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Webinar: NEW! Introductory Guide to the LightCrafter™ Display Evaluation Module (for ultra-mobile displays)

 

 

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About

The evaluation module (EVM) features the DLP2000 chipset comprised of the DLP2000 .2 nHD DMD, DLPC2607 display controller and DLPA1000 PMIC/LED driver. This EVM comes equipped with a production ready optical engine and processor interface supporting 8/16/24-bit RGB parallel video interface in a small-form factor.

 

Features

  • Most affordable way for developers to evaluate high-performing DLP display technology
  • Plug and play DLP nHD optical engine that supports up to 30 lumens
  • I2C and 8/16/24-bit parallel RGB video interfaces to support virtually any low cost host processor
  • Compact form factor
  • BeagleBone Black compatibility out of the box

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Key documentation:

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Important Dates

Enrollment Begins: Oct 30 2017

Enrollment Ends: Dec 1 2017

RoadTesters Selected: Dec 8 2017

Product Shipped: Jan 22 2018

RoadTesting Begins: Jan 30 2018

Reminder/Update Email: Mar 2 2018

Submit Reviews By: Mar 31 2018**

 

*The element14 RoadTest Staff will send this reminder/update email.

**If a RoadTester is unable to meet the deadline, please notify the RoadTest Program Lead, , as soon as possible before the deadline.

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RoadTesters

The following applicants were selected as official roadtesters:

Terms and Conditions

TI DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 Evaluation Module RoadTest

Terms and Conditions

These are the terms and conditions which govern the TI DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 Evaluation ModuleRoadTest contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previous experience with this type of equipment/component, information on what they would do to test the equipment/component, and the applicant’s desire to post a thorough review of their experience with images, photos, or other supplemental materials. Participants will be required to meet the Conditions for Participation.  The winners of this RoadTest will receive the item(s) listed below. RoadTest Reviews are due no later than 60 days after the receipt of the item(s). No other prizes are offered.

The Principal terms of the Competition:

The following words and phrases are used in these terms and conditions and have the meanings given to them below.

TI DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 Evaluation Module

(RoadTest or Contest)

Key dates:

Applications Close: midnight (GMT) on Dec 1 2017

Announcement of Winner (estimated): Dec 8  2017

 

Prize:  TI DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 Evaluation Module

Additional Prizes: none

Competition Site: https://www.element14.com/community/groups/roadtest?ICID=menubar_resources_roadtest

Site or element14 Community: www.element14.com/community

Judges: members of the element14 community team chosen at the Organiser’s discretion.

Judging Criteria, All of the following which will have equal weighting:

· Demonstrated competence with the technologies including links or descriptions of past projects

· Qualifications as indicated by current job role and/or schooling/vocational training;

· A thorough description of how the prize would be tested;

· Likelihood that the Applicant will blog about the prize and provide a review on element14.com;

· Originality;

· Innovation.

Organiser: Premier Farnell plc (registered in England and Wales under company number 876412) whose registered office is at Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds, UK

Conditions for Qualification: in addition to meeting the requirements of these terms, all persons applying to take part in the Contest (each one an Applicant) must:

· Provide a RoadTest application describing what he/she would do if awarded the Prize including similar previous projects, product experience and qualifications

Terms: these terms and conditions which govern the Competition and to which the Organiser reserves the right to make changes from time to time and the latest version of these Terms from time to time will be posted to the Site.

  1. Eligibility
  2. Applications:
  3. Selecting Winners:  
  4. Liability:
  5. General:

1.1 Save as set out in these Terms, the Contest is open to any natural or legal person, firm or company or group of natural persons or unincorporated body.

1.2 All Applicants must be aged at least 18 at the time of their application.

1.3 Applicants must not enter the RoadTest if doing so or taking part may:

1.3.1 cause the Organiser and/or themselves to be in breach of any agreement (including but not limited to any contract of employment) to which they are a party or in breach of any law, regulation or rule having the force of law to which the Organiser or the Applicant may be subject or any policy of the Organiser or the Sponsor;

1.3.2 Require the Organiser to obtain any licence, authorisation or permission to deal with the Applicant; or

1.3.3 Be in breach of any policy or practice of their employer. Some employers prohibit or restrict their employees from taking part in competitions such as these or receiving prizes under them and the Organiser respects those policies and practices.

