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Portable Instrumentation Applications w/ the RL78 Bill Pratt, VP of Engineering

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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


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.


Introduction

Nu Horizons

M2M board Overview

Renesas

Micron

Linear Tech

Nordic

Samsung LED

Lab

Renesas RL78 Machine to Machine Lab

Agenda


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


M2M Board Overview


Multi Purpose Design Solutions: RL78

Nu Horizons RL78 Daughter Card

Memory

Microcontroller

Radio

Energy Harvesting

Visual Output

Renesas RL78/G13 Promo Board


Nu Horizons RL78 Daughter Card

PCM (SPI)

2.4GHz

Transceiver

Energy Harvesting

(Vibration) LEDs

Li-Ion Charger

RL78


Multi Purpose Design Solutions: 62N and RL78

Nu Horizons Evaluation Platforms

Memory

Microcontroller

Radio

Energy Harvesting

Visual Output


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


Renesas RL78: Features & Benefits


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


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


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


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



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


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)



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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