Renesas introduced the RAA278842 LCD video controller – the automotive industry’s first full HD 1080p LCD video controller to include a 4-lane MIPI-CSI2 input, designed to help automotive system manufacturers develop versatile and reliable display systems to promote the highest level of HMI graphics for analog and digital video content.
Built with a 4-lane (or dual 2-lane) MIPI-CSI2 input that supports up to 1 Gbps per lane to interface with the latest generation of automotive cameras, application processors and graphics processors, the RAA278842 is ideal for automotive central infotainment displays and head units, instrument clusters, head-up displays, and mirror replacement display applications that are essential for the growing needs of ADAS.
Application examples
- The RAA278842 LCD video controller has 10-bit per color processing built into the image enhancement engine to provide near-zero latency, high quality video. Its integrated video diagnostics detect if/when incoming video is frozen or corrupted and can provide a direct path for the rear camera video to be displayed on the LCD instead, significantly improving rear camera display reliability and virtually eliminating the possibility of a software related problem causing rear camera videos to display incorrect information.
- The RAA278842 with MIPI-CSI2 output and the RAA278843 with traditional BT.656 output work with the system’s main processor to monitor camera and video data coming from the SoC or GPU. After vehicle ignition, the RAA27884x controller can display the carmaker’s logo or live camera video, with the controller’s on-screen display feature also simulating traditional tell-tale warning lamp checks in an instrument cluster application. Both controllers enable compliance with the FMVSS-111 safety law requiring the blind spot area behind the vehicle is displayed in less than two seconds after the driver places the vehicle in reverse gear.
Both the RAA278842 with MIPI-CSI2 and RAA278843 with BT.656 output are available now, and are AEC-Q100 Grade-2 qualified and specified for operation from -40°C to +105°C.
Key Features
- Two input measurement engines with frozen/abnormal image detection diagnostics to monitor input from the SoC/GPU and camera
- EEPROM/SPI flash fast boot allows register programming without requiring an external microcontroller
- SPI flash-based on-screen display (OSD) capable of presenting bit-map graphics in nine windows
- Arbitrary horizontal and vertical scalers for outputting up to 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution
- Proprietary smooth input switching eliminates flicker when switching between sources
- AEC-Q100 Grade-2 qualified and specified for operation from -40°C to +105°C
The RAA278842 and RAA278843 can be combined with Renesas’ R-Car SoC family, RH850 MCU family, and RL78 MCU family, as well as the ISL78302 dual LDO, ISL78322 dual 2A/1.7A synchronous buck regulator, and ISL78228 dual 800mA synchronous buck regulator to provide power rails for the RAA27884x and other ICs on the automotive infotainment system board.
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