The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any Application made in breach of these Terms and to reject any Application which it reasonably believes may be or become in breach. The Organiser reserves the right to require evidence in such form as the Organiser may reasonably require of any Applicant’s compliance with any of these Terms and to disqualify any Applicant or Participant who cannot provide such evidence reasonably promptly.

1.4 Multiple applications are not permitted.

1.5 Applications may not be submitted by an agent whether acting on behalf of an undisclosed principal or otherwise.

1.6 The Contest is NOT open to:

1.6.1 Any person or entity who is a resident or national of any country which is subject to sanctions, embargoes or national trade restrictions of the United States of America, the European Union or the United Kingdom;

1.6.2 Any employee, director, member, shareholder (as appropriate) or any of their direct families (parents, siblings, spouse, partner, children) (“Direct Families”) of the Organiser and Sponsors; or

2.1 Each Applicant must fully complete and submit a RoadTest Application by the Application Close.

2.2 By submitting a Registration Form, each Applicant:

2.2.1 Authorises the Organiser to use his or her personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) for the purposes of running and promoting the RoadTest;

2.2.2 Authorises the Organizer to copy, reproduce and publish their application should they be accepted as a Participant;

2.2.3 Will be deemed to have read, accepted and agree to be bound by these Terms. Applicants are advised to print and keep safe these Terms;

2.2.4 Authorises the Organiser to copy, reproduce and use the Application and/or Review for the purposes of the RoadTest and as otherwise contemplated by these Terms. The Organiser will not be responsible for any inaccuracy, error or omission contained in any reproduction or use of the Project Blogs.

2.2.5 Licenses the Organiser to use the intellectual property in the Project (IP) for the purposes of this Contest. As between the Applicant and the Organiser the IP remains owned by the Applicant.

2.2.6 Grants the Organiser the right to use his or her likeness, photographs, logos, trademarks, audio or video recordings without restriction for the purposes of Contest or the promotion of it or the Site;

2.2.7 Agrees to participate positively in all publicity surrounding the Contest;

2.2.8 Agrees to be responsible for all expenses and costs incurred by him or her in preparing for, entering and participating in the Contest (save for any expenses expressly agreed by the Organiser to be borne by it in these Terms);

2.2.9 Confirms that he or she owns all IP used in his or her application or Project or Blogs and indemnifies the Organiser from any claim by a third party that use of any material provided by an Applicant to the Organiser infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party;

2.2.10 Agrees not to act in any way or fail to act in any way or be associated with any cause or group which would have a negative impact on the reputation of the Organiser and/or the RoadTest.

2.3 All applications submitted to this RoadTest must meet the following criteria:

2.3.1 Applicants must be the author, creator and owner of the proposed review idea. Applicants must not submit someone else’s idea;

2.3.2 The proposed application must be reasonably achievable by the within the time constraints of the Contest;

2.3.3 Applications must not include or propose any of the following, the inclusion of which shall render any proposed application ineligible:

(a) Applications which relate to socially taboo topics, such as illicit drug use or sexual gratification;

(b) Applications that are or could reasonably be considered to be illegal, immoral, discriminatory or offensive as determined by the Organiser;

(c) Applications in relation to them which if accepted would infringe or breach any of the policies or terms of access or use of the Site.

2.4 No Application may contain any of the hazardous substances identified by Article 4 of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament on the Restrictions on the Use of Substances in Electronic and Electrical Equipment ("the Directive") or the use of such hazardous substances in the in any such Project must not exceed the maximum concentration values set out in the Directive.

3.1 Winners will be selected by the Organiser on the basis of the quality of his or her application and its adherence to these Terms.

