HummingBoard Pro & RZ/G2L SOM Quick Start Guide

Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the HummingBoard Pro RZ/G2L.

The guide will give a technical overview about the product and by the end of it you should be able to boot an operating system and begin testing your application.

Revision and Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes
Aug 21, 2023	Yazan Shhady	1.0	Initial release
Oct 24, 2023	Shahar Fridman	1.1	Update for the first boot and for the features
Dec 11, 2025	Yazan Shhady	1.2	Correct DC input voltage range to 7V–18V
Table of Contents	1 Introduction 2 Revision and Notes 3 Hardware Setup 3.1 Product specifications 3.2 Block Diagram 3.3 Visual features overview 4 Software Setup 4.1 Cable setup and prerequisites 5 Boot Select 6 Generating Yocto, Buildroot and Debian image 7 Booting from SD card 7.1 More Features 8 List Of Supported OS 9 Build from source 10 Documentation 11 Related Articles

Hardware Setup

Product specifications

	HUMMINGBOARD PRO RZ/G2L

	HUMMINGBOARD PRO RZ/G2L
I/Os	2 x USB 2.0 1 x MIPI-CSI 1 x Digital audio (Riser interface FPC connector) 1 x Onboard audio codec
Networking	2 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4/5 GHz)
Processor	Renesas RZ/G2L Dual core Arm Cortex A55 up to 1.2GHz + Cortex M33
Memory & Storage	Up to 2GB DDR4 RAM Starting from 8GB eMMC MicroSD
Display	HDMI (ADI bridge MIPI-DSI to HDMI)
Misc.	1 x Reset button 1 x Configurable push button 3 x LED indicators RTC
Development and Debug interfaces	Micro USB
Power	7V – 18V
Expansion card I/Os	mikroBUS header Mini Pcie with SIM holder
Temperature	Commercial: 0°C to 70°C Industrial: -40°C to 85°C
Dimensions	PCBA: 100 x 70mm Enclosure: 120 x 80 x 30mm
Enclosure	Extruded aluminium

Supported with RZ/G2L SOM. For more detailed information about our SOM RZ/G2L series please visit this user manual : RZ/G2L SOM Hardware User Manual .

Block Diagram

The following figure describes the RZ/G2L Block Diagram.

Visual features overview

Please see below the features overview of the connector side of the HummingBoard Extended & RZ/G2L SOM.

Print side connector overview of the HummingBoard Extended & RZ/G2L SOM.

Software Setup

Cable setup and prerequisites

Here is what you will need to power up and use the board: