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Embedded Systems: Fundamentals

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

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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 Output

LCD:

Liquid Crystal Display

LVDS:

Low Voltage Differential Signalling

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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  • Gajski DD, Abdi S, Gerstlauer A, Schirner G (2009) Embedded system design. Modeling, synthesis and verification. Springer, New York

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  • Zurawski R (2009) Embedded systems handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton

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  1. Display Lab, Pforzheim University, Tiefenbronner Str. 65, D-75175, Pforzheim, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach

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  1. Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach
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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Blankenbach, K. (2012). Embedded Systems: Fundamentals. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_38

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