Windbond USA, a division of Winbond Electronics released the 2nd generation of Windows Sideshow development boards using the WPCE521L processor. The processor, based on the low cost ARM7 (ARM7TDMI RISC architecture), features integrated an LCD controller, USB 1.1 host and device controller, programmable I/O ports, watchdog, external bus interface with SDRAM/ROM/SRAM and flash memory.

The WPCE521L enables developers to develop Microsoft SideShow™ applications for Notebooks, Desktops, Remote Controls, Keyboards, Displays and other information-powered devices such as e0books or digital picture frames. It includes an extremely reliable processing unit with a range of connectivity capabilities, enhancements, and extensions.

The new development board is comprised from a mainboard, keypad and LCD interface. In this particular keyboard interface a joystick-like switch acts as the UP/DOWN/RIGHT/LEFT/OK interface and the Home and Escape functions are plain buttons. The LCD is a 2.5” 320x240 color LCD, as seen in many other Vista Sideshow Hardware applications.

 Here are couple of high resolution pictures. More information about Windbond’s SideShow development kit can be found at this URL:

http://www.winbond-usa.com/en/content/view/341/2135/#KeyFeatures

Mainboard detail.

 Entire Winbond development kit for Microsoft Vista Sideshow assembly. By the time I took this picture, the LCD backlight went off, resulting in less vibrant colors...

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