May.2015-English Issue No.80 www.winstar.com.tw
 
Issue No. 80

Welcome to read Winstar Newsletter issue no.80. In this issue, we will introduce all the Winstar TFT product lines as your selection guide of TFT displays. Customers could better understand all aspects of Winstar TFT display modules. Welcome to read the content thru the below QR code on your cell phone.

 

Contents
1. Winstar 2015 Product Seminar in Europe End off Good Result
2. Winstar TFT Product Series Introduction
3. Winstar Traditional TFT and High Brightness TFT
4. Winstar Wide View Angle TFT – O Film TFT
5. Winstar Monochrome TFT Modules
6. Winstar TFT Q Series Family
7. Winstar TFT P Series Family
8. Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 1
9. Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 2
10. Comparison of Winstar TFT Q / P / M Series
11. Winstar TFT Application Categories
12. Winstar TFT Mass Production Items

 

Winstar 2015 Summer Company Staff Travel Activity

Thanks to the customers for attending the Winstar 2015 Product Seminar in Poland on April 30th. We appreciated for all the participants attending this workshop since this was first time Winstar hold an overseas seminar and we could not succeed it without your participation. Furthermore, we would like to take this chance to express our thanks and appreciation to the staff of Unisystem Co, especially to Mr. Sławomir Szweda and Mr. Kamil Kozłowski. Without your assistance and support, we couldn’t make it happened.

From the questionnaire, the customers gave us a very high score for all aspects of this seminar. The overall rating score for this seminar we got is 89 and over 95% participants stated that they are willing to attend the seminar again in future. We are glad that the customers agreed the seminar informative and worthwhile. Our primary goal was to improve the customers’ awareness and understanding of Winstar products and we did reach this goal and be even more of a success.

There were many topics covered during the seminar and the presenters did outstanding jobs of sharing their expertise with you. If you still have questions about Winstar STN, TFT, OLED products, welcome to contact with our sales team or presenters. Or if you need the details or the contents of this seminar, please feel free to contact us. Once again, thank you for being part of Winstar 2015 product seminar in Europe and thanks for your comments and suggestions; we assure you that we will do better in the future.

Winstar 2015 Summer Company Staff Travel Activity

 

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Winstar TFT Product Series Introduction

Some customers were not available to attend our April seminar in Poland; therefore we will introduce the important excerpt from this seminar for TFT, STN and OLED presentations. In this issue, we will begin from Winstar TFT product overview introduction and the advantages of Winstar TFT.

Winstar offers a wide product range of TFT-LCD product line which is from small to medium sizes such as 3.5" to 12.1". Our TFT display is qualified under industrial standard which is our major application field, e.g. industrial control, coffee machine, medical equipment, POS system, automation, GPS navigator and etc.

Furthermore, we also provide option of controller board series such as Q Series / P Series and resistance & capacitive touch panel so that the customer can easy test and evaluate possible solution in early design stage. In order to response to the market demand, Winstar provides the solution of TFT easy access embedded M Series (Clever / System), Monochrome TFT, high brightness TFT, wide view O-Film TFT and so on.

Below chart is a overview Winstar TFT product series; we will introduce them in the following pages. Some details will not be mentioned in this published Winstar Newsletter, welcome to contact with our sales team for more information.

Winstar TFT Product Series Introduction

 

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Winstar Traditional TFT and High Brightness TFT

Winstar Traditional TFT is referring to our main promotion models from 3.5 inches to 12.1 inches which typical brightness is around 300 ~ 500 nits with operating temperatures from -20°C to +70°C. Some customers would need sunlight readable solution for their applications, therefore Winstar offer high brightness TFT solutions as option. Winstar high brightness TFT is featured with brightness up from 800 nits to 1000 nits. Below are lists of our traditional TFT and High Brightness TFT as reference.

