RENESAS TECH DAY IRVINE

Effortless Smart Monitoring with RASynBoard: Enhancing Lives with AI-Powered Edge Sensing Hands-on

09:00am - 09:50am

Join Syntiant for an exclusive workshop using the RASynBoard, a compact AI sensor module, developed in collaboration with Renesas, Syntiant, and Edge Impulse, simplifying the implementation of smart sensing in industrial and consumer applications.

In this workshop, you will learn the applications of always-on AI processing capabilities to monitor and respond to environmental changes with remarkable efficiency and accuracy. With the power of the Syntiant NDP120 Neural Decision Processor and Renesas RA6M4 MCU, learn how the RASynBoard uses neural processing to detect sound and vibration, triggering actions, or notifications while maintaining minimal power consumption for battery powered applications. Enabled by Edge Impulse Studio for rapid AI model creation, training and deployment.

Environmental Sensors + AI + You

09:00am - 09:50am

Learn how Renesas' new environmental sensors portfolio and AI will improve your health, comfort and well being wherever you are, residential or industrial locales. Renesas is a one stop shop for sensor solutions for Smart Home, HVAC/ Industrial and IoT solutions with robust rht, tvoc, PM2.5 and CO2 sensors to improve our well-being.

Using Renesas’ Standard Analog, Memory, and Connectivity Products to Complete and Simplify Your Design

09:00am - 09:50am

Renesas has a new comprehensive offering of standard analog, memory, and connectivity products including: SRAM, Nor Flash, EEPROM, RS-485 transceivers, RS-232 transceivers, Optocouplers, Op Amps, Voltage References, Data Converters, Switches/MUXes, Digital Potentiometers, and more. In addition, we have begun a series of investments to bring these product lines up-to-date and make them more competitive in the market place. In this session, we will give a brief overview of the products we have and a look ahead at the new products we are developing. We will finish with a look at how to get support and samples of these products as needed.

$1 Menu - Cost Efficient AI

10:00am - 10:50am

Explore how Reality AI Tools from Renesas enable advanced sensing applications in Renesas MCUs, including 16-bit RL78 MCUs and new ARM-based Cortex M23, M33 and M85 RA Series. This powerful AI/ML development environment automates TinyML model construction, validation, and BOM optimization; Enabling developers to explore the most cost-effective AI implementations for embedded products with Renesas MCUs.

New Era in Position Sensing

10:00am - 10:50am

Learn more about Renesas Inductive Position Sensors as high performance and cost-effective alternatives, replacing Resolvers, Encoder and Magnetic Position Sensors. One technology across all motion types, 100% customizable for customers’ applications. Replaces magnets with simple metal target and sensing element with PCB based inductive sensors, designed to operate under harsh conditions, offering variety of interfaces.

GreenPAK Go Configure Hands-on

10:00am - 11:50am

GreenPAK is an affordable, configurable mixed-signal IC technology, often compared to an Analog FPGA. It enables designers to create custom circuit solutions and integrate multiple functions into a single IC, saving board space, reducing costs, protecting intellectual property, and more.

TinyML on a 32MHz Cortex-M23 Hands-on

11:00am - 11:50am

Part 2 of the $1 Menu - Cost Effective AI session - Explore real-time analytics with Reality AI and e² Studio. Learn the full workflow for embedded ML projects, from setup and data collection to model creation and deployment on a low-cost 16bit or 32bit MCU

Lowest Active Power BLE & WiFi with Live Power Measurement Demo

11:00am - 11:50am

Low Power BLE architectures 34uA/MHz, 75nA Hibernation, Radio only Active Tx= 2.3mA, Rx= 1.2mA. Live Demo of the Power Analyzer with real-time power measurements.

RZ/V Power Efficient Vision AI MPUs up to 80TOPs

1:10pm - 1:50pm

In this session, you will learn about the newly released Renesas RZ/V2H Vision AI Security Surveillance, Dash CAM, and Robotics SOC MPU supporting multi-camera 4K H.265 encode and AI support running multiple vision AI ML Models on an 80 TOPs, 7 core processor that achieves 10 TOPs per watt power efficiency for power constraint Vision AI Applications. Learn how the 80 AI TOPs performance opens the door in allowing you to run more powerful and accurate ML Models on multiple camera streams.

Learn about C-V2X collision avoidance Technology and how it can compliment Vision AI in next generation of AI Dash CAM and Security Surveillance cameras.

Experience fun live demos of Yolo object detection on high speed exotic race cars, HR-Net pose estimation + YoloX object detection performed on fast action acrobatic taekwondo martial arts exhibit and those in attendance.

ATLAS: BLE Locationing 2.0 with "UWB Accuracy"

1:10pm - 1:50pm

Already field-proven in the world’s largest AoA deployment (900 locators tracking 6,000 tags) in a highly RF hostile environment while still providing best-in-class performance. Available ‘off-the-shelf’ today, Renesas partnered with IOSEA providing a complete (RTLS) offering that is scalable, flexible and easy to commission.

ForgeFPGA Introducion: Low Density, High Potential

1:10pm - 1:50pm

This training course provides an essential introduction to the low density ForgeFPGA. Session includes a hands-on experience with the IDE. Participants will gain an understanding of ForgeFPGA's unique value proposition and its applications in various industries.

RZ/G3 Next Generation Low-power Multi-domain Applications Processor (MPU) for Gateways and Multi-media Designs for Linux and Android

2:00pm - 2:50pm

Renesas’ RZ/G3 Applications MPU family is designed to bring more power savings, by offering extremely low standby power of 10µW, and fast startup for Linux operations with isolated power domains.

Get Powered by Renesas: Energize Your Design with Total Power Solutions

2:00pm - 2:50pm

From milliwatts to kilowatts, learn about Renesas’ vast portfolio of power components ranging from low noise LDOs, compact high efficiency DC-DC converters and controllers, AC-DC regulators, MPU specific PMICs, power modules, digital multiphase controllers, MOSFETs, IGBTs, drivers, and the latest GaN and SiC wide-bandgap technologies.

Accelerate Product Development With Renesas PMODs and Mobile Sandbox App

2:00pm - 3:50pm

This session uses an example to demonstrate the process of creating a firmware application for a RA0 microcontroller that will interface with the Quick-Connect Mobile Sandbox App using the DA14531MOD (BLE microcontroller). The example demonstrates reading temperature and humidity data from the HS3001 sensor via the RA0 + DA14531MOD. The Quick-Connect Mobile Sandbox App then connects to the RA0 + DA14531MOD and reads the sensor data.

Beyond ARM Cortex-M7 with Cortex-M85

3:00pm - 3:50pm

Benefits of the ARM Cortex-M85 MCU core enabling 6.39 Coremark/MHz, advanced graphics on 1280x800 display, and ARM's Helium AI/ML extension.

Rapid Prototyping with VersaClock Timing IC Solutions

3:00pm - 3:50pm

Discover the innovative realm of rapid prototyping with VersaClock solutions in this comprehensive session. Gain insights into leveraging programmable clock generators and jitter attenuators to enhance your design workflows. Renesas VersaClock products ensure minimal power consumption and increased flexibility, replacing multiple discrete timing components, which reduces BOM costs and conserves board space. With compatibility across a wide range of output types and frequencies, these solutions are ideal for applications in high performance computing, industrial applications, data centre accelerators, and telecommunications.