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EL640.480-A SB Series 640 x 480 
Pixel, True Gray Scale Displays 

 

 
USER’S MANUAL 
 
 

www.planar.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for EL640.480-A

Page 1: ...EL640 480 A SB Series 640 x 480 Pixel True Gray Scale Displays USER S MANUAL www planar com ...

Page 2: ...Revision Control Date Description August 1999 Document number PI01114 Ver 12 June 2004 Document number 020 0358 00A ...

Page 3: ...ray Shades 8 Self Test 9 Display Enable 9 Brightness Control 9 Low Power Mode 9 Two Data Parallel Mode 9 EMC 9 Display Operation Modes 10 Timing Compatibility with Planar Displays 11 Display Operation Modes 12 Setup and Hold Timing 15 Installation and Handling 15 Mounting 15 Handling and Cleaning 15 Video Signal Input 16 Avoiding Burn in 16 Operational Specifications 17 Environmental 17 Reliabilit...

Page 4: ... 20 Figure 8 EL640 480 A SB Back and Side Views 21 Tables Table 1 Signal Inputs J1 Video Interface Connector 5 Table 2 Power and Control Inputs 6 Table 3 Connectors 6 Table 4 Input Specifications 7 Table 5 Levels of Gray 8 Table 6 Display Operation Modes 11 Table 7 350 Row VGA Modes 12 Table 8 400 Row VGA Modes 13 Table 9 640 Columns x 480 Row VGA Modes 13 Table 10 640 Columns x 480 Rows Norrmal M...

Page 5: ...signals to operate 1 Video Data or pixel information 2 Video Clock pixel clock or dot clock 3 Horizontal Sync 4 Vertical Sync 5 Blanking EL Technology The display consists of an electroluminescent glass panel and a mounted circuit board with addressing electronics Figure 1 EL Technology The EL glass panel is a solid state device with a thin film luminescent layer sandwiched between transparent die...

Page 6: ...xels in dark ambient making the appearance of each pixel crisp and clear The 640 column electrodes and 480 row electrodes are arranged in an X Y formation with the intersecting areas performing as pixels Voltage is applied to both the correct row electrode and the correct column electrode to cause a lit pixel Operating voltages required are provided by an integrated DC DC converter Electrical Char...

Page 7: ... horizontal sync signal HS controls the internal row counter and in the NORMAL mode the horizontal position of the picture 24 Vertical Sync VS The vertical sync signal VS controls the vertical position of the picture 26 Self test SELFTST If high or left disconnected self test is performed see page 8 27 Colour map COLMAP If high data bits are interpreted as colours see page 8 If low data bits are i...

Page 8: ...UMPOT2 Control Basics The EL panel is a matrix structure with column and row electrodes arranged in X Y formation Light is emitted when an AC voltage of sufficient amplitude is applied at a row column intersection The display operation is based on the symmetric line at a time data addressing scheme Input thresholds to the display are 74ACT CMOS compatible TTL thresholds Power Input The only requir...

Page 9: ...OS2 MSB are for vertical positioning and HORPOS0 HORPOS3 MSB are for horizontal positioning see Fig 2 Both settings form a binary number where a set bridge is a 0 and open bridge a 1 The adjustment range for VERPOS is 0 to 7 upwards default 000 for no shift and HORPOS 7 right 0000 to 8 left 1111 default 0111 for no shift Notice Due to the fact that picture positioning is not supported by Planar mu...

Page 10: ...an either be mapped to colour coding or binary gray shade coding Colour coding is selected by pulling COLMAP control input HIGH A LOW state in COLMAP control input selects binary coding See Programmable Features in page3 for setting the coding if COLMAP input is left disconnected Table 5 16 levels of gray when colour mapping is used D3 D2 D1 D0 Colour Gray Level 0 0 0 0 Black 0 0 0 0 1 Blue 1 0 0 ...

Page 11: ... brightness is at its maximum level Low Power Mode The Low Power function reduces power consumption of the display to typically 11 W The function reduces slightly the contrast and average brightness of the display The function is selected by LOW state in _LOWPOW control input J1 30 If the input is pulled HIGH or left disconnected normal operation is selected Two Data Parallel Mode For compatibilit...

Page 12: ... diagrams In 320 and 360 column VGA modes each pixel data is displayed in two successive pixels In 720 and 360 column VGA text modes the data of every ninth pixel is omitted to be able to display the whole data line with 640 pixels There is no data loss due to blank data in the ninth column of the text box The border timing included in _BLANK is taken into account in the interpretation of this sig...

Page 13: ... 200 320 x 350 640 x 350 360 x 400 720 x 400 320 x 200 640 x 200 720 x 350 720 x 400 320 x 200 640 x 200 640 x 350 640 x 350 640 x 480 640 x 480 320 x 200 640 x 480 Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No L 8 7 R 8 7 L 8 6 R 8 6 L 9 7 R 9 7 L 8 7 R 8 7 R 9 6 R 9 7 L 8 7 R 8 7 R8 6 R8 6 R 8 T 8 R 8 T 8 L 4 7 NOTES 1 In VGA modes 0 1 2 3 7 and 7 the box size is narrowed to 8 pix...

