{"id":1280,"date":"2019-12-20T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=1280"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T23:00:48","slug":"eve","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/eve\/","title":{"rendered":"EVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVE stands for Embedded Video Engine and refers to a graphic controller from Bridgetek\/FTDI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>EVE graphic controllers are easy to use and can control the display, touch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/backlight\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A backlight is used behind the LCD glass to allow the LCM to be read in dark conditions. The vast majority of backlights are now LED. Historically there were also EL (electroluminescent) and CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light) backlights, but as LED efficiency has increased and cost has decreased, EL and CCFL backlights have all&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">backlight<\/a>, and audio features of an embedded system, with each appearing to the host MCU as a memory-mapped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/spi\/\" target=\"_self\" title='SPI stands for Serial Peripheral Interface. SPI is a simple serial bus that is often used by LCD or OLED controllers. SPI as implemented for OLED and LCD controllers typically uses a \"3-wire SPI\" or \"4-wire SPI\" scheme. Detailed Definition SPI was originally championed by Motorola (now Freescale). In its original \"pure\" form SPI uses&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">SPI<\/a> device. The host MCU sends commands and data using SPI protocol. Crystalfontz EVE modules accept high level commands, simplify writing images and fonts (included angled fonts) on TFTs. Fonts, buttons, and tables can each be easily sent to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/tft\/\" target=\"_self\" title='TFT stands for Thin Film Transistor. TFTs are also known as \"Active Matrix TFT LCD modules\" and have an array of these thin film transistors fabricated on the glass that makes the LCD. There is one of these transistors for each pixel on the LCD. For a typical small color TFT LCD with a resolution&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">TFT<\/a> using a one-line command.<\/p>\n<p>Crystalfontz carries multiple display modules that feature an EVE chip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVE Graphics Accelerator Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support multiple widgets for simplified design implementation<\/li>\n<li>User interface design software (PC) simplifies the design process<\/li>\n<li>Hardware engine can recognize touch tags and track touch movement<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced sketch processing<\/li>\n<li>Anti-aliasing of primitive displayed objects for higher-quality graphics<\/li>\n<li>Assorted graphical effects such as alpha-blending, shadows, transitions, wipes, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Programmable interrupt controller provides interrupts to host MCU<\/li>\n<li>Support playback of motion-JPEG encoded AVI videos<\/li>\n<li>Mono audio channel output with wave playback and built-in sound synthesizer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/pwm\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"PWM stands for Pulse Width Modulation. Pulse width modulation describes a method of sending a signal as a pulse in order to drive analog components at varying power levels. By changing the width of the pulse, a smaller amount of power is delivered each period. Pulse width modulation is used to control the brightness of&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">PWM<\/a> output for display backlight dimming control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvsY4Sm9M3Y\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title='800x480 5\" Capacitive Touchscreen TFT EVE FTDI BridgTek Demos' title='Play video \"800x480 5\" Capacitive Touchscreen TFT EVE FTDI BridgTek Demos\"'>https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvsY4Sm9M3Y<\/a><noscript>Video can&rsquo;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvsY4Sm9M3Y\" title='800x480 5\" Capacitive Touchscreen TFT EVE FTDI BridgTek Demos'>800&times;480 5\" Capacitive Touchscreen TFT EVE FTDI BridgTek Demos (https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvsY4Sm9M3Y)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further information including programming examples, interface design software, and more can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftdichip.com\/Support\/Utilities.htm\">FTDI&rsquo;s website,<\/a> and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/controllers\/FTDI\/FT81x\/\">FTDI FT81x LCD datasheet.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVE stands for Embedded Video Engine and refers to a graphic controller from Bridgetek\/FTDI. &nbsp; EVE graphic controllers are easy to use and can control the display, touch, backlight, and audio features of an embedded system, with each appearing to the host MCU as a memory-mapped SPI device. 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