micropython/ports/renesas-ra/README.md

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# The Renesas RA port
This is a port of MicroPython to the Renesas RA family of microcontrollers.
Currently supported features are:
- Filesystem on the internal flash using FatFs.
- `utime` module with sleep, time, and ticks functions.
- `uos` module with VFS support.
- `machine` module with the following classes: `Pin`, `ADC`, `I2C`, `SPI`,
`SoftI2C`, `SoftSPI`, `UART`, `RTC`
- sdcard driver if frozen driver is installed.
Currently supported board product names are:
- EK-RA6M2
- RA4M1 CLICKER
- EK-RA6M1
- EK-RA4M1
- EK-RA4W1
Please refer to the quick reference of `renesas-ra` port for more
information about the boards.
## Build instructions
* MicroPython cross-compier
The MicroPython cross-compiler must be built first, which will be
used to pre-compile (freeze) built-in Python code. THis cross-compiler
is built and run on the host machine, using:
$ make -C mpy-cross
This command should be executed from the root directory of this repository.
All other commands below should be executed from the ports/renesas-ra/ directory.
* Arm compiler
An `Arm compiler` is required for the build, along with the associated binary
utilities. The default compiler is `arm-none-eabi-gcc`, which is available for
Arch Linux and Windows hosts via https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads.
The compiler can be changed using the `CROSS_COMPILE` variable
when invoking `make`.
* Obtain submodules
First the submodules must be obtained using:
$ make submodules
* Build binary image `.hex`
Then to build for a given board subdirectory name, run:
$ make BOARD=RA6M2_EK clean
$ make BOARD=RA6M2_EK
The default board subdirectory name is RA6M2_EK (which is for EK-RA6M2 board)
but any of the names of the subdirectories in the `boards/` directory can be
passed as the argument to `BOARD=`; for example `RA4M1_CLICKER`, `RA4M1_EK`,
`RA4W1_EK` and `RA6M1_EK`.
The above command should produce binary images `firmware.hex` in the
build-RA6M2_EK/` subdirectory (or the equivalent directory for the board specified).
## Supported/Unsupprted funtions
Please refer to the `renesas-ra` quick reference.
## Known issues
### all boards
* machine.lightsleep(time_ms) and machine.deepsleep(time_ms) raise uncaught exceptions.
>>> machine.deepsleep(1000)
>>> Uncaught exception in ExtInt interrupt handler line 16
TypeError:
### RA4M1-CLICKER
* mpremote: mount command is not available due to limited memory resources.
### EK-RA4M1
* mpremote: mount command is not available due to limited memory resources.
### EK-RA4W1
* mpremote: "Execution: timeout waiting for remote" error happens when importing a file on /remote.