The drive to have less

The current economy has driven business to do more with less. This is very true in the electronics industry.

We are constantly driven to manufacture Character, Graphic and Static (Segment) LCD Displays that take up less room and meets RoHS standards in a shorter amount of time.

The push to design products to use less power is not new. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is pushing to have the US meet new power saving requirements. The goal is to minimize the amount of power necessary when a product such as a cell phone is in ‘sleep mode’. See http://www.acoel.org/2009/02/articles/energy/climate/united-states-needs-to-get-on-board-in-2009-with-the-onewatt-initiative/

At Focus Display Solutions we are expanding our Character and Static LCD display modules to operate at 3.3V instead of the standard 5V. This is true for both our custom (engineered and designed) LCD display and standard LCD monochrome display.

Every Segment Display, 7 (seven) segment, 14 (fourteen) segment and 16 (sixteen) segment has the option of both 3.3 volt and 4.7 volt. All three options of segment displays (STN, TN and FSTN) are available. See http://focuslcd.com/static.php for more details.

We also offer Alphanumeric LCD displays, also known as Character LCD’s, in both 4.7 volt and 3.3 volt. The most common of these are 8 x 1 LCD Display, 8 x 2 LCD Display, 16 x 1 LCD Display, 16 x 2 LCD Display, 16 x 4 LCD Display, 20 x 2 LCD Display, 20 x 4 LCD Display, 24 x 2 LCD Display, 40 x 1 LCD Display, 40 x 2 LCD Display, 40 x 4 LCD Display,

All of our Numeric LCD Displays are monochrome.

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Safety Stock in Inventory

Is safety stock back in style?

Many suppliers do not want to carry excess inventory. It was not good business sense to tie up your cash and hope someone will come along and purchase your product. But this is changing.

The style is changing. Why?

1. Lead times on segment displays, character and alphanumeric LCD’s have increased in the last few months. Customers (OEM’s) need inventory in a week or two, not 12 to 16 weeks after they place their purchase order.


2. Many LCD suppliers are discontinuing their LCD displays. This is true for 16x1, 16x2, 20x2, 8x1, 8x2, 20x4 LCD displays. We receive calls for CCFL and EL backlights often. There is still a demand for 7 (seven) segment, 14(fourteen) segment, and 16(sixteen) segment static displays. It seems that many suppliers are scaling back on monochrome displays.


3. Earning interest on cash in the bank is at an all time low.

Please call us if you need a replacement STN, FSTN or TN character LCD.

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