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  • UN warns on supplies for famine-stricken north Gaza after Israel shuts crossing

    UN warns on supplies for famine-stricken north Gaza after Israel shuts crossing

    GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations voiced grave concerns on Wednesday about food and other supplies running out in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people were already experiencing famine, after Israel closed the only crossing there last week.

    Israel began its long-expected ground assault on Gaza City in the north on Tuesday and is stepping up efforts to empty the city of civilians by opening an additional route southwards.

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    Hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering in the city and many are reluctant to follow Israel’s orders to move because of the dangers along the way, dire conditions, a lack of food in the southern area, and fear of permanent displacement.

    “There are grave concerns over fuel and food stock depletion in a matter of days as there are now no direct aid entry points into northern Gaza and resupply from south to north is increasingly challenging due to mounting road congestion and insecurity,” the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said in a statement.

    The Zikim Crossing was shut on September 12 and no aid groups have been able to import supplies since, it said.

    Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Late on Tuesday it said that humanitarian aid would be allowed to enter northern Gaza, without giving details.

    Israel controls all access to Gaza and says it allows enough food aid into the enclave, where it has been at war with Palestinian militants Hamas for nearly two years. It accuses

    Hamas of stealing aid, which the militants deny.

    A global hunger monitor said last month that Gaza City and surrounding areas were officially suffering from famine and that it was likely to spread. 

     


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  • Scientists stunned by incredible creatures living in one of least hospitable spots on Earth — here are the details

    Scientists stunned by incredible creatures living in one of least hospitable spots on Earth — here are the details

    A unique type of worm that can live inside glaciers may be threatened due to the rapid glacier melt occurring worldwide.

    What’s happening?

    According to Earth, these ice worms possess a unique chemical energy that enables them to survive in extremely cold conditions.

    They thrive at 32 degrees Fahrenheit but begin to die when that temperature rises by just a few degrees.

    These fragile worms are very active at night, when they move across glacier surfaces in search of food. Biologists estimate there are billions of these worms per square kilometer in some glacier areas.

    However, our planet’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing due to extreme weather patterns and human-caused climate shifts. Not even these worms, which can survive in such harsh conditions, are immune to the habitat loss resulting from rising global temperatures and melting ice.

    Why are glacier worms important?

    These worms support glacier ecosystems by breaking down organic debris and algae. In doing so, they add nutrients to the glacier meltwater, which in turn feeds insects, moss, and downstream forests.

    Glacier worms are crucial to the fertilization of valleys that rely on glacier melt for their survival.

    Additionally, scientists believe that glacier worms could play a role in fighting mitochondrial diseases in humans. By understanding the DNA of these worms, researchers see promise in expanding the limits of human biology and creating new medications and enzymes to help failing human cells generate energy.

    What’s being done to protect glacier habitats?

    Scientists continue to study and publish their findings about glaciers and the life forms they support. Research teams have been making impressive discoveries about the world’s glaciers and understanding how their rapid melting affects numerous plants, wildlife, and people.

    However, even as an individual and wherever you live, you can help address the issue of our dwindling glaciers.

    For example, you can contribute to a cleaner planet and cooler climate by changing the way you heat and cool your home. Installing solar panels with backup battery storage can help you be more resilient in the face of extreme storms and power your home with less pollution.

    EnergySage is helping homeowners save up to $10,000 on their solar installations with a quick and free online quote comparison tool.

    To spread public awareness about melting glaciers, you can learn more about critical climate issues and share with people you know. By understanding the role of glacier worms in icy ecosystems, we can better appreciate the importance of glaciers and take steps to preserve them for the future.

    Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don’t miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.

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  • Laver Cup legacy transforms public courts in the Bay Area | News

    Laver Cup legacy transforms public courts in the Bay Area | News

    The courts are buzzing on a sun-splashed afternoon in John McLaren Park, home to one of five Youth Tennis Advantage (YTA) sites across the Bay Area.

    The six-court facility sits high atop the sprawling park, offering sweeping views of San Francisco below; the Transamerica Pyramid, Salesforce Tower and the Bay Bridge rising up in the distance. Just down the hill is the city’s largest public housing project, Sunnydale, an aging low-income development notorious for its neglect.

    It’s here, on a daily basis, that the YTA is making a difference in the lives of underserved kids ages eight to 18 with a mix of after-school and summer programs centering on tennis, academics and life skills.

