Renesas Electronics Introduces Two New Automotive Actuators and Sensor Control MCUs

     Renesas Electronics Group, a global supplier of semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of two new microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/F24 and RL78/F23, designed for automotive actuator and sensor control applications to support next-generation electronics Evolving edge applications in (E/E) architectures. With the new RL78/F24 and RL78/F23, Renesas expands the RL78 low-power 16-bit MCU product family, strengthens Renesas' extensive automotive electronics product lineup, and provides customers with high reliability in fields ranging from actuators to regional control. flexible, high-performance solutions.

      As electrical and electronic architectures expand into zone and domain control applications, control mechanisms are also evolving to accommodate body control functions for automotive systems such as lights, windows and mirrors, motor control for engine pumps and fans, and multi-sensors control. Going forward, high-speed and secure connectivity of regional and domain controllers will be mission-critical for electronic control units (ECUs) at the edge. Renesas' next-generation RL78/F24 and RL78/F23 MCUs meet the changing technological demands of actuator and sensor control with rich connectivity, enhanced cybersecurity and functional safety features. The new product supports the CAN FD high-speed communication protocol (RL78/F24) and the EVITA-Light safety standard, and is optimized for systems that need to comply with the ISO 26262 functional safety standard ASIL-B level.

      Naoki Yoshida, Vice President, Automotive Digital Product Marketing Division, Renesas Electronics, said: "The evolution of electrical and electronic architectures has added new pressures to an already heavy development burden, and our customers are demanding high-efficiency development actuators. Renesas Electronics Co., Ltd. Based on our popular RL78/F14 and RL78/F13, the new actuator and sensor control MCUs allow developers to reuse much of their existing software, reducing costs while continuing to drive the evolution of electrical and electronic architectures.”

      The future of automotive system design lies in vehicle-centric, area-oriented electrical and electronic architectures, a shift that further motivates the need for higher-order functionality and superior performance in actuator-controller applications. The new RL78/F24 and RL78/F23 operate at approximately 70% higher frequency than the previous generation, more than doubling the performance of brushless motor control (BLDC) applications. Renesas has also enhanced the hardware accelerator and clock functions for motor control and added a 12-bit A/D converter to provide customers with the enhancements and performance levels they need.