Renesas RX65N Series User manual

Quick Start Guide Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit
Note: The steps described in this document were correct at the time of this document was created and may have
changed at the time of reading.
This documentdescribes how to install and run the AWS cloud connectivity demo on Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit and
visualize the sensor data onthe webdashboard.
What you need to get started:
1. Prepare Renesas RX65N Cloud Kit (www.renesas.com/rx65n-cloud)
2. Register AWS account (https://aws.amazon.com)
3. Register Renesas web dashboard account (https://cloud.renesasrx.com/accounts/register#)
4. Write the sample program if your board is re-flashed from the default
(https://www.renesas.com/search/keyword-search.html#q=R01QS0035EU)
5. Prepare Wi-Fi Internet access environment
1. Register AWS Account
1. Create an AWS account by going to portal: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup#/start
2. After login, go to your account name in upper right-handcornerand click on “My Security Credentials”.
3. If the below window pops up, click on “Continue to Security Credentials”.
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4. Click on “Access keys (access key ID and secret access key)”.
5. Click on “Create New AccessKey” and ‘Download KeyFile”. Make anote ofthe “Access Key ID’ and “Secret
Access Key”. This information will be required in Step 7.
2. Register Web Dashboard Account and Create an IoT Thing
6. Create a web dashboard account at https://cloud.renesasrx.com
7. After login, go to “Setting”and enter the cloud provider configuration byentering the “AWS Access Key”and “AWS
Secret Key” noted in the Step 5. Make sure to select “AWS IoTCore Region” same as AWS account. Click “Save”.
This will provision the dashboard for the AWS access.
8. Click on “Register a newdevice” and Enter any name under “Device Name” and then click “Create”.
9. A new window will pop up with the device name and security credentials. Make anote ofall the dataor savethe
webpage for later reference. Don’t close this windowuntil kit is provisioned for the credentials as this information is
available only once.

3. Provision the Kit for the AWS Credentials
10. Connectthe cloud kitas below. Make sure Silex Pmod module is connected to Cloud Option Board PMOD
connector CN5.
11. Connect USB cable from CN18 to the PC.
12. Open Terminal program like “Tera Term” and configure it forserialconnectionas 115k baud rate, 8-bit data, no
parity.Make sure to assignthe COMport assigned to the kit.
13. Ensure linkis fitted to EJ2on the Target Board for RX65N for non-debugger operation.
14. Power up the kitby connecting USB cables to TBboard connectorECN1 and Cloudoption board CN6 toPC.
15. If the board ispre-programmed with the demo code and has no Wi-Fi and AWS credential pre-stored, the following
message will appear ontheTerminal window. Skip the steps 16 and 17 and follow the steps thereafter.
16. If the board isprovisioned already with the Wi-Fi and AWS credential, the below message willbe shown on the
terminal.
Cloud Option Board
Silex Pmod Module
Target Board for RX65N

17. If unsure about provisioning data, clickany key to program thenewprovisioning data. Otherwise, if the kit is
provisioned with the correctdata,then wait for the kitto connect to AWS and skip the steps18 to23.
18. Enter Wi-Fi SSID and click enter.
19. Enter Wi-Fi password for the Wi-Fi network chosen in the previous step.
20. Input the device name created in the dashboard in the Step 8 and press enter.
21. Copy and paste the endpoint address from credential window of the dashboard and press enter.
22. Copy and paste the certificate from credential window from the dashboard and press enter.

23. Copy and paste the private key from the dashboard and press enter.
24. Verify the setting. If correct, enter “0” to write the provisioning data in Flash.
25. Wait about 1 minute without inputting anything from the keyboard. If you enter something from the keyboard
here, the SSIDand password entered 1) to 6) will be cleared and you will need to enter it again. After a reset or
when the power is turned on again, it will tryto connectto the cloud with the SSIDand passwordentered
previously. If you change the SSID or password, you can reset itby pressing any key at the step of “Please
press any button to reprovision”. If communication doesnot start in about 1 minute, press RESET_SW and wait
again or check the input information again.
26. If provisioning information is correct then the kit will be connected to AWS now, and will be ready to post the
sensor data on AWS cloud and dashboard.

4. Visualize Sensor Data on the dashboard
27. Go back to Dashboard and close the credential window.
28. Click on “Device”. Click “View” button to see the sensordashboard.
29. The dashboard will openand show the sensor’s value. The sensorvalue will beupdated every 30
seconds.
5. Monitor Sensor data on AWS Console
30. Go back to AWS account. Click on “Services->IoT Core->Manage->Things”.
31. Click on the Things name (Referred as device name) created in the dashboard (step 8).
32. Click on Shadowto monitor sensor data.

6. Next Step
After you have completed quick start procedure, review hardware detail of the kit. The hardware detail can be found
in the user’s manual of the Target Board for RX65N and Cloud Option Board user’s manual.
7. User Manuals
The user manuals for this kit is available at: www.renesas.com/rx65n-cloud
RX65N Group User's Manuals (R01UH0590EJ0210) is available at: https://www.renesas.com/RX65N
8. Support
Online technical support and information is available at: https://en-support.renesas.com/dashboard
Technical Contact Details: https://www.renesas.com/us/en/support/contact.html
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