MMS-e Press releases - What's new 

May 2012: Available from MMS Electronics Ltd (MMS-e) is a simple remote control terminal MTWCT22 with email and SMS functions for control and maintenance solutions. The controller can sense signal changes on the inputs and react by controlling outputs, sending alarm text messages (SMS) and emails (SMTP). At any time the I/O conditions can be accessed via SMS or email. The module has 4 digital and 2 analogue inputs. The analogue inputs can be configured for voltage (0-10V) or current (4-20mA) mode. The inputs can be used for monitoring of external devices or connecting sensors analogue and digital. The 4 high current changeover relay outputs can also be controlled via SMS. Dual band 900/1800 MHz. External GSM antenna with 2.5m lead and MMCX connector. DIN rail mounting. Supply voltage 12V to 24VDC. The controller is configured via a web browser connection to the RS-232 port or via the GSM network.

The MTWCT22 is an ideal product for use in a variety of applications such as equipment monitoring, vending machines, security, irrigation and fire alarms, building control, heating, lighting and heating control. Contact MMS Electronics for a quote.

Dec 2011: Our Season's greetings and opening hours. Read more

Nov 2011: MMS-e has agreed a distributor agreement with Technology Assistance BCNA 2010 S.L. based in Barcelona. New products introduced are  a series of Universal Sensors and Transducers interfaces (USTI) and Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converters (UFDC-1) with serial, RS232, SPI and I2C interface. Transducers are suitable for any physical, chemical, electrical or non-electrical sensors.  In addition, the IC can be used for direct interfacing and accurate measurement of capacitive, resistive and resistive bridge sensing elements. Read more 

Oct 2011: MMS-e has now available EA eDIP128B-6LW and EA eDIP128W-6LW. These small intelligent displays have built-in graphic power previously only available in the larger EA eDIP intelligent displays. The new EA eDIP128-6LW display has a resolution of 128x64 or 64x128 pixel and outline of 70x54mm. EA eDIP128B-6LWTP and EA eDIP128W-6LWTP have integrated touch-screen driver that uses the same interface as the LCD.  Wide power supply voltage +3.3V to +5V Read more

Sept 2011:  New software commands are added to the intelligent EA eDIPTFT32 and EA eDIPTFT43 displays. The new commands allow easy creation of rotary or needle pointing instrument. Users can adjust picture, colours, text, scale and pointer rotation. Instruments  are controlled direct from the analogue port, touch-screen or LCD interface.  Read more

Sept 2011: New The EA eDIPTFT43 (4.3") has a companion. The smaller EA eDIPTFT32-A (3,2") colour TFT intelligent display is introduced.  The display has 8 pre-loaded fonts and   256 additional fonts (maximum) can be imported and stored in the onboard flash memory. Fonts can be rotated in 90-degree steps and positioned pixel accurate. The 4 MB onboard flash is also used to store images, animations and macros. Display has extra I/O and analogue ports. Wide power supply voltage +3.3V to +5V Read more

Jun 2011: New OLED display range, very high contrast 2000:1. OLED quality without the high price tag. 2x8, 2x16, 2x20 and 4x20. Yellow characters on a true black background. Fast operation over full extended temperature range. Single +3.3V to +5V supply.  Read more

Jan 2011 Special promotion MMS-e is running a special promotion during January 2011 for the EA START-eDIPTFT43 development kit. The intelligent displays enable companies to improve product to market time and reduce engineering cost. The TFT development kit offer is  £ 110 for orders placed during January 2011. Read more

Dec 2010:  Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes for 2011 Newsletter

Nov 2010:  Ami18 Board,  Ami18 LCD Shield,  Ami18 Graphic and  Ami18 Proto from Picshop are now available and stocked by MMS Electronics ltd. This  multifunction development system is inspired by the popular Arduino board, however, our Ami18 board uses a Microchip PIC ® micro controller.  The Ami18 is powered by a fast 64Mhz PIC18F25K20 processor. The Ami18 has 25 Input / Outputs, 13 analog inputs, mini USB interface, ICSP header, expansion boards and a standard programming language.  The Ami18 board is Arduino™ and Amicus18™ compatible.  The Ami18 LCD Shield use our 1x8 EA DOGM081, 2x16 EA DOGM162 or 3x16 EA DOGM163 displays. The LCD shield includes 4 switches, real time clock and battery backup. This board will make an excellent companion for anyone developing code with the DOG displays. The Ami18 LCD can also be used with Arduino.  Link: PICSHOP Ami18

Nov 2010:  EA BDOGMTXT  This bezel has been specially designed for the EA DOGM081, EA DOGM162, EA DOGM163 and EA DOGM132 displays. Anti glare clear window with 5mm printed black border. High scratch resistant. 3M tape on rear for fixing to enclosure. Datasheet:  BDOGMTXT

