One thing about getting the most out of your LCD displays today is how they can deliver and of course be conservative as far as end users are concerned. This of course pertains mostly for people who frequently use laptops and LCD screens that seem to be lacking something to deliver the proper display.

However, Freescale Semiconductors may have the solution for all that. With the MC34845 LED driver, a six-channel device that comes with a high-speed pulse width modulation (PWM) capability. The device is ideal for backlighting applications needed for most laptops and some LCD displays today.

Freescale is currently sampling the MC34845 (600 kHz boost) and the MC34845A (1.2 MHz boost) LED drivers. Both devices are available at a suggested resale price of $1.15 (USD) in 10,000-unit quantities.

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Only in the army and perhaps some command and control centers like NASA will these display wall cubes be ever seen. Mitsubishi Electronics unveils another great visual wall line with the Seventy Series Display Wall Cubes.

These new wall display cubes carry these features:

• Intelligence: Smart Lamp, Smart Color Space Control, Digital Gradation Circuit
• Flexibility: Modularity, Upgradeable Configurations
• Internal Processing: No External Processor Needed
• Auto-Balancing: Dynamic Color Control and Brightness Balancing
• Easy Set-Up: Auto-Geometry Function
• Durability: Now Up To More Than 11 Years of Service Life
• Redundancy: Smart Switch Function

“We’ve listened to our systems integrators and end-users, and we have worked closely with our developers and engineers to create display cubes that are truly groundbreaking,” said Krstulja. “We are very excited about these new products and look forward to bringing them to market.”

These new Seventy Series cubes in SXGA+ resolution are now being sold and come in a variety of sizes through authorized retailers. They come with Mitsubishi’s two-year limited warranty on parts and labor plus a one-year limited warranty on the lamp/s.

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