LCDs with everything
03-10-2014, 11:50 PM
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LCDs with everything
I mooted this a while ago and the 'flood' has begun.
The new Fiat 500 Cult has an all LCD display...
... as does the new Audi TT
Compared to traditional 'analogue' instruments I suspect these LCD displays are very inexpensive to manufacture.
The new Fiat 500 Cult has an all LCD display...
... as does the new Audi TT
Compared to traditional 'analogue' instruments I suspect these LCD displays are very inexpensive to manufacture.
03-11-2014, 12:05 AM
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Also highly flexible - you can display whatever you want without a total redesign of anything but the driving software.
03-11-2014, 01:02 AM
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They're both the new TT; the second-from-top image in the first post is the Nvidia pre-production TT screen and the second image is the actual display, albeit with the enhanced navigation view.
03-11-2014, 02:47 AM
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However when the stealer diagnoses that you need a new one I bet the price will make your eyes water. Then you have to get the new one programmed in (on top of getting it physically fitted..........)
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03-11-2014, 03:05 AM
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No - you just disconnect it and reconnect the new one - the panel isn't where the intelligence sits. This is just like replacing one computer screen for another one.
03-11-2014, 03:40 AM
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Wonder if this will spawn a whole new industry of dealers / after market people selling you upgrades to latest "look" or colour schemes ?
Not sure what the legal position is on customising something so critical and/or distracting.
Not sure what the legal position is on customising something so critical and/or distracting.
03-11-2014, 04:06 AM
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Not necessarily. With phones, they're building the display control directly into the same SOC (System on a Chip) that does the CPU, GPU, RAM and everything else, so this sort of thing could be one ready assembled unit with display and system all stuck together in a box. And that means the dealer will just have one part number for the whole thing, and charge a fortune for a new one if there's any fault (like with VSA).