DMD for automotive and EV applications

Mouser now stocks the new DLP2021-Q1 automotive 0.2" DLP DMD from Texas Instruments. The device is designed for automotive exterior light control and display applications, including ground projection in full colour with animated and dynamic content for automotive and EV applications.

The DLP DMD is designed for automotive exterior light control and display applications with full colour and animated dynamic content. These tiny devices can be placed in many locations throughout the car, including inside the side mirror, door panel, taillight, front grill and more to aid vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication such as back-up, door-open, and other vehicle communication warning systems and vehicle personalisation options. Due to the device's small form factor and low-power operation, projectors with the chipset can support many projection applications.

The device chipset can be coupled with LEDs or lasers to produce highly saturated colours with over 125% of the NTSC colour gamut. It can be used with either RGB or white illumination sources. A DMD FPGA configuration is provided to drive the automotive DMD. This controller architecture is developed for small form factor projectors and does not require a video bus or GPU for content creation. Video and image content is stored on local flash and can be played at power-up or on command.

The device is supported by the DLP2021LEWQ1EVM evaluation module, also available from Mouser. The module combines components, including the DLP2021-Q1 DMD, the FPGA-based DMD controller, and the TPS65100 PMIC, to deliver an efficient system for evaluating dynamic ground projection technology.