Mouser Electronics, an authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, today announced that it is now stocking the new DLP2021-Q1 automotive 0.2-inch DLP® digital micromirror device (DMD) from Texas Instruments (TI).

The DLP2021-Q1 is designed for automotive exterior lighting control and display applications, including animation and dynamic content and full-color ground projection capabilities in automotive and electric vehicle (EV) applications.

These compact devices can be placed in a wide variety of locations on a vehicle, including on side mirrors, door panels, taillights, and inside the front grille, facilitating vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication such as back-up and door opening, other vehicle communication warning systems, and vehicle personalization options.

Because of its small form factor and low-power operation, projectors equipped with the DLP2021-Q1 chipset can support a wide variety of projection applications.

The DLP2021-Q1 chipset can be combined with LEDs or lasers to produce highly saturated colors exceeding 125% of the National Television System Committee (NTSC) color gamut.

It can also be used with RGB or white light sources. The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) configuration provided by the DLP2021-Q1 is used to drive the DLP2021-Q1 automotive DMD.

This controller architecture is designed for small form factor projectors and does not require a video bus or graphics processing unit (GPU) for content creation. Video and image content is stored in local flash memory and can be played back at power-on or on command.

The DLP2021-Q1 is supported by the DLP2021LEWQ1EVM evaluation module, also available from Mouser. The DLP2021LEWQ1EVM includes a suite of components, including the DLP2021-Q1 DMD, an FPGA-based DMD controller, and a TPS65100 PMIC, providing an efficient system for evaluating dynamic road survey technology.

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