Ampro Corporation 420 - Manual (Page 44)

Chapter 3 Hardware
38 Reference Manual CoreModule 420
Video (LCD/CRT) Interface (J11)
The STPC Atlas chip provides the 2D graphics controller for the video signals to a flat panel display and
traditional glass CRT monitor. The features are listed below:
• Enhanced 2D Graphics Controller
♦ Supports Pixel Depths of 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit
♦ Full BitBLT Implementation for all 256 Raster Operations Defined for Windows
♦ Supports 4 Transparent BLT Modes
• Bitmap Transparency
• Pattern Transparency
• Source Transparency
• Destination Transparency
♦ Hardware Clipping
♦ Fast Line Draw Engine with anti-aliasing
♦ Fast Triangle Fill Engine
♦ Supports 4-bit Alpha Blend Font for anti-aliased text display
♦ Complete Double Buffered Registers for pipelined operation
♦ 64-bit wide Pipelined Architecture running at 100 MHz
♦ Video memory up to 4 MB; selected in BIOS Setup
• CRT Controller
♦ Integrated 135 MHz triple RAMDAC allowing for 1280 x 1024 x 75 Hz display
♦ Supports 8-, 16-, and 24-bit pixels
♦ Interlaced or non-interlaced output
• TFT Display Controller
♦ Conforms with VESA Flat Panel Display Interface FPDI-1B
♦ Supports both 4/3 and 16/9 screen size ratio
♦ Supports up to 1024 x 768 pixel display resolutions
♦ Uses Internal CRTC Controller for display modes settings
♦ Supports VGA and SVGA active matrix panels with 9-, 12-, 18-bit Interface (1 pixel/clock)
♦ Supports XGA and SXGA active matrix panels with 2x9-bit Interface (2 pixels/clock)
♦ Programmable image position and size
♦ Programmable blank space insertion in text mode
♦ Programmable horizontal and vertical image expansion in graphic mode
♦ Supports PanelLink
™ high speed serial transmitter externally for high resolution panel
interface.
The video interface (LCD/CRT) uses a 44-pin 2 mm header with pin outs shown in Table 3-17.