3.2 The total number of Winners selected will be at least the minimum number set out above but the actual number is at the sole discretion of the Organizer and/or the Sponsor, if applicable.

3.3 The Organiser will use all reasonable efforts to announce the Winners via an update to the RoadTest page by the date listed above.

3.4 Winners agree to take part in all publicity which the Organiser or the Sponsor wishes to use to promote the RoadTest, the Products featured or other Contests with which the Organiser may be connected from time to time.

3.5 Details of the Winners may also be published in the media.

3.6 Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes, duties or other charges payable in relation to any prize.

3.7

4.1 The Organiser hereby excludes all and any Liability arising out of the Contest or the acceptance, use, quality, condition, suitability or performance of any Prize, even where that Liability may arise from the Organiser’s negligence.

4.2 Nothing in these Terms will affect any Liability of the Organiser for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, for breach of Part II of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (in the event that any entrant is entitled to claim rights under the Consumer Protection Act 1987) or for any matter in relation to which it would be illegal for the Organiser to exclude or to attempt to exclude its Liability.

4.3 Subject to 4.2, neither the Organiser, any parent company nor any subsidiary of the Organiser or such parent company or any of their directors, officers and employees (together referred to in these terms and the ‘Associates’) makes any guarantee, warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this Competition or the Prizes potentially available under it. Neither the Organiser nor any of its Associates shall be responsible for any Liability that may arise out of or in connection with person’s participation in this Competition, the claiming, redemption or value of any prizes under it, the use or enjoyment of such prizes or any events or circumstances arising out of or in connection with any of them. Any implied warranties of condition, merchantability or suitability or fitness for purpose of any of them are hereby expressly excluded. Wherever used in these Terms, ‘Liability’ shall mean any and all costs, expenses, claims, damages, actions, proceedings, demands, losses and other liabilities (including legal fees and costs on a full indemnity basis) arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with the matter concerned.

5.1 The RoadTest is organised and sponsored by the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to delegate all or any of its powers, rights and obligations arising in relation to the RoadTest to any Associate and certain such rights and powers are assumed by the Organiser on behalf of itself and each Associate. Reference to “Organiser” shall be deemed to include reference to each Associate.

5.2 The RoadTest may be terminated at any time if there are, in the sole opinion of the Organiser, an insufficient number of entries, or if the Applications are not of an appropriate standard for a competition of this nature. The Organiser has the right to cancel or suspend the RoadTest at any time due to circumstances outside its reasonable control.

5.3 The Organiser shall have the sole discretion to disqualify (without correspondence or right of appeal) any Applicant it considers to be adversely affecting the process or the operation of the RoadTest or to be in breach of these Terms or to be acting in a disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Applicant or Participant.

5.4 The Organiser has the right to amend or add to these Terms from time to time. Revised Terms and Conditions will be posted on the Contest Site and it is a condition of entry to the RoadTest that Applicants agree to comply with these Terms and, if appropriate, such Terms as amended from time to time.

5.5 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation or construction of these Terms and Conditions.

5.6 These Terms and the operation of the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any claim or matter arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

RoadTest Reviews
Comments
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  • thats good news, that will open up a lot of possibilities.

  • Jordan,

     

    I believe you had asked me if this roadtest comes with a BeagleBone black. I opened up the box. Yes, it does. You don't need to have one.

     

    Also, this looks like a great product to have.

     

    Randall

  • Trent,

     

    If you are selected as a winner for this one, and you don't have a BBB, we will supply. We don't have to buy one.

     

    There are times when we will require a roadtester to have things like cables, batteries, other consumables and test equipment. But if something is central to the roadtest, we will supply.

     

    Randall

  • If selected for this Road Test, I would  likely purchase a BBB if one is not provided with.

     

    I have found it sometimes  necessary to purchase additional components for testing in previous RT.

     

    This is something that I don't mind doing. E14 and the suppliers have provided the product. Nothing is free. I understand when the suppliers make a product available for RT, the funding to do so has to come from somewhere.

