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RTL8730E Series

Introduction

The Realtek RTL8730E series is a Combo SoC that supports dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz) and Bluetooth 5.3 specifications. The integrated dual-core Arm© Cortex-A32 CPU and RISC low-power MCU can meet a wide range of customer AIoT application needs. Combined with abundant peripheral interfaces, it has been successfully used in various products such as smart speaker, central control panel, home theater, wireless gateway, smart kitchen appliance, and industrial control panel, etc.

DESCRIPTION

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Highlights

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Rich System Resource

Four Cores: Dual-core Arm Cortex-A32,Real-M300,Real-M200;

NOR/NAND Flash selectable;

PSRAM/DDR selectable.

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Diversified Usage Scenery

Display Application;
Smart Voice;
Gateway;
Control Center;
WIFI Audio.

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Linux/RTOS Selectable

FreeRTOS;
Linux.

Specifications

System and Platform
  • Multi-Cores:
    • Dual-core Arm Cortex-A32
    • Real-M300
    • Real-M200
  • Dual-core Arm Cortex-A32:
    • Arm Cortex-A32 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 1.32GHz
    • 32KB 2-way I-Cache, 32KB 4-way D-Cache
    • 256KB 8-way L2 Cache
  • Real-M300:
    • Arm Cortex-M55 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 333MHz
    • 16KB 4-way I-Cache, 32KB 4-way D-Cache
  • Real-M200:
    • Arm Cortex-M23 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 40MHz
    • 16KB 2-way I-Cache, 8KB 2-way D-Cache
  • Memory:
    • Supports NOR or NAND Flash
    • Supports PSRAM or DDR Extended Memory
Security
  • Secure boot
  • Arm TrustZone and TrustZone-M
  • True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
  • Hardware crypto engine supporting AES and SHA algorithms
  • ECDSA/EdDSA/RSA engines
  • Whole or partial Flash encryption
  • Read Protection (RDP)
  • JTAG/SWD password protection/forbidden
  • 2K bytes OTP, up to 2K bits for users
RF Features

Wi-Fi

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax 1 x 1,2.4GHz + 5GHz
  • Supports MCS0 – MCS9 20MHz bandwidth
  • Power-saving mechanism
  • Supports antenna diversity

BT

  • Supports Bluetooth 5.3:
    • BR/EDR
    • BLE
  • Supports BLE Long Range
  • Separated antenna for Bluetooth
  • Supports scatter-net (concurrent central mode and peripheral mode)
  • Supports SIG Mesh v1.0 and v1.1
  • Supports AoA and AoD
  • Supports LE Audio (both CIS and BIS)
Peripheral Interface
  • Flexible design of GPIO configuration
  • Multi-communication interfaces: SPI x 2, UART x 4, I2C x 3
  • Hardware IR transceiver can easily adapt to various IR protocols
  • Supports Real-Time Clock timer together with 12 basic timers
  • Supports 6 channels of PWM timer and 1 capture timer
  • Supports 6 channels of general 12-bit ADC and 1 channel of VBAT
  • Supports 9 channels of touch pad
  • Supports 8 independent channels of GDMA
  • Supports USB 2.0 OTG
  • Integrates SD host controller to access SD card and eMMC device
  • Embeds a serial LEDC to control the external LED lamps
  • Integrates a thermal detector to detect and monitor the real-time temperature inside the chip
  • 2-lane MIPI-DSI interface with D-PHY and the maximum bit rate of 1Gbps per lane
  • Audio Codec:
    • 5 channels ADC or 8 channels DMIC
    • 2 channels DAC and headphone amplifier
  • I2S x 2: up to 384kHz sampling rate
  • Low power VAD

RTL8730E Series

System and Platform
  • Multi-Cores:
    • Dual-core Arm Cortex-A32
    • Real-M300
    • Real-M200
  • Dual-core Arm Cortex-A32:
    • Arm Cortex-A32 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 1.32GHz
    • 32KB 2-way I-Cache, 32KB 4-way D-Cache
    • 256KB 8-way L2 Cache
  • Real-M300:
    • Arm Cortex-M55 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 333MHz
    • 16KB 4-way I-Cache, 32KB 4-way D-Cache
  • Real-M200:
    • Arm Cortex-M23 compatible instruction set
    • Running at a frequency of up to 40MHz
    • 16KB 2-way I-Cache, 8KB 2-way D-Cache
  • Memory:
    • Supports NOR or NAND Flash
    • Supports PSRAM or DDR Extended Memory
Security
  • Secure boot
  • Arm TrustZone and TrustZone-M
  • True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
  • Hardware crypto engine supporting AES and SHA algorithms
  • ECDSA/EdDSA/RSA engines
  • Whole or partial Flash encryption
  • Read Protection (RDP)
  • JTAG/SWD password protection/forbidden
  • 2K bytes OTP, up to 2K bits for users
RF Features

Wi-Fi

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax 1 x 1,2.4GHz + 5GHz
  • Supports MCS0 – MCS9 20MHz bandwidth
  • Power-saving mechanism
  • Supports antenna diversity

BT

  • Supports Bluetooth 5.3:
    • BR/EDR
    • BLE
  • Supports BLE Long Range
  • Separated antenna for Bluetooth
  • Supports scatter-net (concurrent central mode and peripheral mode)
  • Supports SIG Mesh v1.0 and v1.1
  • Supports AoA and AoD
  • Supports LE Audio (both CIS and BIS)
Peripheral Interface
  • Flexible design of GPIO configuration
  • Multi-communication interfaces: SPI x 2, UART x 4, I2C x 3
  • Hardware IR transceiver can easily adapt to various IR protocols
  • Supports Real-Time Clock timer together with 12 basic timers
  • Supports 6 channels of PWM timer and 1 capture timer
  • Supports 6 channels of general 12-bit ADC and 1 channel of VBAT
  • Supports 9 channels of touch pad
  • Supports 8 independent channels of GDMA
  • Supports USB 2.0 OTG
  • Integrates SD host controller to access SD card and eMMC device
  • Embeds a serial LEDC to control the external LED lamps
  • Integrates a thermal detector to detect and monitor the real-time temperature inside the chip
  • 2-lane MIPI-DSI interface with D-PHY and the maximum bit rate of 1Gbps per lane
  • Audio Codec:
    • 5 channels ADC or 8 channels DMIC
    • 2 channels DAC and headphone amplifier
  • I2S x 2: up to 384kHz sampling rate
  • Low power VAD

Part Number Comparison

Part Number
CPU
Embedded Flash
Embedded DRAM
GPIO
Wi-Fi Spec
Bluetooth Spec
Package (mm)

RTL8730EAH-VA3

Dual-core CA32: 1.2GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz8MB (NOR)8MB (PSRAM)40Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3QFN100, 10x10

RTL8730EAH-VD3

Dual-core CA32: 1.2GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz16MB (NOR)8MB (PSRAM)40Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3QFN100, 10x10

RTL8730ELH-VA3

Dual-core CA32: 1.2GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz8MB (NOR)8MB (PSRAM)61Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3DR-QFN144, 11x11

RTL8730EAH-VH6

Dual-core CA32: 1.32GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz32MB (NOR)64MB (DDR2)40Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3QFN100, 10x10

RTL8730ELM-VA7

Dual-core CA32: 1.32GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz-128MB (DDR2)61Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3DR-QFN144, 11x11

RTL8730ELM-VA8

Dual-core CA32: 1.32GHz Real-M300: 333MHz Real-M200: 40MHz-256MB (DDR3L)61Wi-Fi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)Bluetooth 5.3DR-QFN144, 11x11