Low cost and flexible processor-based controller for timing signal generation in PDP

This paper presents a processor for timing signal generation, developed to provide the capability to generate the real-time control signal outputs through software programming. Using the proposed processor, we also developed a low cost and flexible timing signal generator for driving PDP system. The proposed timing signal generator adopts efficient architecture to control the PDP operations, implemented with small hardware resources. The controller using FPGA implementation runs at 50 MHz operating clock frequency, and it successfully displays motion pictures on 42-inch PDP.