Renesas RA Family  EK-RA4M2 – Quick Start Guide 
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4.  Running the Quick Start Example Project 
This section lists the requirements and instructions to power up the EK-RA4M2 board and run the Quick 
Start example project. 
Hardware Requirements 
•  EK-RA4M2 board 
•  Micro USB device cable 
•  A PC with at least 1 USB port 
 
Software Requirements 
•  Windows
® 
10 operating system 
•  USB Serial Drivers (included in Windows 10) 
•  TeraTerm (or similar) terminal console application 
 
4.1  Connecting and Powering Up the EK-RA4M2 Board 
1.  Check that J12 is set to link pins 2-3. And that J15 link is closed. 
2.  Connect the micro USB end of the micro USB device cable to micro-AB USB Full Speed port (J11) of the 
EK-RA4M2 board. 
3.  Connect the other end of this cable to the USB port of the host PC. Power LED (LED4) on the EK-
RA4M2 board lights up white, indicating that the EK-RA4M2 board is powered on. 
 
Note:  If the EK-RA4M2 board is not powered through micro-AB USB Full Speed port (J11) and the host  
PC, then USB CDC functionality of the Quick Start example project cannot be fully demonstrated 
because of the absence of a USB Full Speed Device connection with the host PC. 
 
Figure 3.   Connecting the EK-RA4M2 Board to the Host PC via USB Full Speed Port