Page 14: ... 8 11 9 tVCLK 5 T8 HS Pulse Width 32 51 64 103 104 111 tVCLK 6 T9 Horizontal Back Porch 12 37 40 45 tVCLK T10 Horizontal Border 8 8 9 tVCLK 7 VCLK pulses HS 400 800 900 HS period 31 8 31 8 31 8 µs 1 Borders are displayed but otherwise ignored by the display controller value is for typical system timing 2 Min 2 HS pulses 130 T1 T4 T5 in tHS x 3 µs 60 µs 3 Min 1 x tVCLK 4 Ignored in 320 column mode ...

Page 15: ...value is for typical system timing 2 Min 80 T1 T3 T4 T5 in tHS x 3 3 µs 50 µs 3 Min 1 x tVCLK 4 Size of removed border in 640 and 720 column modes 5 Used to detect 320 320 13 and 360 column modes Typical values are 3 6 and 4 respectively 6 Used to detect column mode Typical values are 48 96 and 108 for 320 320 13 640 and 720 column modes respectively 7 Size of removed border in 320 320 13 and 360 ...

Page 16: ...1 Vertical Front Porch 60 µs T2 VS High Low time 1 tVCLK 2 T3 Vertical Blank 40 µs VS frequency 65 Hz T4 HS setup to VS 0 tVCLK T5 HS hold from VS 2 µs T6 HS Low Time 4 tVCLK 3 T7 HS High Time 640 320 640 320 tVCLK 4 T8 HS period 31 µs NOTES 1 _BLANK must be high or left unconnected 2 Only rising edge is used 3 Video Clock VCLK should be kept running 4 The number of VCLK pulses during HS high time...

Page 17: ...L640 480 A4 and AD4 displays should be done using the four mounting ears of the metal assembly support Note that all four mounting points are connected to the signal ground GND in J1 through the assembly support Handling and Cleaning Before handling the display necessary precaution must be taken to prevent application of static charges to the display from the operator or tools The display is made ...

Page 18: ...eak when subjected to bending stresses high impact or excessive loads To prevent injury in the event of glass breakage a protective overlay should be used on the viewer side of the display Cleaning Caution Clean the display glass with mild water based detergants only Apply the cleaner sparingly Warning The product generates potentially dangerous voltages capable of causing personal injury high vol...

Page 19: ... RH Non operative IEC 68 2 30 Altitude Operative 15 000 m 50 000 ft above sea level Vibration 20 500 Hz ASD level 0 05 g2 Hz Random Vibration wide band IEC 68 2 36 Test Fdb Shock Magnitude Duration Number of shocks 100 g 4 ms half sine wave 18 3 on each of the 6 surfaces IEC 68 2 27 test Ea Reliability MTBF 50 000 h 25 C Safety The display will not inhibit the end product from obtaining any of the...

Page 20: ...th full field at GL 15 Luminance Contrast Ratio MInimum AD4 12 1 500lx 3 1 2500lx Viewing Angle Minimum 160 Illuminance Classification 1 10 lx 10 100 lx 100 1000 lx 1000 10000 lx 10000 100000 lx dark dim office bright sunlight Filter The luminance contrast of the ICE version of the display EL640 480 AD4 is sufficient for operation without any contrast enhancement For best overall performance in hi...

Page 21: ...isplay Viewing Area Characteristics EL640 480 A3 SB Active Area millimeters inches height 154 8 6 09 width 206 4 8 13 Pixel Pitch millimeters inches height 0 3226 0 0127 width 0 3226 0 0127 Pixel Size millimeters inches height 0 208 0 082 width 0 210 0 083 Pixel fill factor 42 Pixel Matrix 640 horizontal by 480 vertical EL640 480 A4 SB and AD4 SB Active Area millimeters inches height 158 3 6 24 wi...

Page 22: ...fications see page 5 In most applications an air gap of min 5 mm is recommended Some applications may require however a larger air gap for cooling of the display unit in the system Note that this may slightly increase the total depth of the design Fig 6 EL640 480 A3 SB Viewing Area Characteristics Fig 7 EL640 480 A4 SB and AD4 SB Viewing Area Characteristics ...

Page 23: ...EL640 480 A SB Series Operations Manual 020 0358 00A 21 Fig 8 Back and Side Views All dimensions in mm ...

Page 24: ...or replacement of Goods is Seller s sole obligation and Buyer s exclusive remedy for all claims of defects If that remedy is adjudicated insufficient Seller shall refund Buyer s paid price for the Goods and have no other liability to Buyer All warranty repairs must be performed at Seller s authorized service center using parts approved by Seller Buyer shall pay costs of sending Goods to Seller on ...

Page 25: ... anti glare film 0 33 pitch Design and specifications are subject to change without notice Support and Service Planar is a U S company based in Beaverton Oregon and Espoo Finland with a world wide sales distribution network Full application engineering support and service are available to make the integration of Planar displays as simple and quick as possible for our customers RMA Procedure Applyi...

Page 26: ... M F 5am 5pm Pacific Time Europe and Asia Pacific Support Olarinluoma 9 P O Box 46 FIN 02201 Espoo Finland Tel 358 9 420 01 Hours M F 7 00am 4pm CET 2004 Planar Systems Inc 06 04 Planar is a registered trademark of Planar Systems Inc ICE ICEBrite and ICEPlus are trademarks of Planar Systems Inc Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners Technical information in this documen...

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