Displays

Avago Technologies has announced its first series of 1W, high-power LEDs in one of the thinnest packages available. This new LED is said to offer brighter illumination, more reliability than competing products and can be installed easily. Avago's ASMT-MX00 is ideal for use in applications that require ultra-high-brightness LEDs, such as flashlights, reading lamps, architectural and garden lighting.

Anders Electronics has launched a range of interface kits designed to help customers develop and implement applications based on the LG Philips LCD range of TFT displays. The kits require only the addition of a 12V power supply and video interface cable, allowing exceptionally fast and straightforward evaluation, development, and implementation.

Zytronic has enhanced its projected capacitive technology (PCT™) controller for its touch sensor family, creating a more compact implementation that supports a choice of on-glass or flex-mounted controller to optimally meet customer requirements.

Specialist distributor Switchtec¹s PL22 range of LED pilot lamps are said to offer benefits over traditional filament lamps. They offer very low power consumption, robustness, small size, are brighter and they are competitively priced.

CML Innovative Technologies has introduced a range of RoHS compliant Power LEDs available in 1, 2.5 and 5W versions and a range of colours - pure and warm white, blue, green, red, cyan and yellow & RGB.

Toshiba has announced the development of a new TFT-LCD that delivers high transmittance, a wide viewing angle and high speed response by combining Optically Compensated Bend (OCB) and Field Sequential technologies. Field Sequential technology does not require colour filters, differing from general colour LCDs.

Just available from Forge Europa is what the company claims is the world’s most efficient power LED. The Cree XR lamp has an efficacy of 47lm/w and, at these levels, LED technology is considerably more efficient than incandescent or halogen and is starting to encroach on the province of fluorescent lighting. efficient power LEDs.

Anders Electronics has announced an integrated 3.5-inch VGA (640x480 pixel) resolution touchscreen TFT module designed for use in next-generation portable devices, data collection equipment and industrial handhelds.

CML Innovative Technologies has announced an LED replacement for traditional 6S6 lamps currently used in theme parks as decorative lamps and for illuminating entrance portals to attractions.

CML Innovative Technologies' new Connect&Glo program is designed to make solid state lighting easy to work with. The company is offering a system of linking LED lighting units that anyone can connect together, just as easily as ordinary light bulbs.