Future Designs, Inc. has built its flagship μEZ GUI and ELI product families around NXP’s ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers, making NXP one of FDI’s longest and most extensively used silicon partners. For more than 25 years, FDI has designed, manufactured, and supported embedded touchscreen and HMI solutions for industrial, medical, and other high-reliability applications, and NXP LPC-series MCUs power a significant share of FDI’s standard product line.

FDI’s engineering team has deep experience across the NXP LPC portfolio — from the ARM7TDMI-based LPC2xxx and ARM9-based LPC3xxx families, through the Cortex-M0 LPC11xx, Cortex-M3 LPC13xx/LPC17xx, and Cortex-M4F LPC40xx/LPC43xx/LPC546xx families — giving customers a partner who can support both new NXP-based designs and long-lifecycle legacy products.

FDI Developed Quick Solution that Saved Customer from Shutting Down

When the 2020 pandemic hit, everyone was affected, and this was especially the case for one particular customer, who was so heavily impacted by shortages they faced layoffs and closure.

FDI developed a new design in just a few weeks using the NXP LPC1788 that saved the customer’s business and cemented their confidence in both NXP and FDI.

Note: Not customer’s actual design.

Capacitive-Touch Design for Emergency Equipment Manufacturer in Use for 7 Years

One of the designs developed by FDI for a customer utilizes the NXP LPC54608 – a design so intuitive and complete that the customer has used it consistently with no changes for over 7 years.

Note: Not customer’s actual design.

Resistive-Touch Plug-and-Play Design Supplied Stock for Customer’s Shortage

Once more a result of the pandemic, one of FDI’s and NXP’s customers needed a large stock of simple plug-and-play touchscreen LCDs for their business. FDI’s ELI70-CR utilizing the LPC11U24 was an instant hit and has been the go-to design for this customer for the last 5 years.

Note: Not customer’s actual design.