NEW APPROACH TO VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION

The article discusses future developments in the design of vehicle instrument displays in which the conventional circular instrument cluster is likely to be replaced by an electronic, solid-state, digital display system. Such displays would offer larger, more easy to read information compared with mechanical units and would require no moving parts for a maintenance-free life. Of the many types of digital or analog displays available, the DC electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays are thought to have the most potential. Examples of proposed solid-state display panels are shown which can also incorporate a head-up display. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Design Council

  29 Haymarket
  London SW14 4SU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Garratt, K
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 819-821
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 215V
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: GILLARD WELCH LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0013-7782

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analog computers; Development; Digital computers; Durability; Electronics; Information display systems; Instrument panels; Luminescence; Rock crystals; Solid state devices; Speedometers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Digital techniques
• Old TRIS Terms: Analog systems; Displays; Solid state
• ITRD Terms: 4023: Crystal; 1368: Dashboard; 9013: Development; 5910: Durability; 6965: Electronics; 6785: Fluorescence; 1348: Speedometer
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134211
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM