Digital display -LED

LCD
Recording devices

Digital display

Visual display of numbers w.r.t. Electrical i/p

Classification
1) Active- light emitter
Passive- light controllers
2) Size- Symbolic- alphanumeric
console- CRT
3) Format- direct view
Stacked

Light emitting diode LED

Light -Function of current flow
AdvFast turn-ON, turn OFF
less than 1nS

GaAS- RED
GaAsP- red or yellow
GaP- red or green

Liquid crystal display LCD

Light scattering- reflective or transmissive

Require back lighting
Power reqd very less- microwatts/cm
Turn ON- few milliseconds
Turn OFF- tens of milliseconds
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Liquid crystal display LCD

Gas discharge display

Cold cathode- Numerical indicators

Numicators & Numbertrons

Liquid Vapour Display (LVD)

Passive- reflective

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Recorders
Continuous recording on paper easy to carry
Types- Galvanometer, potentiometric, Magnetic
Analog- Graphic- Strip chart
Circular chart
XY recorder
- Magnetic
Digital

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Strip chart recorder

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X-Y recorder

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Data Loggers
Make record of readings of instruments located at different
parts
i.e measure and record
--> at regular intervals
--> modern fast scan and record during fault
--> Recognisable display, i.e with units
--> Communicate with o/p devices, computers for further
process
Clock is used to start, stop logging of data
Used
Power generation plants, Petrochemical and process plants,
engine testing, component evaluation, etc.. 20

Data Loggers

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Input scanner, signal amplifier and conditioner

Programmer
Real time clock, recorder, A/D

Characteristics
-modularity:simple expansion
-Reliability and ruggedness: w/o interuption
-Accuracy
-Management tools
-Easy to use
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