The Renesas Starter Kit Plus is intended as a user-friendly introductory and evaluation tool for microcontroller with JTAG interface. The board also provides a useful platform for evaluating the Renesas suite of development tools for coding and debugging, using High-performance Embedded Workshop as well as programming the device using E10A-USB debugger.

The TFT Kit contains:
- H8S/2456 MCU board
- WQVGA (480 x 272) TFT-LCD panel with touch screen
- E10A JTAG debugger/programme
- High-Performance Embedded Workshop (HEW), Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with 60-day full trial license
- Free Graphics API (GAPI) and library supporting simple GUI objects like buttons, sliders, bitmaps, proportial fonts, basic shapes and gradient coloring
- TFT-LCD firmware drivers and demo applications
- Full documentation with application notes, design guide, and GAPI users guide
- cabling
- power supply