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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: NivagSwerdna on October 25, 2017, 09:10:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: KE5FX on October 25, 2017, 08:48:43 pm ---It only makes sense to use an antique fixed-segment LCD if you know you will not face any market competition.  It's a hobby project in that case, not a commercial one.

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Actually this is an EEVBlog project.  The revenue from the video discussing the making of the custom LCD will probably cover the cost. I'm looking forward to seeing the video.

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I'm afraid not.
You can argue that my time is "free", but David2 who is doing the bulk of the grunt work is paid real full time engineering wages.
A video with say 50k views only bring in about $75-$100 in ad revenue tops. Even if I did 10 videos on it, it wouldn't pay the wages even up on until this point, and we are hardly into it.
gamalot:
A few weeks ago I received my custom LCD display and a back-light panel, The LCD display is COG and has only 5 pins on it.  ;D
Dubbie:
Cool

How many did you get and what was the setup + unit cost?
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: KE5FX on October 25, 2017, 08:48:43 pm ---It only makes sense to use an antique fixed-segment LCD if you know you will not face any market competition.  It's a hobby project in that case, not a commercial one.

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I think the dot matrix display on this product will make it look more "hobby". A nice clear custom LCD to me has the vibe of "professional design" rather than just "oh, it's an Alibaba matrix display in a box.
And the most important thing, I like segment LCD's and as a bonus it will make an interesting video of the process of doing it.
gamalot:
I can't remember exactly, the unit price of the LCD is about 20 something, the back-light is about 10 something, CNY.

I think they are cheap enough, the only problem is they asked for a minimum order quantity, which was 6,000 pcs.
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