Epson S2D13V52 scaler IC

Epson’s S2D13V52 is a scaler IC for in-vehicle systems that upscales or downscales image data streamed from a host and outputs it on a display.

Vehicle electrification and automation are seen driving future demand for higher resolution displays in in-vehicle systems such as instrument clusters and central information displays. However, high-resolution display systems require high-performance system-on-chips (SoCs), memory and other components, as well as immense development resources for aspects such as software and heat countermeasures.

To address these types of issues in in-vehicle display systems development, Epson developed the S2D13V52 — a scaler IC that is compliant with automotive standards. The IC, which does not need external memory and uses an SoC, facilitates rapid development of display systems with the desired resolution. The scaler IC satisfies the strict quality requirements of the automotive industry.

It is compliant with AEC-Q100 and operates at temperatures up to 105°C. It also supports input cropping — a function for specifying regions of input images to be scaled — and area blanking, a function for displaying a specified colour in the display area that remains when scaling was set to a size smaller than the resolution of the panel. Images can be displayed on panels of various resolutions without changing the aspect ratio of images.