Abstract
Microcontrollers and microprocessors are the central part of an embedded system. However, the display determines the system’s design, as it has demanding requirements in terms of (video) memory and data rate. In this chapter, the fundamentals of implementing displays into embedded systems are presented, including software approaches for the (graphical) user interface.
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Abbreviations
- CPU:
-
Central processing unit
- FPGA:
-
Field programmable gate array
- GPIO:
-
General purpose (digital) inputs and outputs
- LCD:
-
Liquid crystal display
- LVDS:
-
Low-voltage differential signaling
- PC:
-
Personal computer
- QVGA:
-
Quarter video graphics array
- R&D:
-
Research and development
- RAM:
-
Random access memory
- TTL:
-
Transistor–transistor logic
- VGA:
-
Video graphics array
- VRAM:
-
Video RAM
- XGA:
-
Extended graphics array
- μC:
-
Microcontroller
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Blankenbach, K. (2016). Embedded Systems: Fundamentals. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_38
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