Visualisation reference design kit gets optimised
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MSC's new visualisation reference design kit is a single chip solution designed to allow TFT displays up to a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels (WQVGA) to be directly controlled.
Due to launch at embedded world 2011, the VisuRDK-RX62N-WQVGA features a RX62N 32bit microcontroller with up to 165 DMIPs computing power, 512KB flash memory, 96KB of RAM and a selection of different communication interfaces. These include six UARTs, an Ethernet interface, a CAN interface and two usb 2.0 full speed (Host, Function and OTG) interfaces. A 4.3in TFT display with integrated capacitive touch controllers is also included for industrial use.
According to MSC, the TFT requires only 5% of overall computing power. The company claims that due to high performance on chip peripheral units, most of the external devices required for TFT control are not necessary, resulting in a significant reduction in system cost.
The kit has been optimised for quick and easy entry into graphics programming for inexperienced developers and a graphics library has been implemented to allow graphical interfaces to be quickly generated and tested.
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