Meters, Readouts and Indicators Reference Materials

Description: The challenge for the team was to display every piece of relevant information while keeping power usage to a minimum so that the power could be used by the motors to outrun competitors. ...

Description: TFT LCD displays for outdoor use need to have special characteristics to defend harsh environment. ...

Description: Sunlight readable LCD displays are designed to operate in direct sunlight or harsh ambient light conditions. Sunlight readable LCD displays are also known as daylight viewable LCD, outdoor LCD ...

Description: TFT LCDs are becoming the norm for small-to-medium size displays in a variety of products within industrial, medical, POS and consumer applications. To pick the right interface, you need to understand ...

Description: Formula Student is an international design competition for students in which teams from around the world construct a single-seated formula vehicle and produce a ready-to-drive prototype in which they ...

Description: LCDs create their display with the manipulation of visible ambient light. In the absence of this light, we must add backlighting to make these LCD displays visible. ...

Description: TFT Touch displays are becoming more prevalent every day, in devices that range from consumer electronics to industrial and medical equipment. To bring out TFT touch screen's best performance, some ...

Description: TFT LCD image retention we also call it "Burn-in". In CRT displays, this caused the phosphorus to be worn and the patterns to be burnt in to the display. But the term "burn in" is a bit misleading in ...

Description: Any electronic device generates some amount of electromagnetic radiation. LCD display is the obvious place to show EMI. ...

Description: When compared to the ordinary LCD, TFT LCD gives very sharp and crisp text/graphic with shorter response time. ...

Description: Raspberry Pi is a very popular single board machine. Connecting it with a touch screen LCD makes it a lot more useful. ...

Description: We are showing an example of setting up and testing the hardware interface to capacitive touch LCD panel. ...

Description: Tiago Rebelo is the Director of the Product & Service Development Unit at CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development that designs, develops and implements high-tech solutions to push ...

Description: MicroPlasma Ozone (MPO3) manufactures Smart Ozone Systems to automatically maintain the health of in-ground residential and small commercial swimming pools. Ozone is a powerful disinfectant; a more ...

Description: LCD displays with touch screen are used in more and more applications. Here is a simple example on how touch screen is implemented. ...

Description: Keeping product quality consistent is a major topic for manufacturer, so is making sure LCD uniform display effect. ...

Description: PWM is used in a variety of applications including sophisticated control circuitry, LCD backlight control is one of the applications. ...

Description: Like a lot of folks, I'm a fan of shows like CSI and NCIS, which demonstrate the ways that forensic technology can be used to solve crimes. I know that what's portrayed may not be 100% realistic in ...

Description: LCD display looks lighter (blur) when the temperature drops; while the background appears 'ghosting' when the temperature increases. ...

Description: Film & filter enhancements are an effective way to unlock your LCD's potential. Improve screen vivacity and clarity, enhance brightness and optimize light transmission. ...

Description: Most EV Chargers are installed outdoor. Which requires their screens to survive punitive working environment. ...

Description: Visualization is an important parameter in modern medical field and nowadays almost exclusively realized by use of Liquid Crystal Display, especially TFT LCD. ...

Description: TFT color LCD is now the de-facto standard for most applications. So how do you choose the right TFT display? ...

Description: The type of image the display will create is a cosmetic issue LCD user needs to decide at the beginning. This is the easiest choice since there are only two basic selections. ...

Description: There's no question that chiller and condenser operational effectiveness can greatly impact building operating costs. Predictive maintenance and optimization of these crucial hydronic HVAC system ...

Description: An East Coast university deployed an accurate and reliable flow measurement solution to help make informed decisions about steam and energy allocation. The use of differential pressure flow meters ...

Description: Identifying leaks in hydronic closed systems is critical to reducing the overall cost of commercial/industrial building operation, while maintaining the superior performance desired. Facility owners ...

Description: Demanding lift station applications in the water and wastewater industry call for a reliable, accurate and non-invasive flow measurement solution. Crucially, the flow metering equipment has to be easy ...

Description: Smart LCD Module is Topway's solution to off-load heavy lifting of display & touch control from host MCU, and simplify engineer's development effort. ...

Description: Everyday, most of us will look at a LCD screen at least once. Different types of LCD panels have different characteristics. ...

