Components: LCD Monitor Assembly Comes In Space-Saving 17-in. Rack

Nov. 24, 2003

A 17-in. rack-mountable flat-panel LCD assembly serves as an integrated display platform that provides a low-profile plug-and-play monitor. It features 256 nits of luminance and a 264-mm dot pitch, as well as a contrast ratio of 500:1. The unit measures 1.75 in. high by 19 in. wide by 24 in. deep. The keyboard includes an integrated trackball and mouse. Additionally, there's a user-adjustable on-screen display and DVI, NTSC/PAL, S-Video, SVHS, and D-Sub interfaces. Three versions are available: an integrated AVT-1U17A with a PS/2 keyboard in a 1U rack drawer, an integrated AVT-1U17B with a USB keyboard in a 1U rack drawer, and the AVT-1U7C 1U drawer with no keyboard. The AVT-1U17A/B is priced at $1599.

Three-Five Systems Inc.www.35sys.com; (602) 389-8600

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.