Liquid crystal display for an automobile dashboard

Abstract

Dashboard is an information cluster located at the edge of the driver’s primary field of view. Although most of the cars have mechanical dashboards, electronic implementation of the same will have enough flexibility to cater to varying customers’ choice. Liquid crystal displays are a good choice for electronic dashboards since the format of the display can be modified easily using a different set of masks. We have also integrated the drive electronics into a low cost programmable integrated circuit. Hence, the varying needs (of products or customers) can easily be accommodated in a short duration of time with low tooling cost. Design and development of a liquid crystal display for car dashboard is presented.