Description: Touch screens have become very commonplace in our day-to-day lives. Devices using touch panels to enable user interaction without the use of keyboard or mouse. But do you know there are couple ...

Description: At one of the largest municipal water treatment departments in the United States, 1,400 employees work hard to keep clean water flowing through the taps of households and businesses over a ...

Description: Siemens answers with SITRANS FS230 clamp-on meter. ...

Description: There is a need for an easy-to-installed portable flowmeter to verify the accuracy and function of the permanently installed flowmeters. The volumetric flow must be recorded over time. This data can ...

Description: Point level sensors are an important component in controlling production processes. When used in conjunction with an alarm, such as a horn or light, they make workplaces safer. ...

Description: To comply with internal procedures and ensure process integrity and quality, and/or comply with regulations and government mandates, flow meter users are often required to periodically validate and ...

Description: The RT-Platform Instruments (Vibration Sentry RT and Noise Sentry RT) now have software that can detect alarms and even send alarm-emails to recipients. This application note explains the ins and outs ...

Description: Batch control systems are used as an economical and safe way of controlling the amount of product that flows through a system. ...

Description: Ratio control systems are used extensively throughout industry to optimize the relationship of the mixture between two flows in a processing plant. ...

Description: Therefore the Cylmate system is designed to provide real-time information required by electronically controlled engines in order to optimize the engine operation by closed loop control of the ...

Description: Accidents. Process upsets. Production downtime. Fire or gas leaks. These and other unexpected scenarios could hamper manufacturing, endanger workers, and threaten facilities and equipment. To help ...

Description: "Units don't require any power other than what the signal can produce, just like analog meters." ...

Description: Measurements of process parameters have historically been accomplished by the analog panel meter (APM). As processes evolved, a need arose for more accuracy in readings. This led to development of the ...

Description: A brief overview of the various panel meter types and their capabilities. ...

Description: Audible alarms have been a mainstay on railway vehicles by choice for many decades, but their use on passenger railcars has been mandatory since 1990 with the introduction of the Americans with ...

Description: From smoke detectors to automobiles, audible alarms (also known to be called buzzers) have become a part of our everyday life. Some of the uses of these alarms are innocuous such as in a microwave ...

Description: The most common type of electronic audible alarm utilizes a piezoelectric transducer. The transducer consists of a metal disc with an attached ceramic material that flexes when voltage is applied. By ...

Description: These days, it seems that we are constantly being alerted with everything from beeps to buzzers. Personal Computers, virtually all types of home appliances, cars, farm implements, golf carts, medical ...

Description: The upsurge in audible alarm use in medical equipment cannot be traced to any one cause. Certainly, liability is a big factor, but also the market trend of integrating more and more functions in each ...

Description: The use of audible devices at pedestrian crosswalks to assist the visually impaired across intersections is more popular in Europe than in the U.S. However, that may be changing soon. The broader ...

Description: Even though the RoHS European deadline of July 1, 2006 has passed, many U.S. companies and even entire industries still do not know or care what RoHS means (see the RoHS primer at the end of this ...

Description: In 1968, the first true electronic alarm was offered to the market and engineers and system designers grasped pretty quickly that these alarms were a major advance over the current state-of-the-art ...

Description: Audible alarms are used extensively in IUV applications for both problem warning and for safety. An example of using an audible alarm for a warning situation is issuing an audible alert for a low oil ...

Description: Learn how tare value is used in weighing systems. ...

Description: The use of electronic gauging probes for dimensional gauging of manufactured parts is a well-established quality assurance technique. Typical gauging probes are cylinders with diameters of 8 mm or 9.5 ...

Description: Pressure measurement devices can be classified into two groups: those where pressure is the only source of power and those that require electrical excitation. The mechanical style devices that are ...

Description: Reducing power consumption is always desirable in systems where resources may be limited. This is particularly true in USB systems, where designers must not only understand the rules imposed by the ...

Description: The deployment of electronic energy meters has gained a great deal of momentum over the past several years. This is due to their two main advantages over the traditional electromechanical designs: ...

Description: The MCP3905/6 energy-monitoring Integrated Circuits (ICs) supply active real power measurements for single-phase residential meter designs. These devices include features specific for the ...