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Portable Instrumentation Applications w/ the RL78 Bill Pratt, VP of Engineering
Nu Horizons Electronics
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Renesas Technology & Solution Portfolio
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Bill Pratt: Engineering Dude…
Bill Pratt has over 16 years of professional experience in the semiconductor space.
Vice President of Engineering for a group of 40 Applications Engineers managing their demand creation design efforts at over 1000 customers. Led the design effort to integrate forward error correction algorithms for a secure government communication links and switching service into a packet-based platform. Developed and designed FPGA based computing platform and created a DSP Virtual Lab Environment using TechOnLine servers.
Before his current role, was a senior design engineer designing forward error correction for next-generation RADAR systems communication links. Developed synchronization subsystem and trans-orthogonal algorithm ASIC system for high speed communications platform.
Bill holds a BSEE degree from Oklahoma State University and MBA from Syracuse University
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George Granata: Tech Marketing Dude…
George Granata has over 10 years of professional experience in the semiconductor space.
As Technical Marketing Director at Nu Horizons Electronics, George is currently responsible for all Renesas product marketing.
Before his current role, George spent 3 years as a Technical Sales Manager, where he drove demand creation and provided technical support in a wide range of market segment as well as 7 years as an Field Applications Engineer. Prior to that, George designed Communications and Cockpit Display Systems for flight simulators at CAE Electronics.
George Granata holds a Computer Engineering degree from Concordia University (Montreal) and, for those who want to test him, he speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese.
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Introduction
Nu Horizons
M2M board Overview
Renesas
Micron
Linear Tech
Nordic
Samsung LED
Lab
Renesas RL78 Machine to Machine Lab
Agenda
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Nu Horizons
Separate Arrow Company
Integrated back office: finance, credit, HR (benefits and process)
Dedicated warehouse operations: Americas and Asia
NUHC stand-alone IT platform
NUHC brand
Geographic Coverage
Americas and APAC
Team Structure Sales, Marketing/Asset Management
Account management, FAE’s, and inside sales
Line Card Strategy All lines on the line card today will remain
Continue to build our focused, demand-creation line card
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Multi Purpose Design Solutions: RL78
Nu Horizons RL78 Daughter Card
Memory
Microcontroller
Radio
Energy Harvesting
Visual Output
Renesas RL78/G13 Promo Board
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Nu Horizons RL78 Daughter Card
PCM (SPI)
2.4GHz
Transceiver
Energy Harvesting
(Vibration) LEDs
Li-Ion Charger
RL78
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Multi Purpose Design Solutions: 62N and RL78
Nu Horizons Evaluation Platforms
Memory
Microcontroller
Radio
Energy Harvesting
Visual Output
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Nu Horizons RL78 Daughter Card Features & Benefits
Renesas RL78:
Low power, high DMips 16-bit Microcontroller
Linear Technology 3588:
Energy Harvesting IC
Linear Technology 4070:
Lithium Power Charging IC
Micron Phase Change Memory:
Large low power, fast access memory (non-volatile)
Nordic:
Low power, fast data throughput, wireless communications
Samsung LEDs
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Micron Serial PCM: P5Q
Serial device with high-speed SPI compatibility
Combines NOR and EEPROM technology benefits into one and adds more
Byte-alterable: simplifies software and improves system performance
High endurance: 1 million cycles (versus 100,000 for serial NOR)
Ready for today’s designs on 90nm
Find online toolkit at: micron.com/products/pcm
Architectural continuity with existing serial NOR devices
Density128Mb
Clock Speed
66 MHz – Single/Dual I/O
50 MHz – Quad I/O
Voltage 2.7–3.6V
Erase size (emulated)
128-Kbytes block erase
Temperature
0 to +70°C (66 MHz)
–30 to +85°C (33 MHz)
Packaging SOIC16
* Find online toolkit at: micron.com/products/phase-change-memeory
