Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH has announced a highly automated driving (HAD) solution kit that accelerates software development of mass production electronic control units that are necessary to achieve autonomous driving. The HAD solution kit is based on two Renesas R-Car H3 Starter Kit Premier and the automotive control RH850/P1H-C microcontroller, compliant with both the ISO 26262 ASIL-B functionality safety standard and the ISO 26262 ASIL-D standard. The new solution kit enables system developers to immediately evaluate functions and software in an environment that is similar to the actual development of electronic control units, reducing developers’ time and efforts when porting software to the actual units. The Renesas HAD solution kit supports software development and software verification that Tier-1s and OEMs are using for automotive electronic control units. A robust housing with multiple interfaces provide rich connectivity close to actual units.