Renesas' RZ/T2H Is a Six-Core All-in-One Microprocessor for Industrial Robotics and More
Most powerful model in the RZ/T2 family yet delivers four 1.2GHz Cortex-A55 and two 1GHz Cortex-R52 cores plus 45 PWM channels.
Renesas has announced the launch of its latest RZ/T2-family microprocessor, the RZ/T2H — targeting, the company says, industrial Ethernet and multi-axis motor control projects and delivering four Arm Cortex-A55 application-class cores alongside two Cortex-R52 cores.
"We have enjoyed outstanding market success with RZ/T2M and RZ/T2L," says Renesas' Daryl Khoo, in support of the new launch. "The RZ/T2H builds on that momentum, allowing our industrial customers to leverage their existing design assets while addressing even more innovative, demanding industrial motor control and Linux applications. Our customers have been particularly impressed that the RZ/T2H enables them to implement a nine-axis motor control all on just one chip!"
The RZ/T2H, brought to our attention by CNX Software, is designed around both application-class cores and real-time cores, with four Arm Cortex-A55 cores running at up to 1.2GHz for the former and two Arm Cortex-R52 cores running at up to 1GHz for the latter. Each of the latter cores receives 576kB of tightly-coupled memory (TCM), while the application-class cores connect to external LPDDR4 memory over a 32-bit 3,200MT/s interface.
That Renesas is focusing on industrial use-cases for the new part is no secret: the RZ/T2H includes support for single-chip operation of up to nine axes of motor control, including 45 pulse-width modulation (PMW) channels, delta-sigma interfaces for current measurement, and multi-format encoder interfaces, with all motor control peripheral functions run on a low-latency peripheral port (LLPP) bus running off the Cortex-R52 cores. There are also four Ethernet ports, three gigabit MACs (GMACs) and an Ethernet switch, with support for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) alongside EtherCAT, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and OPC UA.
To prove its capabilities, Renesas has designed a "Winning Combination" — its name for reference designs that showcase its products — which uses the RZ/T2H in a nine-axis industrial motor controller with Ethernet. The RZ/T2H is available now, the company has confirmed, while also teasing a RZ/N2H variant in early 2025 that will have the same specifications but a smaller-footprint package.
More information on the RZ/T2H is available on the Renesas website; the company is accepting direct orders starting at $74.18 before volume discounts.