AL-SC050R01 is a 5-inch RS485 series smart display designed as a slave device that displays screens and reports touch status based on commands from a master device. This module consists of an IPS TFT display paired with built-in firmware on a 4-layer FR4 PCB, integrating touch, display, and control functions.
This product is easy to use, significantly reducing development time and cost, accelerating project time-to-market. It supports multiple host platforms, including PCs (via USB to RS-485), MCUs, SBCs, and Raspberry Pi.
Features of the 5-inch RS485 smart display:
- +12V power supply input (range: 8V–35V) with dynamic range support, power consumption approximately 4W.
- Power-on self-test with automatic screen activation after booting.
- RS485 communication interface supporting Modbus protocol.
- Built-in or external 32MB flash memory for storing fonts, graphical objects, and Object Dictionary Data.
- Supports projected capacitive touch panel (PCAP) and buzzer control (controlled by master device).
- Compatible with multiple platforms such as PC (with USB to RS485 dongle), MCU, and Raspberry Pi.
- GPIO pins support 3.3V TTL signals with a maximum tolerance of 5.5V.
- Equipped with STM32F series MCU and supports ST development tools.
Smart Display products are designed with STMicroelectronics' (ST) controller which supports ST development tools like TouchGFX and STM32CubeIDE. You can also use ST tools to design Azure Smart Display modules besides GUI builder.
- TouchGFX: An advanced free-of-charge graphic software framework optimized for STM32 microcontrollers.
- STM32CubeIDE: An advanced C/C++ development platform with peripheral configuration, code generation, code compilation, and debug features for STM32 microcontrollers and microprocessors.
- STM32CubeMX: A graphical tool that allows a very easy configuration of STM32 microcontrollers, as well as the generation of the corresponding initialization C code for the Arm® Cortex®-M core or a partial Linux® Device Tree for Arm® Cortex®-A core, through a step-by-step process.
- STM32CubeProg: An all-in-one multi-OS software tool for programming STM32 products. It provides an easy-to-use and efficient environment for reading, writing and verifying device memory through both the debug interface (JTAG and SWD) and the bootloader interface (UART, USB DFU, I2C, SPI, and CAN).
We also provide demo set with all needed accessories for you to realize your GUI design on smart displays.
