Playlist: VFD Readability Series

Noritake VFD: Readability Part 1 - Viewing Angle

E-MTR-0001-00 http://www.noritake-elec.com Objective: To compare the difference in viewing angle between the VFD module and LCD Displays used: - VFD module: CU20025-UW1J http://www.noritake-elec.com/uversion... - LCD: HDM20216L Results: When rotating horizontally, LCD starts to gets harder to see around 45° and barely see anything on the LCD around 65°. VFD module had no problem reading the display content when rotating from side to side. When rotating down, LCD starts to gets harder to see around 30° and barely see anything on the LCD around 45°. Then rotating up, the LCD becomes harder to read from 40° to 45°. VFD module had no problem reading the display content when rotating up and down.

Noritake VFD: Readability Part 2 - Low Operating Temperature

E-MTR-0002-00 http://www.noritake-elec.com Objective: To compare the difference in readability at low temperature. Displays used: - VFD module: CU20025ECPB-W1J (top) http://www.noritake-elec.com/uversion... - LCD: HDM20216L (bottom) Weather conditions: - Temperature: - Mean: 6 °F - High: 17˚F - Low: -5˚F - Moisture: - Dew Point: -4°F - Average Humidity: 60 - Maximum Humidity: 76 - Minimum Humidity: 43 - Wind: - Wind Speed: 6 mph (SW) - Max Wind Speed: 16 mph - Max Gust Speed: 23 mph - Visibility: 10 miles Results: At lower temperature the LCD (bottom) has slow response time whereas the VFD is unaffected.

Noritake VFD: Readability Part 3 - Color Filter

E-MTR-0003-00 http://www.noritake-elec.com Objective: To see how the emitted light of VFD module is altered by the Noritake color filter. Display used: - VFD module: CU20027-YX1A http://www.noritake-elec.com/y-series... Noritake color filters used: - Smoked Gray: SG N21 - Blue: BL N6401 - Aqua: AQ N891 - Rose: RO N66 - Green: GR N651 Results: - Smoked Gray: Emits blue-green color and increases the contrast ratio. - Blue: Emits blue color and increases the contrast ratio. - Aqua: Emits Aqua color and increases the contrast ratio. - Rose: Emits Rose color and increases the contrast ratio. - Green: Emits Green color and increases the contrast ratio.

Noritake VFD: Readability Part 4 - Display Response Comparison

E-MTR-0004-00 http://www.noritake-elec.com Objective: To compare the difference in display response between VFD module and LCD Displays used: - VFD module: CU20025-UW1J http://www.noritake-elec.com/uversion... - LCD: HDM20216L Results: LCD causes ghosting which makes the LCD hard to read. Ghosting is especially noticeable when scrolling or the display is constantly updating. VFD module is unaffected.

Noritake VFD: Readability Part 5 - 11 mm & 9 mm Character Height Comparison

E-MTR-0006-00 http://www.noritake-elec.com Objective: To compare the 11 mm and 9 mm character height VFD modules in various distance. Displays used: Top VFD module: CU200211-TE200A http://www.noritake-elec.com/teVersio... Bottom VFD module: CU20029-UW1J http://www.noritake-elec.com/uversion... Results: Both CU200211-TE200A (top) and CU20029-UW1J (bottom) was easy to read from 3 ft to 5 ft. Once the distance was between 10 to 15 ft. The 2 mm character height difference made CU200211-TE200A easier to read from 10 ft to 15 ft.