The Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing field limited only by the creativity of the system designer. However, creating a custom solution of MCUs, connectivity, and sensors is often a more difficult task than is expected. Hardware compatibility issues necessitate modification, sometimes with jumper wires or sometimes requiring a whole new board spin, while software portability often leads to increased work and a complex transition. Renesas Quick-Connect IoT aims to solve these issues by providing standard hardware and software building blocks to enable quick prototyping of IoT systems.

The Quick-Connect IoT system consists of standardized boards and interfaces, enabling designers to quickly and easily connect a wide range of sensors to MCU development boards. The system also delivers core software building blocks that are portable between boards, greatly reducing coding requirements.

The Quick-Connect IoT platform provides a standard Pmod™ connector across most of Renesas' evaluation boards to ensure hardware connectivity. The platform also takes a modular approach to software making it portable between MCU families and includes the common middleware for sensors and connectivity in the integrated development environment (IDE) software package.