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Part Change Notice #10405: Reactivation of the CFA635 family of modules with 1v2 hardware and supporting firmware.
| Products Affected: | CFA635-YYE-KS, CFA635-TMF-KS, CFA635-TFE-KS, CFA635-TMF-KL, CFA635-TFE-KL, CFA635-TFE-KU, CFA635-YYE-KL, XES635BK-TFE-KU, XES635BK-TMF-KU, XES635BK-YYE-KU, CFA635-TMF-KU, CFA635-YYE-KU |
| Date Issued: | March 20, 2012 |
| Summary: | Reactivation of the CFA635 family of modules with 1v2 hardware and supporting firmware. |
| Last revision: | 1v1 |
| Description: | The CFA635 family of modules is being reactivated with a new LCD controller chip, the Rockworks RW1067. The changes to the CFA635 1v2 hardware are as follows:
The only changes to the CFA635 family are to support the Rockworks RW1067 controller. There are no other physical changes to the CFA635. |
| Reason: | When the CFA635 family was scheduled for End of Life (see PCN #10365) there was no replacement available for the Samsung S6A0073 LCD controller. The CFA735 family was designed as replacement for the CFA635, allowing a path for improved performance, graphics, and the ability for end users to write their own firmware to take advantage of the capabilities of the enhanced hardware. After the development of the CFA735 family, the RW1067 was developed as a replacement for the Samsung S6A0073 LCD controller for Crystalfontz America, Inc by Rockworks (China). |
| Impact: | This announcement impacts all variants, interfaces, and part numbers that currently use the CFA635 family of modules. The CFA635 can continue to be used in current and future designs. |
| Recommendation: | Continue to order and build with the CFA635 as required by production schedules. Transition to the CFA635 1v2 hardware and supporting firmware should be a seamless process. Engineering samples for qualification for the revised CFA635 are scheduled to be available Q3 of 2012. |
| Availability: | Q2 2012 Review / Update customer Defined Part custom firmware Q3 2012 New hardware and supporting firmware available for engineering samples Estimated - Begin transition to 1v2 hardware as 1v1 hardware inventory is depleted NOTE: We will not ship production orders of 1v2 hardware until the 1v1 inventory is depleted Q4 2012 Estimated - CFA635 1v1 hardware to be exhausted, transition to CFA635 1v2 hardware complete |
| Price Change: | No scheduled price change at this time. |
