Renesas 2398 H8S Starter Kit

Designed and Built by Basic Micro

 

The new Renesas H8S Series Starter Kit provides contest participants with an easy starting point for projects requiring a high- end 16-bit microcontroller. The kit provides the hardware and software required to get you up and running using C, C++, or assembly. The included software is fully functional, providing a complete IDE including an editor, compiler, assembler, simulator, debugging environment, make utility, call walker, visual memory analysis tool, and more.

Key Features of the 2398 H8S starter Kit

  • Renesas H8S/2398 16-bit flash memory microcontroller
    • Able to program the flash memory onboard with no additional hardware!
  • RS-232 Serial Interface
  • Eight user LEDs
  • Four push buttons for operator inputs
  • A potentiometer for adjusting an analog input
  • A 2 row x 16 character LCD – Parallel Interface
    • Operator-controlled backlight
    • Contrast potentiometer
  • Expansion area to build up your design
  • Board operates at 20 MHz
  • Two 48-pin expansion headers
  • On-off slide switch
  • Boot mode push button

Kit Includes

  • Renesas H8S/2398F development board
  • Functional demo application software
  • High-performance Embedded Workshop development software
  • Driver software for most peripherals
  • Documentation
2398 Microcontroller
  • 256-KB flash memory
  • 8-KB RAM
  • A/D Converter, 8 channel, 10-bit
  • D/A Converter, two channel, 8- bit
  • Serial Interface, three channel
  • Watchdog Timer
  • 8- Bit Timer, two channel
  • 16- Bit timer, six channel
  • 16-Bit Programmable Pulse Generator

  • DMA Controller, four channel
  • 52 internal and 39 external interrupts
  • Bus controller with eight areas
  • Highspeed operation (20 MHz)
  • 20 MIPS
  • 65 I/O lines
  • 50-ns Minute instruction execution Time
  • 120- or 128- pin packages

 

Differences between 2398 and 2329 Microcontroller

 

 

2398

2329

 

Vcc (Volts DC)

5  +- 10%

3.3   +- 10%

 

RAM (K Bytes)

8

32

 

ROM (K Bytes)

256

384

 

On Chip Debug

No

Yes

 

Max Speed (M Hz)

20

25

 

Peripherals are identical in usage and registers.
Pinouts are identical except /EMLE in 2329 is replaced by Vcl in 2398.

 

Target Applications

  • Optical Storage
  • Car Audio
  • DVD
  • Label printers
  • Multifunction printer
  • Motor control applications

“Basic Micro develops Hardware and Software tools to aid designers with their microcontroller projects. Whether you are an expert or new to microcontroller designs, Basic Micro has the tool for you.

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So, what ever your microcontroller project is we are sure Basic Micro can help you complete it cheaper, easier and quicker.”

 

 

   
 
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