Demo Provides Complete Solution Including Hardware and Software; Enables Faster Design of Applications With Graphical Displays
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the availability of its Remote Control Demo Board, which integrates graphics, touch sensing, USB, and wireless communications (ZigBee RF4CE). The board demonstrates a remote control populated with a PIC24FJ256DA210 MCU, 3.5” graphical TFT LCD display with resistive touch screen, capacitive touch keys with plastic overlay, MRF24J40 2.4 GHz transceiver and ZENA wireless adapter.
Many consumer products now feature colorful graphical displays and touch capability. And, RF-based remote controls are becoming more prevalent, as they provide bi-directional communication and work through walls (no line-of-sight communication is required). Microchip’s remote-control demo is in the form factor of a wireless remote control, but it can also be used as a reference design to build any type of application that requires a graphical display, touch sensing, USB and/or wireless capability. The demo is supported by free source code that customers can use to customize for various graphical screens or touch-button scenarios. The MRF24J40 transceiver can be used with the 2.4 GHz RF4CE, ZigBee or MiWi protocols, depending upon the wireless needs of the end application. The demo showcases how a vivid color display application can use a low cost PIC24 MCU with integrated graphics driver, utilizing only the on-chip RAM to eliminate the cost of external memory.
“The Remote Control Demo Board was developed to help customers get to market quickly with Microchip’s graphics, mTouch sensing, USB and wireless solutions,” said Mitch Obolsky, vice president of Microchip’s MCU16 Division. “The demo comes populated with our low-cost graphics microcontroller and wireless transceiver to enable a cost-effective system solution.”
Pricing & Availability
The Remote Control Demo Board with ZENA wireless adapter (part # DM240315-2) can be purchased today, for $249.99.