New 2010: The EA DOGS102-6 (39 x 40mm) our most compact graphic display with optional analogue touch panel. All touch areas are defined by software. For a typical touch area of 10x10mm up to 8 touch keys can be identified. The small outline of this display allows assembly into a 19" rack with 1 RU or even wall-mounted electrical switch plates. It could become a simple display, switch or control unit. With 102x64 dots there is enough space for multi-line text and graphics. The display is available with white and amber color, as well as a duo colored version in green and red. Controller is UC1701 with serial SPI interface. Power supply is single 2.7 ~ 3.3V. The current consumption stays below 150uA.  Datasheet: EA DOGS102-5

New 2010: The EA DOGXL160-7 (78 x 61mm) our largest DOG graphic display with SPI and I2C interface. Optional analogue touch panel. All touch areas are defined by software. With 160x104 dots there is enough space for 13 lines of small text or 6 lines of large text  and  large graphics. The display is available with white, green, blue, red, amber and full RGB backlight. Controller is UC1601 with SPI and I2C interface. Power supply is single 2.7 ~ 3.3V. The current consumption 700uA and 10 to 150mA with backlight on.

Datasheet: EA DOGXL160-7

New 2010: EA USB STICK-FONT This memory stick comes with various character sets specially made for the DOG display series. The import function allows import of  Windows fonts. With the FontEditor it is easy to generate for example Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic fonts. The preview function shows immediately the size and style in the simulation window. When the test board EA 9780-2USB is connected to the USB port, you can see the character or text on the DOG display. The export function generates a C- and Basic source code  include file for your software. Datasheet: EA USB STICK-FONT

New 2010: Smartec SMTAS02IICUSB This I2C to USB converter enables easy interface between the SMT MODIR09 module with I2C port and computer with USB port. This module can also be used with the Smartec I2C interface pressure sensors.  

New 2010:  Smartec Infra-red I2C  module Due to the complexity of interfacing Infrared sensors  Smartec has released a ready for use infrared temperture modules. These modules have a standard an I2C output. Three types will be available: a commercial 3 V type and two types based on our SMTIR9902 and 9902SIL infrared sensor. Partnumber SMT IRMOD09 Link: SMTIRMOD09  Datasheet: smtirmod09.pdf

Sep 2009 Intelligent displays grow in popularity 

• New  With the Intelligent displays growing in popularity MMS Electronics has added  the Anders UMR5 intelligent colour TFT displays with pre-integrated Windows CE.  The  UMR 5 will significantly extend the range of functionality for designers and integrators looking to incorporate colour TFT displays and enhanced features into embedded applications. Screen size from 3.5" to 7.0"  Read more...
  
  
• EA eDIPTFT43A  Intelligent full colour 4.3" display with serial, I2C and SPI interface. . This out of the box solution allows designers to quickly use this display with optional touch-screen and show  with ease animated gif and jpg pictures. Free development and simulator tools.  No software licenses required.  Read more...
  
  

With new challenges and urgent deadlines to meet, fast product development and product availability will be more important then ever before. We're here to help you save money and time by providing easy and tested solutions with our display and sensor products. 

Check out these new products to make your next project a success:

• The intelligent eDIP graphic displays are available in Blue/White, White/Black, Amber/Black and now full colour. These displays have interface for I2C, SPI, RS232, RS485 and USB. Read more...   
  
  
• Small graphic displays with SPI interface. 128x64 and 132x32 pixel. Available in Blue, Green, Amber, Red, White, Black and RGB. ( STN yellow/green, STN reflective, STN negative blue, FSTN blue, FSTN positive and negative). High quality display and backlights optimized for 3V - 3.3V operation. Read more...
  
  
• Smartec sensor interface accurate analogue and capacitive measurements. Applications include temperature PT100/1000, pressure sensing, strain gauges, capacitive measurements, FET quality testing, continues level detection, ink level detection and seat occupancy.
  
  
• New  a series of low cost analogue and digital Smartec pressure sensors for barometry, medical and liquid gas applications. Read more...

