Well, maybe this is not the best title, but there are a few basics that are good to know before you move ahead on a custom LCD display. This is true for all static, segment or glass displays such as 7 (seven), 14 (fourteen) and 16 (sixteen) segment displays. This is also true for all Character / numeric LCD modules.
Our goal is to recommend a standard display whenever possible; not a custom Liquid crystal display. If this will not work, we are able to suggest alternatives. Sometimes the customer needs a custom LCD with tooling to replace a module that has been discontinued. Below are a few guidelines.
- If the customer pays for the tooling/ engineering (NRE), then the customer owns that LCD display. module In other words we cannot sell that display to any other customer without the permission of that customer.
- When the customer has approved the drawing of the display, we will then request samples. As a general rule, when the customer pays for the LCD tooling, we supply 5 samples at no cost.
- The cost of freight to bring in the custom lcd module samples is included in the tooling cost. This is for the first shipment only.
- The tooling fees for static, glass or segment displays are lower then for a character LCD module (alphanumeric LCD display module).
- The use of TN, STN or FSTN does not affect the tooling fee for the custom display, but this will affect the unit cost.
Here is a link showing the process for a custom display.