    “Tennis can be so much more than just a sport. It’s a ticket to a better life for these kids,” says YTA co-founder Michael Skinner. “Not in the sense that they’re going to become the next Frances Tiafoe, but they stay in our programs sometimes for five to 10 years, and then go on to college. Last year, two of them went on to the Ivy League. Three were nationally ranked. The combination of tennis and academics is powerful.”

    Skinner’s mission began more than 50 years ago, when he was pulled into the National Junior Tennis League (NJTL) fold by none other than the visionary Arthur Ashe. “He helped me start our program here,” says Skinner of the late International Tennis Hall of Famer Ashe, the first Black man to win major singles titles at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. “He’d come out to our sites in San Francisco, in Oakland. Arthur was the inspiration and continues to be the inspiration.”

    Roger Federer and Yannick Noah with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.

    The YTA was formed in 1999 when the NJTL merged with the Youth Tennis Foundation (YTF). The non-profit doesn’t charge any fees, and therefore relies on donations and grants to keep its San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond sites up and running. The Laver Cup recently teamed up with the USTA Foundation and Mercedes-Benz to resurface the McLaren Park courts, which have long suffered from cracking and drainage issues. Additional funds raised during Laver Cup weekend at the Chase Center will also go to the YTA, as well as to East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring (EPATT).

    Launched in 1988, EPATT has long been recognized as one of the top tennis-and-education programs in the nation, providing both in- and after-school tutoring and instruction to more than 600 K-12 students. After years without a full-time home, EPATT recently unveiled a new six-court, four-classroom facility at the Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School.

    “We’re so proud to partner with the Laver Cup here in the Bay Area,” says Ginny Ehrlich, CEO of the USTA Foundation. “Altogether, we’ll be able to provide more than 1,400 young people access to tennis at no cost, access to education, mentorship and life skills that will prepare them for all the challenges they might face in life.”

    Back at McLaren Park, they’re playing five-on-five. The game is simple: Do your best to keep the ball in play, then go to the back of the line until it’s your turn again. First team to 21 wins. On an adjacent court, longtime coaches Carl Mendoza and Julio César Martinez are feeding tennis balls to an eager group, emphasizing the basics: Forehands and backhands on repeat. Laughter and shouts of encouragement echo across the park.

    “We’re working on fitness, but you can do it through a lens of fun,” says Martinez.

    The YTA served more than 800 kids last year, about 400 of whom were year-round participants. The organization hopes to double that number in the next three to five years. None of this, says Skinner, would be possible without financial backing.

    “It’s transformative,” explains Skinner. “The kids compete against each other, they support each other. When they have bad days or their home life is getting rough, they always have people they can count on, who see and respect them.”

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  • vivo V60e renders, specs, and pricing leak

    vivo V60e renders, specs, and pricing leak

    vivo launched the V60 in August, and now it’s allegedly readying the V60e to complement it in its roster. Today, some live hands-on images purportedly showing the upcoming V60e have been outed along with some of its specs.

    vivo V60 5G

    The V60e is said to arrive in India in Noble Gold and Elite Purple colorways. Obviously, the leaked images show the latter. vivo is allegedly going to advertise a durable build, IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance ratings, and the screen will have Diamond Shield Glass on top.



    vivo V60e leaked images
    vivo V60e leaked images

    vivo V60e leaked images

    vivo will promise to deliver three major Android OS updates to this phone, and five years of security patches. The V60e will come with an IR blaster and NFC support. It’s powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC, paired with 8/128GB, 8/256GB, and 12/256GB RAM/storage combos.

    The phone will have a 6,500 mAh battery with support for 90W wired charging, and the battery capacity will be one of the main upgrades compared to the V50e launched in April – they’re both powered by the same chipset.

    vivo V50e 5G

    It’s unclear exactly when the V60e will be made official, but it’s rumored to start at INR 28,999.

    Source (in Hindi)

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  • Director Bill Condon discusses Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Director Bill Condon discusses Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Two prisoners form an unlikely bond in a brutal Argentine prison in Director Bill Condon’s musical drama, Kiss of the Spider Woman.

    In his reimagining of Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel that became a Tony Award-wining Broadway musical, Condon’s film tells the story of Valentín, a political prisoner who shares a cell with Molina, a gay window dresser convicted of public indecency. They find themselves developing an unexpected friendship as — to escape the grim reality of their incarceration — Molina entertains Valentín by recounting the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

    On September 14, after the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles, Condon discussed the making of Kiss of the Spider Woman during a Q&A moderated by Director Greg Berlanti (Fly Me to the Moon). He is also scheduled to speak about the film following the DGA’s New York2 screening on September 27.

