Microsoft Visual Studio code can be used to program all Renesas MCU and MPU chips

Renesas Electronics announced that customers can now use Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to program the complete line of Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs). Renesas has added tool extensions for all of its embedded processors to the Microsoft VS Code website, enabling a huge base of designers comfortable with the popular Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and code editor to work in their preferred environment. The popular VS Code IDE simplifies and accelerates code editing across a variety of platforms and operating systems. By providing support for VS Code, Renesas now enables a vast number of designers to create efficient embedded solutions with Renesas devices. VS Code support complements Renesas’ own powerful and flexible e2 studio IDE used by thousands of designers worldwide. Renesas now enables customers to develop and debug embedded software using Visual Studio Code for its 8/16-bit RL78 and 32-bit RA, RX, and RH850 MCUs, as well as its 64-bit RZ MPUs and R-Car family SoCs. Renesas embedded processors are targeted at automotive, IoT, industrial automation, home appliance, health care and other applications. “As the world’s leading MCU supplier, Renesas has a huge and loyal customer base, most of whom use our powerful e2 studio IDE to develop their applications,” said Akiya Fukui, Vice President and Head of the Software Develo...