Additional Features
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Nordic Transceiver: nRF24LE1 Features
Single chip ultra low power wireless The nRF24LE1 system-on-chip Single chip solution - highly integrated
2.4GHz RF SoC with embedded Flash
Ultra low power consumption – months to years of battery lifetime
nRF24L01+ radio core, Enhanced 8051 CPU and 16kB Flash
Rich set of on-chip analog and digital peripherals enabling a wide range of applications
Drop-in compatible with nRF24LE1 OTP, a lower-cost OTP variant
Fully on-air compatible with all Nordic nRF24L-series, nRF24E-series
and nRF240-series solutions
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Linear Tech: Energy Harvesting
Features 950nA input quiescent current (output in
regulation – no load)
450nA input quiescent current in UVLO
2.7V to 20V input operating range
Integrated low-loss full-wave bridge rectifier
Up to 100mA of output current
Selectable output voltages of 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V, 3.6V
High efficiency integrated Hysteretic Buck DC/DC
Input protective shunt – Up to 25mA pull-down at VIN ≥ 20V
Wide input under voltage lockout (UVLO) range
Available in 10-Lead MSE and 3mm × 3mm DFN
Packages
LTC3588-1: Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply
Piezoelectric energy harvesting
Electro-Mechanical energy harvesting
Wireless HVAC sensors
Mobile asset tracking
Tire pressure sensors
Battery replacement for industrial sensors
Remote light switches
Standalone Nanopower buck regulator
Applications
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Low Power Li-Ion/Polymer Battery Back-Up
Solar power systems with back-Up
Memory Back-Up
Embedded automotive
Thin film batteries
Energy scavenging/harvesting
Linear Tech: Battery Charger
Features Low operating current (450nA)
1% float voltage accuracy over full temperature and shunt current range
50mA maximum internal shunt current (500mA with External PFET)
Pin selectable float voltage options: 4.0V, 4.1V, 4.2V
Ultralow power pulsed NTC float conditioning for Li-Ion/Polymer protection
Suitable for intermittent, continuous and very low Power charging sources
Low and high battery status outputs
Simple low voltage load disconnect application
Thermally enhanced, low profile (0.75mm) 8-Lead (2mm x 3mm) DFN and MSOP packages
LTC4070: Li-Ion/Polymer Shunt Battery Charger System
Applications
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Renesas RL78 Machine to Machine Lab
This lab is intended to introduce the reader to the Renesas RL785F100LEA CPU, the Micron NP5Q128 Phase Change Serial Flash, and the Nordic nRF24LE1 2.4GHz Transceiver chip.
Through this lab, the reader will become familiar with the following key concepts
IAR Compiler used to develop code for the Renesas RL78
The method of downloading and debugging the code for the RL78
Exploring and modifying the code for the Micron and Nordic Drivers
Demonstration of read/write of sector data on the Micron Serial Flash
Demonstration of send/receive of 2.4GHz RF Signals via the Nordic device
Demonstration of the RL78 UART and a Command Line Terminal
The approximate running time of this lab is 45-60 minutes
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1. Compute information and user input utilizing the uC
2. Interactive input via the key-switches, LED’s and USB (off the RL78)
3. Store user input, time stamp, temperature data with keys to each board on the mini-network
4. Turn vibration into energy
5. Use energy to re-charge the coin cell battery in standalone mode
6. Demonstrate access via master RL78 of the PCM and Nordic Transceiver
7. Demonstrate standalone 8051 control Nordic Transceiver: Wireless communications (within 30 meters, low power)
Renesas RL78 Machine to Machine Lab
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Creating a Low Cost Machine to Machine (M2M) Wireless Sensor Network: A Step by Step Guide
APP NOTE AN097
This application note will illustrate the key design considerations when implementing battery operated portable instrument designs using a Renesas RL78 MCU, Micron PCM, an LTC battery charger and a Nordic RF Transceiver.
Topics in this application note are organized by design task (Device Selection, MCU coding, and System Design Considerations) and each topic is a stand-alone section followed by specific design guidelines.
www.nuhorizons.com/appnotes
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