    During the Los Angeles conversation, Condon discussed how he overcame the limitations of shooting so many scenes in the same prison cell.

    “Obviously, the biggest challenge is when you’re on set and you’ve got those four walls, and you’ve got so many scenes. We really tried to figure out different approaches to different scenes. As an example, there’s a moment where Molina is crying and Valentín goes over to him and the movies start to merge into each other. There’s a real grittiness in [cinematographer] Tobias [Schliessler]’s approach in the first part but by the end, he goes to Molina sitting there. He’s just lit in such a beautiful, romantic way. It’s like the ideas of the movie are making their way into the cell. That’s the thrill of being able to shoot one and then the other.”

    Condon’s other directorial credits include the feature films The Good Liar, Beauty and the Beast, The Fifth Estate, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Kinsey, Gods and Monsters, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and Sister, Sister; the movies for television The Man Who Wouldn’t Die, Deadly Relations, Dead in the Water, White Lie and Murder 101; and episodes of The Big C and The Others.

    Condon was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for his 2006 release, Dreamgirls. He has been a DGA member since 1990.

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  • Shehbaz-Trump meeting on the cards

    Shehbaz-Trump meeting on the cards


    ISLAMABAD:

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to meet US President Donald Trump on the margins of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session, according to sources familiar with the development.

    The prime minister is set to undertake a visit to New York to attend the UNGA next week where he will deliver the speech. On the sidelines, he is expected to meet several world leaders. But the most important meeting he is likely to have is with President Trump.

    The sources said that both sides were in touch with each other and almost finalised the schedule. This would be the first meeting of any Pakistani prime minister with the US president in several years.

    During the four-year term of former President Joe Biden, there was no bilateral meeting with any of the Pakistani prime ministers. In fact, Biden never spoke to any of the Pakistani leaders during his term in the White House.

    The expected meeting between Trump and Shehbaz would focus on a broad range of issues, including bilateral cooperation, regional and international issues.

    Since President Trump took office, Pakistan-US ties have seen a reset. In June, Trump took the unprecedented step of hosting Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir at the White House — the first time a US president has ever hosted a Pakistani army chief.

    The meeting took place amid the Israel–Iran war and just weeks after the Pakistan-India conflict. Islamabad publicly acknowledged President Trump’s role in brokering a ceasefire between Pakistan and India and went on to formally nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to peace in South Asia.

    While the relationship between Pakistan and the US saw an unexpected upward trajectory, Washington’s relationship with New Delhi hit a historic low. India was upset that Trump hosted the Pakistani army chief weeks of the Pahalgam attack, which New Delhi blamed on Islamabad.

    However, the Trump administration paid little heed to the Indian concerns, terming Pakistan an important partner. During the likely meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz and President Trump, Pakistan would push for seeking sustained ties with the US.

    The Trump administration’s move to seek deeper engagement with Pakistan stems from the changing geostrategic realities as well as keen interest in rare earth minerals. Only recently, a US company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan’s Frontier Works Organization (FWO) to explore cooperation in the field of critical minerals.

    The MoU was signed at the Prime Minister House in the presence of Embassy Islamabad’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Zach Harkenrider, who accompanied a delegation led by US Strategic Metals (USSM).

    US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker, speaking on the occasion, termed the MoU “another example of the strength of the US Pakistan bilateral relationship that will benefit both countries.” She added that the Trump administration has prioritised such agreements, given the importance of critical mineral resources for American security and prosperity.

    The agreement comes at a time when Islamabad and Washington are seeking to recalibrate ties after years of mistrust. A key factor driving this engagement is Pakistan’s untapped mineral wealth, which the government hopes to develop with foreign investment. Analysts point out that the involvement of the FWO, an arm of the Pakistan Army, underlines the military’s central role in resource development.

    The signing also follows Army Chief General Asim Munir’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in June, which many viewed as a breakthrough in reviving strategic dialogue. Both sides had agreed then to expand cooperation in trade, investment, and security, with critical minerals identified as a priority area.

    Pakistan and the US relations have often been seen as transnational and primarily in the past have remained security driven. Islamabad for decades has pushed for diversifying relations with Washington beyond security and Afghanistan.