Winstar Traditional TFT and High Brightness TFT
Winstar Traditional TFT and High Brightness TFT

 

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Winstar Wide View Angle TFT – O Film TFT

In Winstar News issue No. 76 and No. 79, we introduced the Winstar O-Film TFT models and product features. There are many wider view angle technology for TFT displays in the market such as MVA and IPS technology. Comparing to the MVA or IPS technology, O Film TFT has the advantage of pricing. More importantly, the specifications and dimensions of MVA and IPS TFT in the market are more suitable for consumer products (like tablets and smartphones) not for industrial products. Winstar offers a O-Film TFT solution to enhance TN glass viewing angle and can overcome gray scale inversion. Please see the below comparison that the Winstar O-Film TFT has improved the gray scale inversion. Following chart is our O-Film TFT available items as reference, if you need other size featured with O Film solution, please let us know.


Winstar Wide View Angle TFT – O Film TFT
Winstar Wide View Angle TFT – O Film TFT

 

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Winstar Monochrome TFT Modules

We introduced in our previous Winstar Newsletter of Mono TFT models which featured with very high contrast while comparing with the monochrome STN displays. The DFSTN displays have the good black background with white character performance, but you might find the purplish background phenomenon.

The monochrome TFT display is a very good solution instead to replace the DFSTN. It has high contrast ratio, wide viewing angle, and built in controller with MCU interface; so the customer can use regular micro processor to drive it. Most importantly, the price for some modules are better than STN.

The monochrome TFT normally is with TN positive or black VA LCD, but applied in the active matrix TFT, which allows for high contrast (800:1 or 900:1) and short response time. In short, the mono TFT display performance is much better on contrast, brightness and response time than traditional monochrome LCD module. The Mono TFT displays usually do not need an extended controller board to drive MCU control. The displays can operate in mode 2, 4 or 16 shades of gray scale, depending on the settings. Because the display driver supports several communication modes : 3 - or 4-line serial interface and an 8 -bit parallel interface compatible with standard systems with 8080 or 6800 family, the desired mode is selected by user to choose appropriate interface to control the device system. Currently, we have below three models available. Welcome to contact with us for details.


Winstar Monochrome TFT Modules

 

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Winstar TFT Q Series Family

Winstar has introduced TFT Q Series Family which key feature is having integrated 36-pinout on the SSD1963 controller board. The Q Series has already become one of the most popular TFT products. The Q Series modules are derivative products from the Winstar existing standard TFT modules which uniform the pin assignment into 36 pins on board. The Q Series modules combined with SSD1963 controller board plus a 36 pin-out connector on it. The Q Series is featured with 8 bit or 16 bit options and already defined pin no. 33 ~ 36 as backlight supply; therefore, the customers no need to design extra backlight circuit. Winstar TFT Q Series display provides the following innovative advantages to offer outstanding image quality and easily to use a colorful TFT display.

Winstar Q series is support with Solomon SSD1963 Which has the traditional inputs and drive TFT by VESA signal. Therefore, the customers don’t need T-COM circuit on board. Besides, we have integrated all functions including TFT connection, backlight driver, and touch panel into only one connection. Below are the key advantages.

  • Q Series integrated a 36 pin-out connector on SSD1963 controller board and all connectors are the same direction.
  • All Winstar TFT Q Series are both fit for 8 bit and 16 bit parallel interface options.
  • The pin no. 33 ~ 36 already be defined as backlight supply.
  • Built in backlight driver IC, all Q series TFT displays can be drive by 5.0V (3.5" and 4.3" also support 3.3V). The customers do not have to change the backlight driver circuits while change the TFT module sizes.
  • The 5.7", 7.0", 8.0" and 10.2" Q Series are allowed to design “Sleep Mode" to close BIAS(VGH, VGL, AVDD) low power consumption mode.
  • Resistive Touch Screen options are available for all Q Series display, and 4-Line signal (X1 ,Y1, X2, Y2) can be input from 36 pin connector.
  • Capacitive Touch Screen options are available for all Q Series display, and the I2C read/write protocol can be input from 36 pin connector.
Winstar TFT Q Series Family

 

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Winstar TFT P Series Family

The modules of Winstar TFT P Series are similar to Q series which are also featured with an integrated 36-pinout connector on board. The P Series modules are derivative products from the Winstar existing standard TFT modules which uniform the pin assignment into 36 pins on a RA8875 controller board.

