At 09:09 PM 11/2/2008, you wrote:
>Something like this is really cool -- bright yet miniacture 7-segment
>display. They can make your product look rather high class yet
>do not occupy much space (which is always quite tight ...).
>http://www.keyence.com/products/sensors/fiberoptic/fsv20/fsv20_features_1.php
>
>Unfortunately so far I have not been able to find commercial
>off the shelf parts. I believe companies like Keyence and
>others are using COB (chip on board) to achieve this kind
>of display. Normally you do not want to do this because
>manufacturing can be complicated.
>
>Do you have some ideas of where to get customized
>part for this kind of things?
>
>Xiaofan


What about these" http://www.rohm.com/products/databook/dp/pdf/lf-301vama.pdf
8mm high character and available at DigiKey, I have used them several 
times, especially because they are SMT.

John

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