LEDs will washout in direct sunlight or any other strong light source, if
you want to use leds you'll need some kind of hood.

For car usage it is better to use VFDs, and even these are not perfect.

Gabriel


-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Fine <julian@FINE.CO.ZA>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] LED Display


>Hi,
>Has anyone seen a display with the following specs
>1. Red LED
>2. Character size 10mm
>3.16 characters per line
>4.6 to 10 lines
>5. full asci
>6.drivers on board
>7. Prefer rs232 driver.
>
>Basically something to display text in a vehicle that is easy to read in
all
>light conditions and will not dissapear if the car stands in the direct
>sunlight like some LCD displays do.
>Thanks
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