Displays

Avago Technologies today introduced the industry's first half-watt (0.5-W) high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LED) in an industry-standard PLCC-4 surface-mount (SMT) package. These new 0.5-W Power LEDs, which are available in white, amber, red-orange and red colors, feature the industry's smallest package size, a wide 120-degree viewing angle, and are optimized for long operating life under severe environmental conditions.

Cherry's MARLIN wireless laser multimedia keyboard and mouse combination is silent in use, and the Teflon-coated mouse is said to make a mat obsolete. Ten HotKeys on the keyboard - which are easily programmable with the KeyM@n software supplied - and seven freely programmable keys on the laser mouse, makes for efficient operation; for example email pages can be quickly and easily called up with just the touch of a button.

STREAM from Cherry Electrical Products is a corded multimedia flat-key feel, entry level standard keyboard with cursor and number block functions. Its clean design and additional technical features distinguish it from the competition.

Digital Displays has announced what it says is the the World’s first pressure distinguishable touch panel, the “Pensor”. Using the unique “Pensor” 4 wire resistive touch panel with complementary controller board and OS driver software, the user's palm and the “touch pen” can touch the surface of the touch panel simultaneously. Unlike existing systems the “Pensor” only senses the pressure of the pen, it will not sense the touch...

Digital Displays has launched it's latest TFT display that incorporates TMR technology for enhanced outdoor viewability. Transmissive Micro-Reflectivity enhancement film provides the 3.5 inch 320x240 (QVGA) display with excellent viewability under all lighting conditions, both indoor, outdoor and in sunlight. The display also features a bright, 300 nit LED backlight, 300:1 contrast ratio and is available with a built-in touch screen.

3M Touch Systems has announced that its most rugged capacitive touch product, ToughTouch II, is now available with optional privacy film to help protect financial data or transaction information displayed on ATM and ticketing machine screens from prying eyes.

The latest 2.2in TFT displays from Anders Electronics will help designers to optimise the user machine relationship (UMR) while providing a rapid and cost-effective route to migrate existing products from mono to colour. Designed to address the widest possible range of application requirements, the Anders 2.2in colour TFT range offers high brightness, low-power operation, sunlight readability and a variety of interfaces, as well as touchscreen an...

Cherry’s new, PASSENGER mouse is a small three button wireless notebook device that brings flexibility to laptop users, particularly during prolonged use, such as on long journeys, where an external mouse makes working much more comfortable. Even when not connected to the notebook, the PASSENGER, using 27MHz technology, is able to maintain contact for signal transmission via the USB receiver contained in an internal compartment under an easy to...

A comprehensive range of miniature incandescent lamps including advanced Xenon filled types and matching drop-in replacement sockets is available from CML Innovative Technologies (CML-IT). Delivering a cost-effective solution with high luminous output, traditional incandescent lamps still have a valid role in many applications such as automotive, gaming, aviation and transport, where cost restrictions don’t warrant the use of still higher-price...

Avago Technologies today announced a new series of high-brightness surface mount (SMT) tri-color light emitting diodes (LEDs) that will enable designers to develop large indoor and outdoor electronic displays that provide sharper and more vivid images and graphics. This new series of high-brightness RGB LEDs from Avago are available in standard PLCC-4 packaging and have been specifically designed to operate in extreme outdoor conditions.