Two Arm Cortex R52 powered microprocessor exclusively for motor control

Microcontroller and microprocessor leading chipmaker Renesas has launched a new processor family called RZ/T2M to control servo motors used in robots and industrial automation environments, where those motors need to run at extreme high speed and with high precision. The RZ/T2M motor control microprocessor chips integrate real-time motor control and the latest industrial Ethernet while ensuring functional safety. RZ/T2M packs a lot of functions inside the chip to bring down the use of external components to save bill of material cost and space on the printed circuit board. “There is growing demand for factory automation and the deployment of industrial robots to boost productivity,” said Toshihide Tsuboi, Vice President of Industrial Automation Business Division at Renesas. “The RZ/T2M is capable of controlling the servo motors that drive robots at extremely high speed and with high precision. I anticipate that it will contribute to the development and widespread adoption of sophisticated industrial robots that can work safely alongside humans.” RZ/T2M is powered by two Arm Cortex-R52 cores with a maximum operating frequency of 800 MHz. Connecting the peripheral functions used for motor control to a dedicated bus linked directly to the CPU enables the CPU to access these functions with low latency. In addition, the large memory capacity (576 KB) is tightly coupled ...