NXP Semiconductors announced two new chip-on-glass (COG) LCD segment drivers – the PCF8538 and PCA8538 – specifically designed for driving vertical alignment (VA) displays. Providing high contrast, ...

A common display found on digital watches and readouts that looks like a series of 8s. Each digit is formed by selective illumination of from one to seven separately addressable segments. For more ...

This application note aims to assist designers using NXP LCD segment drivers in making a cascaded design. Cascading means combining more than one LCD driver in a design in such a way that makes them ...

In FY 2018 through Q3 ending July, Applied Materials reported significant revenue gains from equipment sales to two 10.5G plants. In FY 2019, Applied Materials is scheduled to install equipment at ...

Renesas has added dual-bank memory for over-the-air updates to its range of MCUs with a segment-style LCD driver and a capacitive touch controller. The new parts are the RL78/L23 group, and have the ...

Sharp Microelectronics this year plans to make available a wider range of large-format, liquid-crystal displays, in sizes of up to more than 40 inches. The new displays will come in 26-, 32- and ...

Are we seeing more wristwatch PCB swapping projects because more people are working on them, or because we saw one and they’re on our mind? The world may never know, but when it comes to design ...

Samsung Display has decided to close its liquid-crystal display (LCD) business in June, hobbled by a declining global competitive edge due to cheaper products made by its Chinese and Taiwanese ...

Even though the global market scale of large-format public displays will only total 1.2 million shipments this year, it is notable that the segment saw LCD panel shipments surpass PDP shipments for ...