Renesas’ New Modular IoT Development Platform Dramatically Reduces Time-to-Market and Design Complexity

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced an innovative new IoT system design platform that significantly eases the prototyping of IoT systems.

The Renesas Quick-Connect IoT system consists of standardized boards and interfaces, enabling designers to quickly and easily connect a wide range of sensors to MCU development boards. The new system also delivers core software building blocks that are portable between boards, greatly reducing coding requirements.

As part of the Quick-Connect IoT system, Renesas has worked with Digilent, Inc. in creating a new expanded I2C Pmod Interface, Type 6A, for wider coverage and added flexibility. Renesas has standardized on the new Pmod 6A connector from Digilent for new sensor Pmods and MCU development kits.

This standardization allows designers unmatched flexibility in selecting the optimal combination for any IoT prototype design. MCU boards will have two Pmod connectors, one for a sensor Pmod, and another for a communications module. The Pmods can also be cascaded for even greater flexibility.

Availability and More Information

The Quick-Connect IoT design system is available today through a wide range of hardware and software offerings from Renesas. For a list of available boards, links to software downloads, literature, how-to videos and more, customers can visit www.renesas.com/quickconnect.

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