
September 2014: Vers1.0 Page 1
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2014 DLP Design, Inc.
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DLP-ECON-BP BOOSTERPACK FEATURES:
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Compatible with Texas Instruments’ G2 LaunchPad (Required)
• Temperature/Humidity Sensor
• DLP-ECON-F1 Control Module Incorporated
• E Ink 1.73" Mobius Display Included
• Selectable Host: GUI/USB or LaunchPad
• Host PC GUI for Image/Icon Creation
• Four User-Definable Buttons
• All Power Taken from the TI LaunchPad
Shown here with the TI G2 LaunchPad
(Sold
Separately)
DLP-ECON-F1 E INK CONTROLLER FEATURES:
•
Compatible with the E Ink 1.73” Mobius Display
• Simple UART Interface at 115.2K Baud
• Single 3.3-3.6V Supply
• On-Board, 5-Rail PMIC
• Programmable VCOM (Non-Volatile)
• Surface Mount Module Format
• 1.2” x 1.2” (30.5 x 30.5mm) Footprint
• Built-in FPC Display Connector
• On-Board, Non-Volatile Storage for Three Full Display Images
• Up to 90 32x32-Pixel, User-Defined Icons
• Windows Demonstration GUI with Barcode Creation Support
Provided
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The DLP-ECON-F1 E Ink Display Controller is designed to make easy work of driving E Ink’s 1.73-inch
Mobius display. This module consists of the electronic components necessary to correctly update the
image on the e-paper display via a simple TTL serial interface typically found in low-cost
microcontrollers. The DLP-ECON-BP BoosterPack can be controlled by two types of host: PC GUI via
USB (Virtual COM Port), or the Texas Instruments LaunchPad.
In a typical usage scenario when the host is a PC, the GUI is utilized to create and send over full-screen
displays including barcodes and icons via the USB interface. The GUI can also import *.bmp bitmaps
which can be used in full-screen displays. When the host is a TI LaunchPad (or small microcontroller),
non-full-screen control features are used to update the contents of the display: Clear Display, Display
Text, Icon On/Off and Global Update via non-volatile memory.