Epson and Plastic Logic Announce Cooperation at electronica 2012

Epson and Plastic Logic Announce Cooperation at electronica 2012 PR Newswire MUNICH and DRESDEN, Germany, November 12, 2012 MUNICH and DRESDEN, Germany, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders in their respective fields cooperate to broaden the applications for flexible plastic displays Epson Europe Electronics GmbH will present a controller/driver developed for Plastic Logic's innovative flexible plastic displays at electronica 2012 in Munich. The collaboration between the two companies has allowed optimisation of performance targeted at displays between 1ʺ and 5ʺ size. The Epson controller/driver S1D13541 for electrophoretic displays (EPD) combines all of the fundamental components for controlling an EPD on one single module. The S1D13541 contains an EPD controller with four display pipelines, which can be used in parallel to represent up to 16 levels of grey. Furthermore, it contains 480 TFT source driver outputs as well as a built-in memory and supports display resolutions up to 480 x 854 pixels. The module also integrates a waveform memory, a DC/DC booster circuit (optional usage) for the generation of all required display voltages, as well as a temperature sensor. In combination with an external TFT gate driver, the S1D13541 forms an ideal system, allowing this new display technology from Plastic Logic to be used in a broad range of applications, including healthcare and automotive applications, as well as in mobile devices and smart cards.