IAR, a global provider of embedded development software and services, supports Renesas’ first general-purpose RISC-V MCU and helps developers using it with their development work.

IAR announced on the 28th an enhanced version of its premium development environment that supports Renesas' first general-purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCU featuring its own CPU core.

The product includes advanced debugging capabilities and sophisticated compiler optimizations, fully integrated with the Renesas Smart Configurator toolkit, design examples, rich documentation, and support for the Renesas Rapid Prototyping Board (FPB).

As the adoption of the RISC-V architecture continues to grow in the commercial sector, the need for robust, reliable, and comprehensive development tools becomes more apparent.

IAR meets these needs with a cutting-edge toolchain that improves developer productivity and integrates critical aspects of functional safety and automated workflows essential to modern development regulations. IAR solutions for RISC-V are designed for a wide range of applications across a wide range of markets, including consumer electronics, medical devices, small form factors, and industrial systems.

“IAR is a long-standing and valued partner within the Renesas tool ecosystem and provides excellent support for a range of Renesas MCU architectures via the IAR Embedded Workbench,” said Daryl Khoo, vice president and general manager of Renesas’ Embedded Processing Business Unit 1. “We were therefore delighted to begin working with IAR early on to provide users of their popular and complete development solution for the new R9A02G021 MCU, the first MCU to utilize Renesas’ in-house RISC-V core.”