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Re: Wanted: a 100 micron pixel

From: Robert Paris <>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 20:40:49 +0100

What about a little frenzel lens that you can slot into the front? =)

Rob

Vaughan Pratt wrote:
> We're looking for a few good accessories for the Matchbox PC including
> small displays, both b/w and color.
> 
> Here are some pixel sizes of some displays we've considered, in decreasing
> order of size.
> 
>         Rex display     330  u   (77 dpi)
>         PC110 display   150  u  (170 dpi)  (a Citizen L6481L-FF)
>         What we want    100  u  (250 dpi)
>         Microdisplay    15.7 u (1600 dpi)
> 
> Any good candidates out there for the hundred-micron ballpark that we're
> looking for?
> 
> One possibility is to project the Microdisplay onto a small screen,
> magnifying it 7x, or more if you want a larger image.  The bulk of such
> a projector could be reduced by organizing its optics so that it could
> fold up to fit in a pocket.
> 
> If the optics were kept separate from the display itself one could have
> multiple optical systems, one for viewing the screen through an eyepiece
> as a virtual image, HMD/faxview style, another for projecting a real
> image onto any handy surface such as a sheet of paper, and so on.
> 
> The display itself could be incorporated into the Matchbox PC, so that
> even without any optics one could still have a readable 10 character x
> 5 line display for emergency use.
> 
> Vaughan

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