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Space X Planning UltraHD Satellites

by Bob Raikes

The SpaceX start-up, backed by Elon Musk of Tesla, has said that it wants to create a global array of 4,000 satellites that would be in low-Earth orbit to supply internet services around the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 46

L2Tek introduces HDMI 2.0 chips

by Bob Raikes

Explore Microelectronics of Taiwan has a a number of new HDM chips including the EP9462S, a HDMI 2.0a 4-IN 2-OUT repeater with HDCP 2.2 in a 128-pin LQFP package. The chip supports four inputs …

Tags:Chips| HDMI| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Satellite in 91% of TV homes in Middle East and North Africa

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat announced the headline results of its 2016 TV Observatory in Middle East and North Africa and gave these key conclusions: Satellite consolidates place as core digital infrastructure, reaching into 91% of TV homes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 46

LRG Says US Pay TV down 255K in Q3 2016

by Bob Raikes

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) said that the eleven largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95% of the market — lost about 255,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2016, compared to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Electronica 2016 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

AlphaDisplay of Korea was at the show to highlight, in particular, its developments in medical displays. To help promote that vertical segment, Alpha has recruited from fellow Korean company, Kostec, which is a specialist …

Fraunhofers Have MEMs and OLED Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

The various Fraunhofer institutes had a big stand that represented all of them. First we looked at an unusual MEMs-based scanning projection system that uses biaxial mirrors with Lissajous scanning rather than rows or …

BOE’s Varitronix Has Free Form Display for Automotive – Gets to 1600ppi!

by Bob Raikes

Chinese panel maker, BOE was at the show with its European business, Varitronix, which is long established in the European automotive business and was bought by BOE in May of this year to give …

Kyocera Experiments with Haptics & Gesture for Autos

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera started by showing us a demonstration of an ASIC that it has developed to allow haptic feedback, using piezoelectric actuators. Especially in automotive and industrial applications, it is important that the user has …

OrtusTech Moves to Low Power

by Bob Raikes

Ortustech, owned by Toppan and a company that has developed from the old Casio display business, usually shows some exotic high resolution displays at Electronica, but this year, as the market for the UltraHD …

Zytronics Wins PCI Approval for Touch

by Bob Raikes

Zytronics is a UK-based maker of metal-mesh-based PCap solutions for large touch screens. The company has developed its own ASIC technology that allows it to be very flexible to meet customer requests, especially as …

Everlight LEDs for Small Pitch and Outdoor Applications

by Bob Raikes

Everlight is a packager of LEDs and had a number of areas covering automotive, lighting and infrared applications. There was also an area devoted to displays but, sadly, with nobody with expertise in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Stanley Pico Projector Uses Lasers

by Bob Raikes

Stanley Electric was showing a number of projection technologies based on MEMs technology (W-400 device) and also on its LCDs. The first we looked at was a MEMS-based laser scanning mirror device that is …