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Future Designs, Inc.

Future Designs, Inc. (FDI) is a leader in embedded design and development for electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, and systems engineers. FDI provides embedded development support products for microcontrollers from NXP (Philips) and other semiconductor manufacturers.

FDI uEZGUI-1788 Instant GUI 4.3" & 7.0" Touch Screen LCD Kits

FDI uEZGUI-1788 Instant GUI 4.3" & 7.0" Touch Screen LCD Kits feature the NXP LPC1788 MCU and either a Sharp 4.3" TFT WQVGA LCD Panel or a Seiko 7.0" TFT WVGA LCD Panel, both with integrated touch screen. The NXP LPC1788 Cortex M-3 based microcontroller runs the open source uEZ® + FreeRTOS software platform. The LPC1788 has 512KB of internal Flash memory, 96KB of internal SRAM, a 10/100 Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC), a USB full speed device/host/OTG controller, four UARTs, two CAN channels and a collection of serial communications interfaces. The uEZ GUI boards also include 8MB of external SDRAM and 8MB of external NOR Flash. FDI uEZGUI-1788 Instant GUI 4.3" & 7.0" Touch Screen LCD Kits are each designed to be used as an "off-the-shelf" Graphical User Interface (GUI) or Human Machine Interface (HMI) in a variety of end customer applications. The miniature, self-contained design is well suited to embed directly into a user product.

FDI GUI 7in Touch Screen LCD Kit

FDI GUI 7in Touch Screen LCD Kit is a compact, highly integrated LCD controller platform that can be quickly integrated for easy debugging and prototyping. The second in the family of μEZ GUI products, the FDI GUI 7in Touch Screen LCD Kit is based on the LPC2478 microprocessor from NXP and has 8MB of SDRAM and 8MB of NOR flash. The unit includes a 7in WVGA TFT LCD from Seiko, with dimensions for the complete assembly of 6.7in x 5.7in X 0.5in tall. On board features include USB device, micro SD memory card, real‐time clock with Super Cap backup, 3‐axis accelerometer, temperature sensor, and mini JTAG connector. The unit also supports the addition of an expansion board for additional communication interface options like USB Host, Ethernet, RS485, and RS232 support. The kit features a 16-bit per pixel (bpp) LCD interface, a fully integrated 4-wire resistive touch screen, and an LED backlight power and control circuit. The kit includes a Segger J-Link Lite JTAG debugger and a demo version of the powerful Segger emWin GUI software development package along with all cables and a stylus for the touch screen. All documentation is included on the 2GB micro SD card and when the unit is plugged into a PC the card appears as a USB Flash drive so the documentation can easily be copied to the PC.

FDI DK-57VTS-LPC1788 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kit

FDI DK-57VTS-LPC1788 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kits are optimized to save development time in typical embedded control applications. The modular format of the FDI DK-57VTS-LPC1788 VGA Touch Screen LCD Kits uses a base Carrier Board, a core CPU SOMDIMM, and an LCD Carrier Board. The base Carrier Board includes expansion connectors for added flexibility and a range of configurations. The SOMDIMM-LPC1788 includes an NXP LPC1788 Cortex-M3 microcontroller running the open source µEZ® +FreeRTOS software platform. The SOMDIMM-LPC1788 features 512KB of internal Flash memory, 96KB of internal SRAM, a 10/100 Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC), a USB full speed device/host/OTG controller, four UARTs, two CAN channels, and a collection of serial communications interfaces. The SOMDIMM-LPC1788 also includes 8MB of external SDRAM. These FDI 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kits are supplied with easy-to-use application documents for all hardware and software.

FDI µEZGUI-2478-43WQS Touch Screen LCD Kit for LPC2478

The FDI µEZGUI-2478-43WQS Touch Screen LCD Kit for LPC2478 is an off-the-shelf GUI or Human Machine Interface (HMI) that can be used in a variety of end customer applications. The miniature, self-contained design of the FDI µEZGUI-2478-43WQS is well suited to be embedded directly into your product. The µEZGUI-2478-43WQS Touch Screen LCD Kit features a Sharp 4.3" TFT WQVGA 480 NIT LCD panel with integrated touchscreen and an NXP Semiconductors LPC2478 CPU running at 72MHz (with 512KB internal Flash).

FDI SOMDIMM-LPC3250 CPU Module

The FDI SOMDIMM-LPC3250 modular LPC3250-based microprocessor plug-in system on module provides a quick and easy solution for implementing an ARM926EJ-S-based design by providing the basic functions necessary for a product on an easy to use SOMDIMM. The FDI SOMDIMM-LPC3250 CPU module uses an industry-standard 200-pin SO-DIMM interface used by almost every laptop on the market. This FDI SOMDIMM is compatible with FDI touch screen LCD kits but can also be used for custom platform development or customer applications. The FDI SOMDIMM-LPC3250 CPU module includes an NXP Semiconductors LPC3250 ARM926EJ-S-based microcontroller (MCU) running the open source Linux software platform. The NXP LPC3250 has 256KB of internal SRAM, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a USB full speed device/host/OTG controller, seven UARTs, and a collection of serial communications interfaces. The FDI SOMDIMM-LPC3250 also includes 64MB of external DDR SDRAM and 512MB of external NAND FLASH.

FDI ARM 3.5" QVGA Touch Screen LCD Kit for LPC2478

The FDI ARM 3.5" QVGA Touch Screen LCD Kit for the NXP Semiconductors LPC2478 Microcontroller (MCU) speeds up the development time for embedded control applications. This FDI ARM Touch Screen LCD Kit includes a base Carrier Board, a core CPU DIMM Module, and an LCD Carrier Board. The base carrier board includes expansion connectors for added flexibility and a range of configurations, a 3-axis digital accelerometer and temperature sensor, a TFT interface for Graphics LCD displays up to 1024x768 resolution, 18-bit color, and more. The LCD Carrier Board includes a 3.5" QVGA Display (320 x 240) with Touch Screen Interface, an optional 5.7" QVGA or VGA board, and an up to 10.4" XGA Board. The ARM7DIMM-LPC2478 Module includes an NXP ARM7TDMI-S LPC2478 MCU that runs the open source µEZ™ + FreeRTOS software platform included with the FDI 3.5" QVGA LCD Touch Screen Kit. The LPC2478 MCU has 512KB of internal Flash memory, 96KB of internal SRAM, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a USB full speed device/host/OTG controller, and more.

FDI ARM 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kit for LPC2478

The FDI ARM 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kit for the NXP LPC2478 microcontroller (MCU) saves development time in embedded control applications. The FDI ARM 5.7" VGA Touch Screen LCD Kit features an LCD Carrier Board with a 5.7" VGA display with touch screen interface and an optional 3.5" QVGA board and up-to 10.4" XGA board. This FDI kit provides a modular format that uses a base Carrier Board and CPU DIMM Module in addition to the LCD Carrier Board. The CPU DIMM Module includes an NXP ARM7TDMI-S LPC2478 MCU that runs the open source µEZ™ +FreeRTOS software platform. The LPC2478 MCU offers 512KB of internal Flash memory, 96KB of internal SRAM, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a USB full speed device/host/OTG controller, and more.