    After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, observers were not sure if Washington had any interest left in Islamabad. Those uncertainties were further heightened when Trump returned to the White House.

    Experts both in Washington and Islamabad were of the opinion that under President Trump’s 2.0 administration, prospects of any reset with Pakistan were bleak. But what happened later defied all projections as the US ties with Pakistan became unexpectedly warm while Washington’s relations with New Delhi hit rock bottom.

    The critical factor, many believe, is Pakistan’s carefully crafted policy that won Trump’s heart. Pakistan has managed to woo the Trump administration by offering investment in the critical mineral sector.

    China currently holds sway over the critical mineral resources in terms of production and supply chain. The US is desperately looking for alternatives and keen to invest in the sector.

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  • Bangladesh pip Afghanistan by eight runs to keep Asia Cup Super Fours hopes alive

    Bangladesh pip Afghanistan by eight runs to keep Asia Cup Super Fours hopes alive

    While Rahmanullah Gurbaz did the heavy lifting at the top, he found no support from the other end, as No.4 Gulbadin Naib (16) too perished without making a mark.

    The contest also marked Bangladesh spinners Nasum (4-1-11-2) and Rishad Hossain (4-0-18-2) outsmarting their Afghan counterparts, skipper Rashid Khan (2/26) and his spin colleague Noor Ahmad (2/23), who had earlier produced impressive spells to restrict their opponent.

    Bangladesh were bolstered by a 31-ball 52 from opener Tanzid Hasan and his 63-run opening stand with Saif Hassan (30), powering the Tigers to 87 for one at the halfway mark. But the two Afghan spinners, well backed by Azmatullah Omarzai (3-0-19-1), pulled things back with their accuracy and variations and put pressure back on Bangladesh.

    Bangladesh had picked up the scoring rate after a sedate start when Tanzid got four boundaries off Fazalhaq Farooqi in the third over, in between surviving a leg-before appeal courtesy umpire’s call. Two of those fours came off edges that flew through and two were smacked down the ground past mid-on.

    In the next over from AM Ghazanfar, Hassan showed intent smashing a huge six down the ground but it was Tanzid who hit more spectacular sixes off the Afghan spinner in the sixth over, one that sailed over long on and other that was picked up from his pads over deep square leg.

    The partnership was broken by Afghanistan captain Rashid, whose delivery kept a little low and beat Saif’s sweep to crash into the off-stump.

    Bangladesh were still in cruise mode after 10 overs but they could not do much in the face of acute pressure from the Afghanistan spinners who kept tight lines and denied any room for the batters to free up their arms.

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  • ‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 7 Recap: My Pet Monster – The New York Times

    1. ‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 7 Recap: My Pet Monster  The New York Times
    2. Meet Victoria the sheep, Alien: Earth’s creepiest creature  Polygon
    3. ‘Alien: Earth’s Kit Young Breaks Down Episode 6’s Terrifying Lab Sequence: “We Did It All in One Take”  Collider
    4. Alien: Earth Episode 7: Release date, time, cast, what to expect, episode count and how to watch on FX, Hu  The Economic Times
    5. Alien: Earth – Lily Newmark on the Nibs Moment She’s Been Waiting Her Whole Life For  Den of Geek

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  • Art review – James Corden is the cheer-worthy standout of Broadway revival | Broadway

    Art review – James Corden is the cheer-worthy standout of Broadway revival | Broadway

    By now, September 2025, a certain formula has solidified on Broadway: stage a familiar-ish play, cast well-known film and TV actors, set a limited run and tickets will hopefully sell, or at least command high prices. It’s a commercially strong bet – while most Broadway musicals are failing financially, six plays have already become profitable: Oh, Mary! (starring Cole Escola), All In: Comedy About Love (John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, et al) Romeo + Juliet (Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler), Othello (Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal), Glengarry Glen Ross (Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr) and Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney).

    It’s led to some grousing – about ticket prices, about a Hollywood invasion, about the spirit of Broadway. I’m generally agnostic on this – Broadway has always run on star wattage, and screen actors certainly provide some – but it does change how audiences interact with the material. People enter the theater with preconceived notions, certain expectations or, in the case of John Krasinski’s solo show Angry Alan, the specter of one very beloved sitcom character. Actors and directors can work with it, subvert it, challenge it, submit to it, but the celebrity factor won’t disappear. There’s no such thing as a blank canvas.

