Product category: LCD Modules
News Release from: Varitronix UK | Subject: BCD displays
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 20 September 2007
Low-power displays boast excellent
viewability
Bistable cholesteric displays retain their contents for periods of up to 10 years with no power source.
Varitronix has launched an extensive range of BCD displays, offering high resolutions, a choice of background colours and a variety of large and small sizes Bistable cholesteric display (BCD) is a nonvolatile display technology that only requires power when information on the screen is refreshed, making it ideal for signage, labelling and status indicators where information is presented for long periods without updating
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Nonvolatile displays gain illumination
Bistable cholesteric displays are now available with frontlights, making them suitable for use in low-light environments.
Varitronix BCDs offer exceptionally low power consumption.
Standard products will retain their contents for periods of up to 10 years with no power source.
Display contents are updated using a hard-wired solution, wirelessly or using Bluetooth from a central location.
A further strength of Varitronix BCD technology is its excellent viewability.
Far from degrading under bright light, display contrast actually increases in direct sunlight.
Owing to the absence of polarisers in this technology, viewing angles of up to 180 degrees are achievable.
Varitronix is offering a range of 13 standard BCD displays, in resolutions from 24 x 24 to 240 x 160 and 352 x 32 pixel, although displays are customisable depending on project requirements.
Varitronix's BCDs are available in a range of attractive monochrome colour combinations, including blue/white, red/amber, yellow/green, pink/peach and orange/yellow.
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