This membership will help Renesas accelerate its implementations of microcontroller (MCU) solutions using LoRaWAN technology for a wide range of IoT systems.
The development of LPWA wireless networks continues to progress with the proliferation of IoT. Several standards and promotion organizations are making significant efforts to create specifications and promote their widespread adoption, thereby creating a global IoT market.
The LoRa Alliance is promoting the standardization of LoRaWAN, and is dedicated to developing low-power wide area wireless networks that use unlicensed frequency bands.
Renesas has joined the LoRa Alliance as a sponsoring member, the highest level of membership, and from that leadership position will continue to contribute to both the standardization and promotion activities of LoRaWAN, which are expected to expand in the future.
Renesas plans to develop and produce MCUs that support LoRaWAN within a year. Renesas' compact MCU package will simplify integration into systems and reduce the board mounting area compared to conventional packaging methods. Based on these technologies, Renesas intends to offer a complete wireless networking solution that combines wireless MCUs and software.
Renesas will expand this deployment for its low-power RL78 MCUs to contribute to the realization of battery-powered IoT sensor end devices in the long term.

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