The advances being made in the liquid crystal technology are now enabling the liquid crystal display (LCD) to be used in the hostile environment of the automobile. The liquid crystal technology advances, combined with their known qualities, aesthetics, and ever-increasing potential, make them a candidate for the display technology of the near future. This paper reviews the current “state-of-the-art” of LCD's and discusses how electronics may be used to solve many of the practical problems of integrating LCD's into instrumentation systems. This paper concentrates on the practical issues that must be addressed when considering the LCD technology for automobiles.
