Evaluation kits for Epson-based displays

The on-board electronics of all Epson-based displays contains the gate driver supporting up to 800 lines, and the Epson S1D13541 EPD controller with integrated 480 lines source driver. Not on-board display – but required – is the power management.

The evaluation kits for this platform do provide the power management. To control the overall system, also a system MCU is required.

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Plastic Logic support different system MCU’s for this display platform:

• Parrot MSP430

The MSP430-Kit is suited for ultra low power applications and repeated low-performance tasks with short start-up time such as IOT, wearables, small labels and smartcards.
The MCU TI MSP430F5438A is a hard-coded microcontroller unit, and code changes require a dedicated JTAG programmer.
The kit includes the MCU board Parrot and all other components required to operate different display sizes.

• Beaglebone

The Beagleobone-Kit is suited for low power, mid-performance applications such as handheld devices, wearables and labels. Allows more advanced functionality like basic user interaction and mid-size image processing.
The MCU ARM Cortex-A8 runs on Linux with EPD frame buffer driver.
The kit includes the MCU board Beaglebeone and all other components required to operate different display sizes.

All MCU’s are enabled to control the Epson-based displays in combination with the additionally required power management.

The different MCU’s can be chosen according to customer needs and preferences.