMX networking solution and RTOS
• RoweBots Unison RTOS* – Sample projects demonstrating the Rowebots Unison RTOS, networking, file system, and USB solutions
• Renesas Flash Programmer – Flash programming tool
• Tera Term – Several of our demo projects require a terminal emulator. Install Tera Term if you do not already have a terminal program installed.
* Requires Renesas High-performance Embedded Workshop (HEW), an earlier IDE from Renesas. We recommend e2 studio for new development.

To learn more on how to use e2 studio, use the help documentation within e2 studio located under Help > Help Contents.

Compiler/Linker limitations
The demonstration code is built using the Renesas compiler. This compiler is fully functional, but time limited. You have 60 days to evaluate the full product
before the compiler will limit the linker to 128k bytes (this limit includes both Flash and SRAM output from the linker). Fully licensed RX compiler versions are
available from your Renesas supplier.

Support
www.renesasrulz.com/forums
Support Forums for this RDK: www.RenesasRulz.com
Online training for RX and other products and tools is available at: www.renesasinteractive.com
www.RenesasInteractive.com
Website for this RDK: www.renesas.com/yrdkRX63N
www.renesas.com/rdkRX63N

Technical Support Email Addresses:

America: techsupport.america@renesas.com // Europe: tools.support.eu@renesas.com // Japan: csc@renesas.com

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Exosite Demo – Introduction and Instructions

Quick Start Guide: RX63N RDK demos
Renesas RX63N RDK offers a quick and easy way to run powerful factory demos, as this kit comes
pre-programmed. We highlight the Ethernet capability of the RX63N and for best demonstrations require
access to a LAN access point. Any Ethernet 10/100M connection at home or at the office will work fine
as long as it supports DHCP server. (Some administrators ONLY allow company MAC addresses through
their network. If you have networking problems, this could be the cause.).
The RDK is pre-installed with factory code that enables the following 3 demos. To run either one, review
the switch combination in the following tables:

#1 Exosite Cloud Demo / Micrium’s TCP/IP Default demo at power-up (don’t press any switch)

#2 µC/Probe 3.1 over J-Link (JTAG) Default demo at power-up (don’t press any switch)

#3 µC/Probe 3.1 over TCP/IP Press/Hold Switch 1 then release it once the welcome screen clears

Here is the list of requirements to interact with each demo:

Setup requirements for each demo Hardware Software Internet connection

#1 Exosite Cloud Demo PC, Smartphone + LAN Any Web Browser YES

#2 Micrium’s IP connectivity & µC/Probe 3.1 PC, Laptop + LAN µC/Probe 3.1 SW NO (intranet)

STEP 1: Exosite Cloud Demo

Make sure DIP Switch #5 is set to Debug Mode (OFF, OFF, OFF, ON), then connect the Ethernet
Plug J1 to the LAN and power-on the RDK board via USB or external power. At this point, the
factory demo v3.2 should boot up. If not, please re-flash the factory demo as described
on Page #2. The Welcome screen should be displayed, and the board will try to acquire its IP
address. Wait until the IP address is displayed at the top of the screen. Here are the similar
messages to expect:

STEP 2: Register and Start the Exosite client in your browser

Register for a free Renesas RDK Users account : visit https://renesas.exosite.com/pricing
https://renesas.exosite.com/pricing and

click on: (Renesas and Exosite are providing this evaluation site free of charge).

Once registered, log-in with your new account at https://renesas.exosite.com/login

https://renesas.exosite.com/login

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Exosite Demo – Introduction and Instructions

RDK Q UICK START GUIDE

STEP 3: Enter your Portal Dashboard

You should then see the Community Portal and be able to view your own dashboard :

STEP 4: Add your RDK as a new device to your dashboard

In your dashboard, find the Getting Started Window. Click on the word here in
“Click here to add your RDK”. Alternately, you can add a new device by clicking on Devices in the left
column and click on + Add Device in the upper right corner of the screen. This will take you to the board
selection menu; use the pull-down menu to select YRDKRX63N-V3.2, then click on Continue.

STEP 5: Identify your kit with its MAC address on the Cloud
Read off your board (either from the board sticker or from the 2nd line of the LCD) the MAC
address of your module. Expect a number starting with “00:30:55:08:xx:xx”. Enter it in the device MAC
address field by adding the last 4 digits (2 bytes). Enter a significant name and location for your RDK
and click on Continue.

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STEP 6: Receive confirmation of the proper registration on the Exosite Portal

Upon completion of registration in Step #5, the server should return a message of you having successfully
enabled your RDK for the Exosite portal operation and should return an authentication key called “Client
Interface Key” or CIK. This key guarantees that your RDK is a unique client on the Exosite Cloud.
Your screen should report the following message:
Your YRDKRX63N-V3.2 device was successfully enabled with the CIK

Congratulations, your RDK is now activated for Cloud operations. Click on QUIT to exit this menu.
Then perform a warm reboot of your kit pressing the RESET key (SW4). After a while, the board should
report a new status as “Cloud : Connected” on the LCD, underneath the Exosite section.

STEP 7: Bring up the “Portal Dashboard” for your kit

Upon completion of Step #6, you may start your evaluation of the Cloud-connected RDK, regardless of the
physical location of the board. The user may dial into that RDK from any location as long as an
Internet connection and an HTML-based web browser are available, including the use of Laptop PC,
Smartphone and any other internet-connect web browser.

Please click on the shortcut available in the Exosite Portal. A typical dashboard has been created in advance
for each connected device, so your RDK will be accessible via a preset dashboard, called “portal
dashboard”.

Please click on the following box to launch this Portal Dashboard in the top left-hand menu:

On the Dashboards page, identify the dashboard associated with your kit (YRDKRX63N-V3.2) and
click on the corresponding URL link :

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STEP 8: Interact with your Cloud-connected kit using a preset dashboard

At this point, you should be able to see the preset dashboard for your RDK , and it should look like this :

Go ahead and dial new input to the potentiometer, the temp sensor and the LED control button and witness the
changes in the portal dashboard; response time may vary from several seconds to several tens of second based on the
network performance.

In Steps #1 through #8, you learned how to perform sensor reading and to set the LED status from the Exosite portal
through the Cloud.

Congratulations!

For additional information on Micrium’s Firmware demos, µC/Probe, RTOS and TCP/IP services, visit :
http://micrium.com/
http://micrium.com/
For additional information on Exosite Cloud, visit www.exosite.com and renesas.exosite.com
renesas.exosite.com
For information on RX63N demos, development tools, MCU libraries, application support or additional demo
packages, visit www.renesas.com/
http://www.renesas.com/
For technical support check www.RenesasRulz.com
www.renesasrulz.com/forums

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