     

    This is also why it is very important for us testers to complete the reviews. When the suppliers put that product in your hands, it is only fair they get a return  for their investment.

     

    I am very interested in the compatibility of this TI DLP Display with the Beaglebone Black Wireless, which I do have on hand.

  • Jordan,

     

    Good question.

     

    Initially, I think the answer is no. We did not plan to provide it.

     

    However, adding a BBB would not be a problem. I would not want an applicant to be eliminated because he or she did not have a BBB.

     

    So, let me put that on my to-do list. I think we should be able to offer the selected roadtesters a BBB if he or she did not own one.

     

    Randall

  • Question about this Roadtest, will this EVM come with a Beaglebone to connect into? Or would we need to have one of our own?

     

    Thanks!

  • This is a very interesting RT.

     

    Cheers to E14, TI, and Beagleboard.

     

    The design of this TI DLP Light Crafter Display looks very impresive!

  • In the video the demonstration of touch display is a cg simulation. There would need to be some way of determining hand position. Could be possible with an IR grid array like in the Leap Motion controller or a camera and programing to interpret hand movements.

  • The image would need to be reversed/flipped in order to be properly displayed.

     

    I used to have an old cellphone with an HUD app on my dashboard  to project the vehicle's speed onto the windshield. (The car was imported from Japan and the speedometer was in metric) It worked surprisingly well as a HUD at night. Daytime not so much.

  • based on the videos I have seen its more then likely a possibility.   as some where using it as touch displays as well.

  • Great to see this DMD based display module with ready plug and play board comes into roadtest.image

    Definitely this is the future display solution that will dominate the Industrial HMI and Smart Home Display.

    The EVM seems to have everything built in and ready to be plugged on a BBB. So, most of the RoadTesters will go for BBB may be. But the product spec says that it can be incorporated with any low end host processor using I2C and 8/16/24-bit parallel RGB video interfaces. However, it seems to be challenging to me.

    I would like see that in action and hope that someone will go for it without using BBB. image

  • I actually have a BBB that could be used in the RT and the technology is very attractive, but so far I haven't identified an application that I need it for that is compelling enough to put the priority above other plans.

  • Your response is very logical. I will submit an application for this RT.

     

    This DLP Display cape and the WiFi Chip of the BBB W should be compatible as they are both products of TI.

     

    The E14 BB 4.3 LCD Display is of high quality but the issue of no wifi and bt with the BBB W might take some time to resolve.

     

     

    I am sure the developers of the LCD Cape's software image have the intention to update compatibility with the TI WiFi/BT Chip of the BBB W in the future.

     

    The BBB is compatible with most USB WiFi Modules. And it would be worth purchasing if this DLP Display Eval Mod is worth it's cost.

     

    I hope to that you will have time for this RT as your reviews are always great.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Trent

  • You could apply for the road test and test whether it works with the wireless version.

    If you need a BBB it is cheaper than the DLP display.

  • If it can be confirmed to work with BeagleBone Black Wireless, I might consider the purchase of this display cape.

     

    I recently purchased the Element !4 BeagleBone 4.3 LCD Display Cape for use with the BBB Wireless but unfortunately the supplied image is not yet compatible with the Wifi and Bluetooth of the BBB W. This image will boot to desktop off of the microSD fine with but none of the Wireless peripherals are detected,only a physical ethernet port which does not exist on the BBB W.

     

    I am about to test the officially supported Debian with Desktop and IoT images available from Beagleboard in hopes that one of those might work.

    If this does not work it, the BB LCD will be on the shelf until a solution is found or purchase of a BB Black and USB WiFi Dongle.

  • Nice, it plugs into the Beaglebone Black !! image I already have my brain racing with ideas for this..

  • I have a couple of applications for this guy, but I am not sure my current skill levels are up to using it.

     

    DAB

  • I didn't see teh price. At that price it is a good deal, the original kits where 10x this.

     

    Kas

  • Very cool looking Eval Module! Looks like some great hobby projects could be built with this.