Page 1 ELI43-CR/ELI43-CP Quick Start Guide Getting your ELI up and running quickly 1. Introduction About ELI ELI is Future Designs, Inc.s family of long-life, plug-and-play embedded displays. ELI products are true modular embedded display solutions that require no engineering or lead-time. All ELI products are compatible with a wide range of single board computers including Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black and Windows-based units. FDI designed ELI as an embedded display option that requires minimal development time to help customers reach production quickly. Once a product is in production, FDIs 10-15 year ELI product availability guarantee helps ensure production schedules without the risk of expensive or time consuming redesigns. Learn more about ELI at TeamFDI.com/ELI. ELI Compatibility ELI products are compatible with most single board computers, PCs and operating systems. The table below illustrates the results of FDIs compatibility tests with popular operating systems and platforms. Our results, as indicated in the table, demonstrate ELIs versatility but the table is not exhaustive. ELI products are designed to work with any single board computer that has an HDMI or DVI output. To submit a question about ELIs compatibility with a platform or operating system that is not included in the table, contact a member of the FDI support team at Support teamfdi.com. 2. Required Equipment (Not Provided) 1. HDMI Cable (Type A Male) to connect to the ELI for the video signal 2. USB Cable (Mini USB Type B) to connect to the ELI for the touch screen operation 3. 12V DC power input, 2.1mm, center positive, 1.2A min 4. Your choice of computer, SBC, or PC, with digital video output (HDMI or DVI) and USB port for touch input 3/7/2016 Copyright 2016, Future Designs, Inc. Revision 1 Page 2 ELI43-CR/ELI43-CP Quick Start Guide 3. Getting Started with ELI43-CR & ELI43-CP A few notes prior to powering up your SBC: BeagleBone Black (and many other SBCs) will boot up and drive ELI without any software changes. Raspberry Pi requires a few additional steps which are listed in greater detail in the ELI Software Users Manuals which can be found here: