Renesas Electronics to release 16 new product types in R8C/Lx MCU series

SANTA CLARA, USA: Renesas Electronics has released 56 new 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) within the R8C/Lx Series.

The new R8C/LAxA product groups offer ultra-low-power consumption ranked among the best in the industry along with the company’s low-power K0 (8-bit) and K0R (16-bit) MCUs. The R8C/Lx MCUs will comprise a total of four groups ranging from 32- to 80-pins and up to 64 kilobytes (KB) of programmable flash memory.

The products are ideal for a wide variety of application areas such as battery-operated devices, healthcare devices, household appliances, industrial equipment, security equipment, imaging devices, and office automation equipment.

In addition to reduced current consumption, the four groups offer new features that contribute to reduced system power consumption overall, including on-chip flash memory with 1.8 operating voltage (V) and two power-off modes that effectively reduce current consumption while the MCU is in standby mode.

The key differences between the four groups are listed in the table below. A variety of specifications is available with different pin counts and supported LCD sizes, allowing customers to choose the version that best matches their requirements.