Renesas RA Family
RA2 Quick Design Guide
R01AN6060EU0100 Rev.1.00
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Sep.14.21
1. Power Supplies
The RA family has digital power supplies and analog power supplies. The power supplies use the following
pins.
Table 1. Digital Power Supplies
Symbol
Name
Description
VCC
Power supply
Power supply pin. Connect to the system power
supply. Connect this pin to VSS via a 0.1-µF
capacitor placed close to the VCC pin.
VSS
Ground
Ground
VCL
Power supply
Connect this pin to VSS via a capacitor close to the
VCL pin. The value depends upon the specific MCU
Group.
VCC_USB
*1
USB FS power supply
USB Full-speed power supply pin. Connect this pin to
VCC. Connect this pin to VSS_USB via a 0.1-µF
capacitor placed close to the VCC_USB pin.
VSS_USB
USB FS ground
USB Full-speed ground pin. Connect this pin to VSS.
VCC_DCDC
*2
Switching regulator power
supply
In DCDC mode, connect this pin to VCC. Connect
this pin to VSS through a 0.1-µF capacitor placed
close to the VCC_DCDC pin. In LDO mode, leave
this pin open.
VSS_DCDC
*2
Switching regulator
ground pin
In DCDC mode, connect this pin to VSS. In LDO
mode, leave this pin open.
VLO
Switching regulator pin
In DCDC mode, connect this pin to an external
inductor then connect it to VCL pin. Place the
inductor and capacitor close to the pin.
Note 1: Only used on RA2A1. VCC_USB can be either input or output. As input, it supplies the USB
transceiver. As output, it is the voltage out from the USB LDO Regulator, and needs an external
capacitor. When the USB LDO Regulator is not used, connect to VCC. When the regulator is used,
connect to VSS through a 1.0-µF capacitor.
Note 2:
Only used on RA2L1. Please see the chapter “Internal Voltage Regulator” in the RA2L1 Hardware
User’s Manual for implementation guidelines.