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DLP2000: General questions regrads the DLP2000

Part Number: DLP2000
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TM4C1297NCZAD, DLP2010, DLPC2607

Hello Team,

I do have a customer which looking forward to starting HUD design with our DLP2000, Before he would start the design he got a few questions 

Could you please advise the below:

* There is an extended temperature DLP2000 version, if not what happened to the device in case of working at the edges such as (-)20 or above 70 (C)?

* could this device communicate directly in front of the TM4C1297NCZAD (using the 24 bit parallel I/F)?

* does TI provide a reference design for small footprint PCB design?

* in case the application use case for outdoor but the distance from the viewer is about 10 cm and considering that the product is working on battery,

What are the required currents for lighting in that case (or the recommended Nits)? And if you have some recommendations for RGB LEDs?

Thanks in advance

Best regards,

Shai 

  • Hello Shai,

    Could you confirm you are talking about designing a system from scratch or are you talking about the DLP2000EVM? To answer your questions:

    - The DLP2010 is only available in a 0 to 70C temperature range
    - The DLPC2607 controller is required to be used with the DLP2000. The DLPC2607 can accept input from any device that provides the correctly formatted parallel or BT656 video source. I would recommend creating a separate E2E post about the TM4C1297NCZAD if it can output parallel data. I see an External Peripheral Interface (EPI). Maybe this could be configured for video data; however, I do not think this is the intended use case.
    - You can find our reference design at www.ti.com/.../TIDA-01473
    - This will require system level design and tradeoff to meet the required brightness levels. You can reach out to some of our optical engine manufacturers to see the available light engines and intended brightness levels.

    I hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

    Thanks,
    Kyle
  • Kyle,

    thank for your inputs, I have open separate post about the TMc1297.
    regrads the reference design, I saw that you use a module for the optics and the DMD with the controller.
    can you please share more details about this module and if you have more technical details about how to built optics for the DLP2000 such as the LEDs requirements and mechanics/lens.
    Thanks in advance

    Kind regards,
    Shai
  • The purpose is to build their own optics for custom HUD device.

    KR
    Shai
  • Shai,

    There is some information about the optical engine for this system (designed and manufactured by Young Optics) available in the user's guide associated with this EVM (section 3.1):
    www.ti.com/.../dlpu049c.pdf

    More detailed design specifications beyond what is provided in the user's guide is unavailable as the designed is owned by Young Optics. You would need to contact them for further information.

    I hope this helps.

    Best Regards,
    Philippe Dollo