    Tell that to Marc (Bobby Cannavale), a middle-aged man deeply troubled by his friend’s purchase of an all-white painting in Art, the latest limited-run, starry revival to open on Broadway. Serge (Neil Patrick Harris) sees lines, shadows, depth within the 4ft x 5ft canvas. Marc stares very hard, tries different angles – Cannavale, a two-time Tony nominee, wrings laughs out of this silent effort – but sees nothing but offensive folly in his friend’s $300,000 purchase. Their mutual friend Yvan (James Corden), less professionally successful but more open-hearted, sees whatever is needed to keep his friends agreeable.

    Yasmina Reza’s French-language play, first staged in Paris in 1994, then Broadway in 1998, is a study of male friendship. Which means that these three longtime friends – 25 years of friendship, we’re told – spend an inordinate amount of time talking about a painting that, at least to a viewer at the Music Box Theatre, appears as a large white rectangle. (Harris’s plaintive Serge, speaking directly to the audience, insists: it is not white!) This would grate – it skirts the edge of wearisome – if not for three solid performances and the timeless insight of Reza’s script, translated here by Christopher Hampton, into men’s coded language of feeling.

    Indirectness, of course, knows no sex or gender. But part of the magic of Reza’s play, staged here by Scott Ellis (most recently the director of Doubt), is the seamless demonstration of the lengths men will go to avoid speaking emotions plainly, the delicacy with which she writes specifically, identifiably male versions of passive aggression and avoidance. In a tight and uninterrupted 90 minutes set in one apartment – Ellis keeps the setting somewhere in Paris, though David Rockwell’s set evokes antiseptic luxury Brooklyn high-rise – the three actors capably ride a friendship devolution through some moderately entertaining shouting matches and quieter, cutting confessions.

    Harris and Cannavale make light work of these two politely adversarial aesthetes – the former crisp and tightly wound, the latter swaggering and easily wounded, both a little detestable. But it’s Corden, returning to Broadway for the first time since winning a Tony in 2012 for One Man, Two Guvnors), who steals the show, in a bit of stage image rehab post-Carpool Karaoke and, for the chronically online, Balthazar ban. As both the heart and the court jester for the show, Corden is superb, a perfectly calibrated level of hysterical, sincere and crisp. One blistering monologue sees him ranting, in the voice of three separate characters, for several minutes straight without missing a beat; it was not celebrity compelling the extended applause when he finally collapsed, spent and spittle-covered, into a chair.

    You can only talk art for so long. All three characters eventually crack open, though not, perhaps, to the degree one would hope, as Serge and Marc still rely on abstractions of taste, influence, ideas. It’s when Yvan crumbles, tearfully admitting the significance of these friends in this life, that the production unlocks some prismatic, elusive sentiment, a color noticeably missing from the canvas. Or maybe that’s just my reading, colored by many a frustrating attempt to pull emotions out of a man. Ultimately with any play, just as painting, you supply your own background and see what you see.

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  • Renesas Adds Capacitive Touch to Ultra-Low-Power RA0 MCUs

    Renesas Adds Capacitive Touch to Ultra-Low-Power RA0 MCUs

    TOKYO, Japan ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RA0L1 microcontroller (MCU) Group based on the Arm® Cortex®-M23 processor. The new devices offer extremely low power consumption and the industry’s best solution for quickly and economically implementing capacitive touch in battery-powered and other consumer electronics, appliances, white goods and industrial system controls.

    Renesas introduced the RA0 MCU series in 2024 and it has quickly become very popular with a wide range of customers due to its affordability and low power consumption. With the addition of capacitive touch functionality, RA0L1 devices offer designers the ability to create responsive, attractive, low-power user interfaces at very low cost.

    RA0L1 MCUs deliver industry-leading power consumption of only 2.9mA current in active mode, and 0.92mA in sleep mode. In addition, an integrated High-speed On-Chip Oscillator (HOCO) enables the fastest wake-up time for this class of microcontroller. The fast wake-up enables the RA0L1 MCUs to stay in Software Standby mode more of the time, where power consumption drops to a minuscule 0.25 µA. With this feature, current consumption can be reduced by up to 90 percent compared with other solutions.

    Feature Set Optimized for Low Cost

    The RA0L1 devices have a feature set optimized for cost-sensitive applications. They offer a wide operating voltage range of 1.6V to 5.5V so customers don’t need a level shifter/regulator in 5V systems. The RA0L1 MCUs also integrate multiple communications interfaces, analog functions, safety functions and security functionality to reduce customer BOM cost. A wide range of packaging options is also available, including a tiny 4mm x 4mm 24-pin QFN.

