Overview
The LC74787, LC74787M, and LC74787JM are on-screen display controller CMOS ICs that display characters and patterns on the TV screen under microprocessor control. These ICs support 12 × 18 dot characters and can display 12 lines by 24 characters of text.

Features
• Display format: 24 characters by 12 rows (Up to 288
   characters)
• Character format: 12 (horizontal) × 18 (vertical) dots
• Character sizes: Three sizes each in the horizontal and
   vertical directions
• Characters in font: 256 (254 characters, one spacing
   character, and one transparent spacing character)
• Initial display positions: 64 horizontal positions and 64
   vertical positions
• Blinking: Specifiable in character units
• Blinking types: Two periods supported: About 1.0
   second and about 0.5 second
• Blanking: Over the whole font (12 × 18 dots)
• Background color: 8 colors (internal synchronization
   mode): 2fSC and 4fSC
• Line background color
   — Can be set for 3 lines
   — Line background color: 8 colors (internal
      synchronization mode): 2fSC and 4fSC
• External control input: 8-bit serial input format
• On-chip sync separator circuit
• Video outputs: NTSC, PAL, PAL-N, PAL-M, NTSC
   4.43, and PAL60 format composite video outputs
• Package
   — 24-pin plastic DIP-24S (300 mil)
   — 24-pin plastic MFP-24 (375 mil)
   — 24-pin plastic MFP-24S (300 mil)