Inquiry for emload / Renesas RL78

bitmap · Mar 7th 2016, 10:36am

Dear Segger,

i'm using Renesas RL78 G14 (64KB ROM) as MCU of my new project
(Electronic speed controller for RC hobby),
i hope MY customer can update firmware by themselves after they bought the product:
e.g. PC > USB-to-UART > RL78 (UART)

Question:
1) is emload the product i need ?
2) If YES, is emload supporting RL78 G14 ?

Thanks A LOT!

SEGGER - Oliver · Mar 7th 2016, 1:03pm

Dear bitmap,

1) is emload the product i need ?

Yes, emLoad can be used to update the firmware image of your target (emLoad will always stay in the first flash sectors of your MCU to ensure the target remains accessible for another firmware update).
With the pure emLoad package your customer will have to use the HexLoad tool which can do even more than just updating. If you want to make it easy for your customer the source code for the emLoad Updater can be purchased as well.

2) If YES, is emload supporting RL78 G14 ?

At the moment we do not have an out of the box port for RL78 available. You can either choose to purchase the pure emLoad Generic code which means to port it to the MCU yourself (UART and Flash access needs to be ported) or to request an offer from us to do the porting.
For the latter please contact us via email as you did previously.

Best regards,
Oliver Olligs

bitmap · Mar 7th 2016, 6:45pm

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for your reply.
i may consider the latter one ... may i have your email (or contact person) ?
I did send to info@segger.com few days before but no any feedback !

SEGGER - Oliver · Mar 8th 2016, 1:05pm

Dear bitmap,

I am very sorry that we did not get back to you via email. It seems your email did not reach us.
However I can see that you contacted our U.S. sales and they forwarded your request to us.

We will get back to you via email as soon as possible. We are sorry for the delay.

Best regards,
Oliver Olligs

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