Components: 19-in. Rackmount LCD Satisfies Cost-Conscious Applications

Oct. 4, 2004

A rugged display platform plus a large viewable area—this describes a new 19-in. rackmount flat-panel LCD for applications looking at the bottom line. Featuring a contrast ratio of 500:1, a luminance level of 225 nits, and image quality provided by a 0.299-mm dot pitch, it suits industrial automation, process control, aerospace, medical diagnostics, and defense monitoring applications. With a single-unit price of $1250, it's cost-competitive with 20-in. displays. Other features include a 176° viewing angle, digital and analog inputs, and automatic power-saving modes (Video Electronics Standards Association display power-management signaling) to lower power consumption to 2 W.

Three-Five Systems Inc.
www.tfsc.com
(508) 485-3380

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.