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LCD controller serves multiple monitors

By Warren Webb, Technical Editor -- EDN, 1/7/2008

The new DVS-1600 interface controller from Digital View addresses a variety of TFT (thin-film-transistor)-LCD-monitor applications with support for multiple input connectors, video protocols, and LCD panels. The board’s port architecture provides physical inputs for DVI (Digital Video Interface), VGA, S-Video, and composite video, along with corresponding signal-processing modes. The DVS-1600 comes preprogrammed to drive several panel models and resolutions that are selectable via onboard DIP switches. The controller supports panel resolutions from VGA (640×480 pixels) to UXGA (1600×1200 pixels), as well as panel formats of 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, and 16:10.

You can update timing and video-processing features as necessary through the controller’s serial port. Other features of the DVS-1600 include built-in support for multiple VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) timing modes, plus legacy-video modes, such as synchronization-on-green and composite synchronization. The DVS-1600 is available now for $110 (1000).