LCD Controller Comparison

Westar offers many general purpose LCD controllers that can be configured for many of the TFT panels on the market today. The following summary table highlights many of the key specifications of our VP series LCD controllers.

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FamilyUHDHDLegacy
SpecificationsVP18EVP14 SeriesVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7 Series
I/O QuantityVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
No. of Input Channels1 to 31 to 213 to 43 to 432 to 4111
No. of Output Ports1 to 2112 to 32 to 333111
Independent Content¹✔✔✔✔✔
Pixel RateVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
Max Input Sampling594 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz165 MHz
Max Output Resolution4096 x 21601920 x 12001920 x 12001920 x 12001920 x 12001920 x 12002560 x 16001600 x 12001280 x 10241280 x 1024
Input TypesVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
RGBHV, RGB/SOGMezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
CVBS (NTSC / PAL)Mezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔MezzanineMezzanine
RS343 / RS170Mezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
ComponentMezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔
SL-DVI✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
DL-DVIMezzanine
3G-SDIMezzanineMezzanineAlternate Input✔Mezzanine✔Mezzanine
LVDSMezzanineMezzanineMezzanineMezzanine✔
DisplayPort / eDP✔MezzanineAlternate Input✔MezzanineMezzanine
HDMI✔
Output TypesVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
No. of Backlight PWMs2222222222
Onboard Backlight Power✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Single Channel TTL✔MezzanineAdapterAdapter✔✔✔✔
Dual Channel TTL✔
Single LVDSMezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Dual LVDSMezzanine✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Quad LVDSMezzanine✔
SL-DVI✔✔✔✔
RGBHV, RGB/SOG✔
DisplayPort / eDP✔MezzanineMezzanine
HDMI✔
V-by-One HSMezzanine
Video FeaturesVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
Resize✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Video Flip✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Video Rotate✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Combining (Windowing, PIP, alpha blend, more)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Multi-sync✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Keying (RGB, Luma, HSV)OptionOptionOptionOptionOption
Other FeaturesVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
Text Overlay✔✔✔✔✔✔✔LimitedLimitedLimited
Display Initialization I/F✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Test Patterns✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
RoHS✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Program I/FVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
RS-232✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
USB✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Ethernet✔OptionOptionOptionOptionOptionOption
Electro MechanicalVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
Dimensions9.45” x 5.85” x 0.50"5.00" x 4.00" x 0.50"2.8" x 3.0" x 0.8"5.51" x 4.50" x 0.50"5.75" x 4.50" x 0.50"5.00" x 4.00" x 0.50"5.3" x 4.6" x 1.4"5.00" x 4.00" x 0.50"5.25" x 2.50" x 0.50"3.05" x 2.84" x 0.50"
Power29W, 9-30 VDC6.5W, 12 VDC10W, 12 VDC10W, 12 VDC9W, 12 VDC10W, 12 VDC8W, 12 VDC5.5W, 5 or 12 VDC4W, 5 VDC4W, 7-28 VDC
Operating Temp0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C
More InfoVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI
Link to Product InfoVP18EVP14VP14-3ATIVP17VP20VP16VP13VP7VP7-SVP7-3ATI

✔ Standard
Mezzanine = optional plug-on board that is recognized by on board firmware and config app
Adapter = external Westar adapter board that is not recognized by on board firmware and config app
¹ Each output port can independently show the foreground, background, or blended layer; all ports share common timing.