20+ Years
Embedded display engineering, end to end
Full Lifecycle Support
Products supported across full lifecycles
Field-Proven
Global deployments in demanding environments
Production-ready
Low-risk interfaces built to work the first time
Graphics Processor
Standalone or Co-Processor Mode
Display Solution
TFT-LCD & OLED Graphics UI
Memory Resources
10KB Flash & 510B RAM
Display Interface
80-Series 8-bit CPU Support
GOLDELOX
- Custom embedded 4DGL graphics controller designed to interface with many popular OLED and LCD displays.
- Powerful graphics, text, image, animation and countless more features are built right inside the chip.
- Offers a simple plug-n-play interface to many 8bit 80-Series colour LCD and OLED displays.
- GOLDELOX is not available for purchase from our online store. If you wish to purchase, please contact our sales team.
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GOLDELOX processor
The GOLDELOX processor is a custom embedded graphics controller designed to interface with many popular OLED and LCD display panels. Powerful graphics, text, image, animation and countless more features are built right inside the chip. It offers a simple plug-n-play interface to many 8bit 80-Series colour LCD and OLED displays.
The chip is designed to work with minimal design effort and all of the data and control signals are provided by the chip to interface directly to the display. Simply choose your display and interface it to the GOLDELOX on your application board. This offers enormous advantage to the designer in development time and cost saving and takes away all of the burden of low level design.
The GOLDELOX belongs to a family of processors powered by a highly optimised soft core virtual engine, E.V.E. (Extensible Virtual Engine). EVE is a proprietary, high performance virtual processor with an extensive byte-code instruction set optimised to execute compiled 4DGL programs. 4DGL (4D Graphics Language) was specifically developed from ground up for the EVE engine core. It is a high level language which is easy to learn and simple to understand yet powerful enough to tackle many embedded graphics applications.
The device offers modest but comprehensive I/O features and can interface to SPI, serial, analogue, digital, buttons, joystick and Dallas 1-wire devices. Provision is also made for creating complex sound effects for audible user feedback with an extended RTTTL tone generator.
A basic system font is included, and unlimited customisable fonts with fixed or proportional spacing can be created using the Workshop 4 IDE. The chip-resident display driver libraries implement and share the same high-level functional interface. This allows your GUI application to be portable to different display controller types.
The 4D Workshop4 IDE is FREE and there is no licensing requirement.
Product Availability Statement
WORKSHOP4 IDE
Tailored Development for 4D Processors and Modules
Workshop4 IDE is a comprehensive software development environment specifically designed for the 4D family of processors and modules. Whether you are a seasoned developer or just starting out, Workshop4 provides the perfect platform tailored to your development needs. This versatile IDE supports all core development processes, including code writing, compiling, linking, and transferring code to your target device.
Workshop4 IDE let you choose from four distinct environments—Designer , ViSi, ViSi-Genie and Serial—each catering to different development preferences and project specifics. This flexibility allows developers to select the most suitable environment for their tasks.
Workshop4 IDE is your go-to development companion in the 4D ecosystem, simplifying complex tasks and enhancing productivity through its user-friendly and versatile design. Whether coding manually or designing visually, Workshop4 elevates your development experience to new heights.
Information about the processor
- Low-cost OLED, LCD and TFT display graphics user interface solution.
- Ideal as a standalone embedded graphics processor or interface to any host controller as a graphics co-processor.
- Connect to any colour display that supports an 80-Series 8 bit wide CPU interface. All data and control signals are provided.
- Built in high performance virtual processor engine (EVE) with an extensive byte-code instruction set optimised for 4DGL, the high level 4D Graphics Language.
- 10K bytes of flash memory for user code storage and 510 bytes (255 x 16bit vars) of RAM for user variables.
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2 x GPIO ports supports:1 x 32bit free running system timer with 1msec resolution.4 x 16bit user timers with 1msec resolution
- Digital I/O
- A/D converter with 8/10 bit resolution
- Complex sound generation
- Dedicated RTTTL tune engine
- Multi-Switch Joystick
- Dallas 1-Wire
- Asynchronous hardware Serial port with auto-baud feature (300 to 256K baud).
- Hardware SPI port interface for SD memory cards or Serial Flash memory chips for storing of icons, images, animations, etc.
- Comprehensive set of built in high level 4DGL graphics functions and algorithms that can draw lines, circles, text, and much more.
- Display full colour images, animations, icons and video clips.
- 8×8 built-in system font and support for unlimited user customisable fonts with fixed or proportional spacing with the aid of a freely provided Font-Tool.
- Single 3.3 Volt Supply @12mA typical.
- Available in a tiny 6mm x 6mm 28pin QFN.
- RoHS Compliant
The GOLDELOX includes the following items:
- GOLDELOX Processor
Frequently Asked Questions
Find quick answers about our display modules, embedded integration, customization capabilities, and system compatibility.
How do I choose the right display module for my project?
Start by identifying the demands of your product environment: required screen size, touch capability, operating conditions and UI complexity. Our consistent form-factor families allow you to select a module that fits your constraints today and upgrade performance later without redesigning your enclosure or PCB. Our documentation hub provides comparison tables to assist selection.
What is the difference between a smart display and a host-driven display?
Smart displays include an onboard processor that handles graphics, widgets, UI logic and drawing commands internally. This reduces load on your host MCU, simplifies code and often shortens development time dramatically. Host-driven modules require the host MCU to manage everything, which may be appropriate for minimal UIs but introduces more integration work.
Can I upgrade processors without changing my enclosure or PCB?
Yes. Our architecture is deliberately designed around footprint consistency. Most display families maintain identical mechanical and electrical footprints across multiple processor types, enabling generation-to-generation performance improvements without mechanical redesign.
Do you offer non-touch and touch options?
Yes. Many display families provide variants for non-touch, resistive-touch and capacitive-touch configurations. Capacitive-touch variants are recommended for modern, responsive UI experiences.