This chip is a single-part solution for controlling CD/DVD drives, and contains a pair of dies, the main controller & what looks like a Flash ROM die.
IC Decap: Renesas R8J32040FPV2 DVD Drive Controller
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Hi please some data about R8J32040fpv2 schematic diagram and how it operation
Renesas Technology merged with NEC in 2009-2010,
websites combined, products were discontinued / replaced / abandoned / some products were sold to other companies…
R8J32040FPV2 seems “custom” Not for public, Non-promotion Product,
could be rebranded: R8a, R8c, H8s, H8sx Group: 32
comes in: DVD Rewriter: GH41N / LGE-DMGH43A(B)
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
Manufactured: July 2010
DVDRW H41NA 678-0579D
Used in: Apple MacPro 5,1 2010 DVD
there are many websites:
documents.renesas.com
am.renesas.com
america.renesas.com
http://www.renesas.com
renesasrulz.com
this MCU required a “Develper Board” / Starter Kit
compiler / emulator “E8”
There are millions of used “R8J”
but… abandonware.
renesasrulz.com could be best place to start looking.
https://web.archive.org/web/20061018114100/http://america.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=dvd_recorder_application_root.jsp&fp=/applications/digital_home/dvd_recorder/&site=i
Block Diagram:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060514035950im_/http://america.renesas.com/media/applications/200502/03_dvd_recorder.jpg
https://web.archive.org/web/20100430133513/http://america.renesas.com:80/_print_this_page_/applications/consumer/audio_visual/dvd_recorder/dvd_recorder_root.jsp
https://web.archive.org/web/20090212134309/http://america.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=/discontinued_tools_index.htm&fp=/products/discontinued_tools
https://web.archive.org/web/20180805114056/https://www.renesas.com/us/en/#
https://web.archive.org/web/20081101122502/http://america.renesas.com/#
https://web.archive.org/web/20120103214020/http://am.renesas.com/index.jsp
https://web.archive.org/web/20120101081604/http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/doctormicro
https://web.archive.org/web/20100419123211/http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/downloads
https://web.archive.org/web/20100421163745/http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/downloads/r8c;jsessionid=0FDE39CA837438D88F6066110F5CCB8A.node0
https://web.archive.org/web/20060322053313/http://america.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=m16c6h_root.jsp&fp=/products/mpumcu/vcr_mpumcu/m16c60_dvd_series/m16c6h_group/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054529/http://eu.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=odd_root.jsp&fp=/products/assp/for_storage_drives/odd/
https://web.archive.org/web/20080930133526/http://eu.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=mpumcu_category_landing.jsp&fp=/products/mpumcu/&site=i
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://am.renesas.com/*
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://america.renesas.com/*
https://web.archive.org/web/20121002073408/http://am.renesas.com:80/applications/consumer/audio_visual/dvd_recorder/index.jsp