Using e-paper technology in remote messaging systems
By Rei ViloBeing able to send simple one-way messages to friends or family to remind them about important events is really useful. But we are not talking about sticking a post-it on the fridge and hoping for the best. Messaging systems have come a long way since the invention of the famous sticky note over […]
The technology is here to make e-paper a genuine replacement for paper
Figure 1: The make-up of an e-paper display By Alchin Wang, General Manager Once you’ve read a document on electronic paper (e-paper), you’ll never want to go back to traditional liquid crystal (LCD), light-emitting diode (LED) or organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. The only problem is that e-paper has still not reached the level of […]
Low-power e-paper displays provide the perfect solution for slow-changing data
Most information is time-dependent in some way. Last week’s shopping list is largely useless a week later but knowing the time and location of tomorrow’s appointments is critical today. And not all information is static – a list may evolve (and normally does while walking around the store), and you might move or cancel appointments […]
Pervasive Displays full range of black and white e-paper displays now available
Tainan City, Taiwan – 18 Mar 2020. Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays, announces that its full range of Aurora black and white e-paper, or E-ink, electrophoretic displays (EPD) are available with immediate effect. These chip-on-glass (COG) front plane laminate (FPL) displays make use of the latest driving waveform technology to produce […]
Three-color e-paper displays create impact and improve recognition
2.87-inch and 4.2-inch Spectra Displays Tainan City, Taiwan, 11 October, 2016 – Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays (EPDs), has announced the availability of the first two products in the Spectra family. These three-pigment black, white and red EPDs are now generally available. There is growing demand for color EPDs to help retailers […]
New large-format yellow tri-color e-paper displays open the door to more effective and engaging signage
Tainan City, Taiwan – 11 July 2019. Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays (EPDs), today launches its new range of large-format tri-color displays that render text and images in yellow, as well as black and white. With both 7.4 and 12.2-inch models available, the new EPDs open up fresh opportunities to enrich customer experiences by displaying […]
Pervasive Displays launches new line of compact yellow tri-color e-paper displays
New Line of Compact Yellow Tri-color E-paper Displays Tainan City, Taiwan – 13 May 2019. Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays, announces its new line of compact black, white and yellow displays. Ranging in size from 1.54 to 4.37-inches, the displays give product and service designers additional flexibility by being able to […]
Low temperature e-paper displays suitable for dynamic labeling and signage in sub-zero conditions
Tainan City, Taiwan – 12 April 2018. Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays, today announces a new low temperature e-paper display module. The TFT active matrix EPD provides a dynamic, easily-readable display down to -25° C (-13 °F). This low temperature, low power, high resolution display module is the 2.13-inch E2213HS091. The […]
Why e-paper displays will run for 22 years in coin cell powered IoT applications
TFT LCD displays and their power demands A 2-inch TFT LCD display typically needs to be refreshed every 20 ms to maintain the image. When bright enough to read, it draws around 30 mA operating and about 3 mA in standby. The power consumption per day will be 259,203.54 mAs, resulting in a total consumption […]
E-paper displays with internal timing controllers simplify design and offer cost savings
Tainan City, Taiwan, July 29, 2016 – Pervasive Displays, a world leader in e-paper displays, announces a new family of e-paper displays with internal timing controllers (iTC). Removing dependence on external microcontrollers for timing control simplifies the design of displays because the driving waveform is embedded in the display’s chip-on-glass driver IC. External component count is […]