Start development with our 3D printing & direct imaging products
Our design and development ecosystem can help simplify your design process. Explore design options and find resources for DLP® 3D printing and direct imaging chips to help make it easier for you to get to market.
Investigate & find the right device
Whether you already know your specific performance requirements or are still investigating, we can help find the best option for your application. To learn more about typical display and projection applications, explore our applications-specific resources.
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Evaluation
Once suitable hardware platforms are identified, use the below information to determine which TI offerings best fit your needs and finalize your platform selection. We provide a broad selection of hardware, tools and associated software supporting a range of applications and engineering efforts. These can be used as the basis for your evaluation and beyond for development as well.
Step 1 of evaluation: select your hardware
Start evaluating our DLP 3D printing and direct imaging products portfolio by leveraging the following resources.
| Evaluation module | Typical applications | Illumination wavelength (nm) | Display resolution (Max) | Array diagonal (in) | Controller evaluation module | Reference design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLPLCR70EVM | 3D printing, 3D | 400 - 700 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| DLPLCR70UVEVM | 3D printing, direct | 363 - 420 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| DLPLCR90EVM | 3D printing, direct | 400 - 700 | 4.1 | 0.9 | ||
| DLPLCR95EVM | 3D printing, direct | 400 - 700 | 2.1 | 0.95 | ||
| DLPLCR95UVEVM | 3D printing, direct | 363 - 420 | 2.1 | 0.95 |
Step 2 of evaluation: download & set up software
| Software | Controllers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DLP-PICO-FW-SEL | DLPC3470, DLPC3478, DLPC3479, DLPC1438 | This is the firmware selector for various DLPC34xx controllers and configurations. |
| DLP-ALC-LIGHTCRAFTER-SDK | This SDK supports controllers used in multiple DLP LightCrafter series evaluation modules: DLPC300, DLPC350 and DLPC900. The SDK provides APIs to integrate DLP technology with cameras to create 3D machine vision or 3D printer solutions. | |
| DLPR900 | DLPC900 configuration and support firmware which enables broad functionality of the DLP chipset, allowing developers with a flexible interface and extensive feature set to accelerate development. |
Development
Simplify your development tasks, and accelerate your time-to-market with our proven hardware, software tools. Everything you need to move forward to production is at your fingertips. We are here to help you navigate the display and projection development process and accelerate your system design.
Third-party development
To best meet your design needs and accelerate your time-to-market, DLP® Products works with a variety of third parties to help with everything from optical modules and hardware design to specialty software and other production services.
There are several options for integrating optical modules into your design. For applications focused on an application processor and DMD display interface electronics, an off-the-shelf DLP optical engine may be the right choice. For more complex designs, custom optics are available from our third-party network of optical module manufacturers and design houses.
Production solutions
| Third party partner | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Anhua | Provides machine vision and 3D printing hardware and software | Shenzhen, China |
| iView | Provides machine vision and 3D printing hardware and software | Shenzhen, China |
| Visitech | Provides digital lithography, 3D printing and machine vision designs | Lier, Norway |
| Young Optics | Provides machine vision and 3D printing hardware and software | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
Design services
| Third party partner | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Benano Inc. | Provides machine vision hardware and software | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Digital Light Innovations | Provides machine vision and 3D printing hardware and software | Austin, USA |
| EKB Technologies Ltd. | Provides optical, electronics and software design | Bat Yam, Israel |
| Greenlight Optics | Provides optical and mechanical designs | Ohio, USA |
| In-Vision | Provides optical, electronics and mechanical design | Vienna, Austria |
| Keynote | Provides optical, electronics, software, mechanical design and industrial designs | Texas, USA |
| KS Technologies LLC | Provides electronics and software design | Colorado, USA |
| Optecks, LLC | Provides optical, electronics and software design | Oklahoma, USA |
| Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. | Provides electronics and software design | Yokohama, Japan |
| ViALUX GmbH | Chemnitz, Germany | |
| Wintech Digital Systems Technology Corp. | Provides machine vision and 3D printing hardware and software |
Component providers
| Third party partner | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Innovation in Optics, Inc. | Provides LEDs | Woburn, Massachusetts, USA |
| Liminus Devices | Provides LEDs | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
| MIN AIK Technology Co., LTD. | Provides optical actuations | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nichia | Provides lasers and LEDs | Tokushima, Japan |
| Optotune AG | Provides optical actuations | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| OSRAM | Provides lasers and LEDs | Regensburg, Germany |
| Philips Lighting | Provides LEDs | Turnhout, Belgium |
| Ushio | Provides lasers and LEDs | Cypress, California, USA |
Production
As you finalize your design and prepare to bring it to market, we are committed to delivering the resources you need to ensure you get to market quickly and smoothly. No matter your challenge, we are here to support you through your final development phase, through production ramp and into mass production.
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Longevity
When you select a device, you need confidence in product longevity and supply continuity. We are committed to product longevity and have strategies and policies in place to uphold this commitment.
Reliability
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