May 2008 Infrared temperature interface board with USB and RS232 interface

MMS Electronics Ltd (MMS-e) has made available the new developed Smartec infra-red thermopile non contact temperature interface. The use of this new interface board will significantly reduce development time for contact less temperature measurements. This infrared sensor provides accurate non-contact temperature measurement. The sensor has micro- to milli volt level output signals for the internal thermopile (IR) and includes the on chip temperature Ni1000 resistor to measure the sensor housing temperature.  The software communicates via the USB or RS232 interface. No additional power supply is required when using the USB port. For more information click here

October 2007 +3V slim DOG graphic display with SPI interface

MMS Electronics Ltd (MMS-e) has added the new EA Graphic display DOGM128 with SPI interface to the already successful DOG character displays. The DOG displays and optional backlights are specially designed for low power applications and operate from a single +3V supply at 150uA or 3mA with white backlight at full brightness. This system allows displays to be quickly personalised by the combination of various display technologies (positive/negative, blue, green, black) with the 6 different backlights (white, blue, amber, yellow/green, red and RGB). Assembly is easy, simply clip the display and the backlight together and solder directly into the PCB or socket. The DOGM128 graphic display has a resolution of 128x64 pixel with outline dimension of 55x46mm. Thanks to the chip-on-glass technology (STN and FSTN) the overall height is only 2mm and with the LED backlight the height is still only 5.8mm. Connection is simple with the serial SPI interface.  Contrast is adjusted by software.  

More information is available from www.mmselectronics.co.uk/lcdgraphicdog.htm

March 2007 Fresh look with pure green LCD

MMS Electronics has added a pure green graphic display  from Electronic Assembly Gmbh  to the DIP128 series.  This pure green display stands out from other displays with its new  fresh look. . The same 128x64pixel display can now be selected in blue-white, black&white, amber and pure green. The  outline dimensions of the EA DIP128J-6N5LG is only  75 x 45.8 x 10.8mm. Readability under direct sunlight is fine because of the transflective background. The standard specification offers a temperature range of -20 up to +70°C.  Contrast adjustment is only required once due to the integrated temperature compensation.  Voltage supply is single 5V or 3.3V.   Optional 3x5 key touch-screen is available.

Feb 2007 MMS-e adds EA Orange/Amber display range

MMS-e has now a full range of  orange / amber colored displays to offer.  The new orange / amber LCD displays provide excellent brightness and are readable under all lighting conditions - even in direct sun light. Expected backlight  life time for these amber displays is a minimum of 100,000 hours even at enhanced ambient temperature of  +70°C.  Amber displays are available from MMS Electronics in the dot-matrix and graphic series. Dot-matrix part numbers: EA DOGM081 1x8, EA DOGM162 2x16 and EA DOGM163 3x16 (Line x Character) and graphic part numbers:  EA DIP128-6, EA DOGM128 128x64 pixel and also as the new intelligent graphic displays including fonts and high level graphic commands EA eDIP240-7 (128x240)  and EA eDIP320-8 (320x240) pixel. 

April 2006   MMS-e launches EA DIP180B-5NLW for PC bays or 1U racks

MMS-e has added a new addition to the compact DIP displays from Electronic Assembly Gmbh.  The blue STN module is 102 x 27 x 11 mm making it perfect for use into an open 3½’’ drive bay of a PC, dedicated server or 1U high rack appliance. The EA DIP180B-5NLW has a resolution of 180 x 32 pixels with an active viewing area of 88 x 19 mm.  A standard SED1520/PT6520 controller, internal temperature compensation and LED backlight are built-in. Operating temperature of –20 to 70º C are standard. Replacing the usual trough-hole connector and PCB of standard displays with a ready assembled header has created the optimum use of space for these displays.  Other sizes available in the compact DIP series are 1x8, 2x8, 2x16, 4x20 character displays and 122x32, 128x64 240x128 graphic display.   Further info click here

November 2005   Development KIT with USB for Intelligent display eDIP240-6

A quick-start development kit EA START eDIP240-7 for the intelligent graphics display EA eDIP240-7 is now available. The use of this intelligent display will significantly reduce  development time. Engineers will typically have the display working within the hour due to its plug-and-play concept.  The design kit includes a Windows™ development tool, LCD simulator and interface board with USB cable. There are more than 112 graphic routines available such as drawing lines, boxes, bar graphs, portrait and landscape mode, creating pull down menus, show bitmaps, font selection and functions for the optional analogue touch panel with variable grid. Macros, pictures and fonts can be stored in the 32k EEPROM on-board the LCD.  The display is available in 128x240 pixel blue-white and black-white FSTN technology with optional touch-panel.  The design kit simply connects to the USB port. No PSU is required.  The display can communicate with the processor in serial, SPI or I²C-bus.  Breakout boards with USB, RS232 and RS485 are available. Further info click here

MMS Electronics Ltd (MMS-e) enjoyed lots of interest at the MTEC show February 2005 at the NEC Birmingham. On show was the full range of  Smartec sensors with acquisition boards. The full range of  EA display modules: serial displays with RS232, compact DIP,  intelligent graphics eDIP, low voltage +3V chip-on-glass DOG and the graphic touch screen KITs with RS232. Also on show was the extensive range of 8051 based C and Basic programmable control boards for instrumentation and automation application.