With over 30 years’ experience in the display market independent distributor Craft Data Ltd are pleased to bring to the UK market the latest 7.0” TFT LCD, PH102600T002-IBA and the 10.1” PH102600T003-IBA from their long term LCD partner Powertip.
Both panels are the increasingly popular wide screen, 16:9 format and offer a high resolution 1024×600 WSVGA pixel arrangement resulting in sharper imagery when scaling full HD video and images. These new panels incorporate a high brightness white LED backlight with an output of 500cd/m² and coupling this with high contrast ratios of 600:1 for the 7.0” size and 500:1 for the 10.1” makes them ideally suited to both indoor and outdoor applications. With the wide screen format, wide viewing angles are also now expected, the 10.1” does not disappoint with a viewing angle of 160° on both the horizontal and vertical axis and whilst the 7.0” size cannot quite boast the same wide viewing cone it still has a good viewing window of 120° on both its horizontal and vertical axis.
Common to both TFT panels is the move to an LVDS interface over the more traditional digital RGB option which follows the markets demand for panels compatible with the latest embedded driver boards and single board computers which now generally incorporate an LVDS display interface as standard. Both TFT sizes can also be supplied fully integrated with the latest multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensor including cover lens with the capacity of 10 simultaneous touches. The 7.0” size has the choice of either a USB or I²C touch interface whereas the 10.1” has a single USB option. The P-CAP touch sensor offers a high level of ruggedness with an excellent light transmissivity of >85%.
To complement their TFT LCD Powertip also now has a range of embedded board solutions with the TFT LCD paired with either a board containing an ARM based processor or the Silicon Labs C8051F380 microprocessor in conjunction with RAIO RA8875 TFT LCD controller IC, both board options will support 4-wire and projected capacitive touch sensors and include I²C, SPI, RS232 and USB interface connections to control your peripheral devices.
Powertip’s focus is just not on the mid-sized TFT panels, they also produce some excellent displays aimed at small handheld devices and instruments. Their latest addition to this highly competitive market is their 2.8” PH240320T063-LZG01, 240×320 QVGA display. What makes this version clearly stand out from its competitors is its brightness, utilizing the latest high efficiency white LEDs Powertip have managed to construct a backlight capable of producing a display brightness of 700 cd/m² whilst still only consuming 80mA plus a good contrast level of 250:1 makes this module ideal for a host of applications requiring a good optical performance in both indoor and outdoor, full sun applications. The overall module dimension is a very compact 50mm x 69.2mm x 3.05mm, not including the connection FPC giving an active area in portrait orientation of 43.2mm x 57.6mm. The modules FPC also includes connections for a 4-Wire resistive touch version which will be released later this year.
We will be exhibiting a selection of our TFT LCD range at the up and coming “Electronics Design Show” at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, why not come along to stand K48 for an informal chat with the engineers on the stand about your next display requirement.
