iSMART TFTs from Noritake Itron

20th January 2011

Noritake Itron

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Noritake Itron has introduced a range of iSMART TFT Modules to enable users to develop their application in a matter of days with limited experience of TFTs or programming. The modules can operate as host or slave with 8 bit CPU hosts where communication traffic needs to be minimized. This achieved using a unique object-oriented programming language.

ARM9 180MHz Core100 Page Display Memory128M byte NAND Flash4G+ SDHC Card Slot24 User I/O + Touch ScreenEasy to Use Compact ProgrammingMultiple InterfacesWorldwide Fonts The 4.3 version has 24 bit colour with 100 pages of display RAM, 128MByte onboard flash and 4G+ SDHC card slot giving it many of the attributes of a PC based TFT system but at 30% of the cost with 1pc selling at £85 and 100pcs at £72 *.

Users can interface via RS232, RS485, SPI, I2C, Async and USB with a 1MHz CAN bus expander available. The 24 user I/O can support a 144 key matrix without the need for diodes. . The module also features piezo drive, 3 PWM and 2 Analogue channels plus AC97 stereo audio bus, a real time clock with date, an analogue touch panel and integrated debugger and command trace. The website at www.itrontft.com provides ASCII and world fonts, button and background images plus application downloads which can be modified with just a text and image editor. Pre-release customers have described this product as a 'recession buster' due to its low implementation cost, fast turn around capability and the professional result you can achieve with relatively little effort.