    In addition, the new MCU’s high-precision (±1.0%) HOCO improves baud rate accuracy and enables designers to forego a standalone oscillator. Unlike other HOCOs in the industry, it maintains this precision in environments from -40°C to 125°C. This wide temperature range enables customers to simplify thermal design by avoiding costly and time-consuming “trimming,” even after the reflow process.

    Renesas Capacitive Touch Leadership

    Renesas provides industry-leading capacitive touch technology, ensuring customers can quickly and cost-effectively implement high-quality touch interfaces in a variety of systems. Its self-capacitance method simplifies waterproof design, offering simpler design and reduced complexity compared to mutual capacitance solutions. Renesas’ multi-frequency measurement meets IEC61000 4-3 Level 4 standards, making it ideal for medical applications that demand robust protection from electromagnetic interference. Renesas also offers specialized development resources for capacitive touch, including the QE for Capacitive Touch that streamlines sensitivity adjustments for capacitive touch buttons, speeding up development.

    “The RA0L1 combines the industry-leading power consumption and cost-effectiveness of our RA0 Series MCUs with our unmatched capacitive touch technology and tools,” said Daryl Khoo, Vice President of the Embedded Processing Marketing Division at Renesas. “We look forward to the many innovative touch interface solutions that our customers will create using these devices.”

    Key Features of the RA0L1 Group MCUs

    • Core: 32MHz Arm Cortex-M23
    • Memory: Up to 64KB integrated Code Flash memory and 16KB SRAM
    • Extended Temperature Range: Ta -40°C to 125°C
    • Timers: Timer array unit (16b x 8 channels), 32-bit interval timer (8b x 4 channels), RTC
    • Communications Peripherals: 3 UARTs, 2 Async UART, 6 Simplified SPIs, 2 I2C, 6 Simplified I2Cs
    • Analog Peripherals: 12-bit ADC, temperature sensor, internal reference voltage
    • HMI: Capacitive Touch (up to 24 channels), Controlled Current Drive Port (up to 8)
    • Safety: SRAM parity check, invalid memory access detection, frequency detection, A/D test, output level detection, CRC calculator, register write protection
    • Security: Unique ID, TRNG, Flash access window, Flash read protection
    • Packages: 24-, 32- and 48-pin QFNs, 32-, 48-pin LQFP, 20-pin LSSOP

    The new RA0L1 Group MCUs are supported by Renesas’ Flexible Software Package (FSP). The FSP enables faster application development by providing all the infrastructure software needed, including multiple RTOS, BSP, peripheral drivers, middleware, connectivity, networking, and security stacks as well as reference software to build complex AI, motor control and cloud solutions. It allows customers to integrate their own legacy code and choice of RTOS with FSP, thus providing full flexibility in application development. Using the FSP will ease migration to and from other RA family devices.

    Winning Combinations

    Renesas has combined the new RA0L1 Group MCUs with numerous compatible devices from its portfolio to offer a wide array of Winning Combinations, including the Capacitive Touch Remote Controller. Winning Combinations are technically vetted system architectures from mutually compatible devices that work together seamlessly to bring an optimized, low-risk design for faster time to market. Renesas offers more than 400 Winning Combinations with a wide range of products from the Renesas portfolio to enable customers to speed up the design process and bring their products to market more quickly. They can be found at renesas.com/win.

    Availability

    The RA0L1 Group MCUs are available now, along with the FSP software, the RA0L1 Fast Prototyping Board and the RA0L1 Renesas Solution Starter Kit for Cap Touch. Samples and kits can be ordered either on the Renesas website or through distributors. More information on the new MCUs is available at renesas.com/RA0L1.

    Renesas MCU Leadership

    The world leader in MCUs, Renesas ships more than 3.5 billion units per year, with approximately 50% of shipments serving the automotive industry, and the remainder supporting industrial and Internet of Things applications as well as data center and communications infrastructure. Renesas has the broadest portfolio of 8-, 16- and 32-bit devices, delivering unmatched quality and efficiency with exceptional performance. As a trusted supplier, Renesas has decades of experience designing smart, secure MCUs, backed by a dual-source production model, the industry’s most advanced MCU process technology and a vast network of more than 250 ecosystem partners. For more information about Renesas MCUs, visit renesas.com/MCUs.

    About Renesas Electronics Corporation

    Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. A leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

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