The P Series is support with 8 bit or 16 bit options and already defined pin no. 33 ~ 36 as backlight supply; therefore, the customers no need to design extra backlight circuit. If you require different function controller for your applications, you can consider choosing Winstar TFT P Series. It supports many import function such as Chinese character display, backlight brightness adjustment, Flash Memory and touch panel driver. For more detail, please check our Winstar Newsletter Issue No. 75 or contact with our sales team.

Winstar TFT P Series Family
Winstar TFT P Series Family

 

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Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 1

Winstar TFT M Series which we called "Clever System" is a easy access system for users to begin exploring the colorful display on their applications. The M Series Modules are "all in one system" which has 2 user interfaces which are RS232 and SPI interfaces; it support backlight brightness adjust, PMW signal output and 4 switches button sensor. Winstar Display also designs a TFT editing program for end users to design their software more easily.

There are many benefits of Winstar TFT M Series for why customers should choose the M Series, below are the key advantages.

  • All in One System: We build the micro controller behind the TFT panel, it can driver TFT, backlight and touch panel directly. The M Series modules also have microcontrollers (PIC24), SRAM (frame buffer) and flash storage (graphic files).
  • More Convenient to Upgrade: The software can be upgraded on line to download the new version; therefore, the customers don’t need to upgrade via burning machine.
  • Less Coding Process: Programming and test of these modes can be done by our software "user interface" (UI). Our UI program can demo what you want; so users don’t need to write any software.
  • Reduce I/O Port: The customers can use RS232 or SPI-4 Line to driver TFT directly. A suitable USB adapter is also included in the scope of supply.

Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 1

 

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Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 2

Below is Winstar M Series micro processer working flow chart as reference. The image gets input to the flash memory via the User Interface, and creates a command. And then, users can input some texts to the UI and create another command. Welcome to contact with our sales team if you need the coding program, datasheet or any further details of how it works. Following is the roadmap of M Series for your reference.


Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 2
Winstar TFT M Series (Clever System) - 2

 

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Comparison of Winstar TFT Q / P / M Series

In the previous pages of this issue, we introduced the key features of Winstar TFT Q Series, P Series and M Series. You can see that Winstar launched a series of system TFT product lines which can cover all your need for TFT displays. Below is the comparison for your reference while choosing a suitable TFT modules.


Comparison of Winstar TFT Q / P / M Series
Comparison of Winstar TFT Q / P / M Series

 

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Winstar TFT Application Categories

Winstar offers a comprehensive range of industrial TFT displays in sizes ranging from 3.5 inches to 12.1 inches to meet the customers requirement. Except our Traditional Standard TFT modules, we introduced many TFT product lines in a row, such as Mono TFT, Q Series, P Series, M Series and high brightness / wide temperature TFT displays. Sometimes price is the most concerned issue for an applications or a project, therefore, we launched economic version for the popular sizes 3.5", 4.3" and 7.0".

 

The following chart is the key features of Winstar TFT product categories for your reference. For more detailed available sizes for each series, please refer to our next page in this issue.


Winstar TFT Application Categories

 

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Winstar TFT Mass Production Items

From the previous pages, we hope the customers could have a full concept of Winstar TFT product lines. Below is our TFT mass production items list as a quick selection guide. Customers can choose the suitable type to fit your applications. However, you might be confused why some models were listed in different columns. Take the WF35L as an example, it means that WF35L has Traditional version, Economic version, Nichia LED version and High brightness version.

Customers can choose the suitable TFT displays depends on what you most concerned. For example, you can choose O-Film TFT if you need displays with wider viewing angle. If you need a easier access type for TFT display, you can go for M-series. Welcome to contact with our sales team for more details such as data sheet or pricing.

 
Quick Selection Guide
Winstar TFT Mass Production Items

 

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