2.7” Competitive Analysis

The EldimEX Contrast (Model # XL88) was used as test equipment for this comparison of a front light versus a backlight on Sharp’s 2.7” Transflective display (LS027B7DH01A).

Driving Front Light LED

Your guide on best practices for driving Azumo front light LED panels.

What is LCD 2.0?

The answer is LCD 2.0, and it’s a key component in reaching the next level of user experience in display for consumer, educational, industrial, and medical devices.

Watch this short video to view a side-by-side comparison of LCD 2.0, Azumo's display module, compared to a traditional LCD. 2.7” Reflective LCD (Sharp LS027B7DH01)

Watch this short video to view a side-by-side comparison of LCD 2.0, Azumo's display module, compared to a traditional LCD. 3.2” Reflective LCD (Sharp LS032B7DD02).

Azumo LCD 2.0 in Action

View the display settings available with LCD 2.0 in this video featuring the Aarcomm Trident.

Image of Azumo's Display Module with Kyocera Monochrome Displays Display Modules with Kyocera Monochrome Displays Publish Date: 2021-09-13

Azumo's reflective display module featuring a Kyocera monochrome LCD help users work with the sun instead of against it.

Azumo Developer Kit Training

Watch our developer kit training video to learn how to download control software, power up the front light, and learn advanced features.

Image of Azumo JDI Color Displays JDI Color Displays Publish Date: 2020-08-05

Azumo’s JDI color displays come with the light guide directly pre-bonded.

Image of Azumo's Monochrome Development Kits with Sharp RLCD Azumo Monochrome Development Kits with Sharp RLCD Updated: 2023-03-08

Azumo's monochrome development kits with sharp RLCD offers variable brightness for both the LCD and the front light to test the display.

Image of Azumo Color Dev Kits with JDI RLCD Color Development Kits with JDI RLCD Publish Date: 2020-06-02

With just a single low-power LED, the integrated Azumo front light panel and JDI color display offers a power-efficient alternative to backlit displays.

Get in Front with Azumo

Learn more about Aumo: Watch our brief video on the benefits of using a frontlit display with Azumo.

Image of Azumo's Front Light Panel for Sharp Reflective Displays Front Light Panel for Sharp Reflective Displays (LCD 2.0) Publish Date: 2020-04-20

Azumo's front light panel offers a way to light the Sharp reflective display in the absence of ambient light.

Guidelines for Driving Front Light LED

LEDs are simple components to integrate into a circuit design. They are energy efficient, low maintenance, they offer a very quick response time and instantaneous reach to output. The integration requires minimal design effort as long as some guidelines and rules are observed.

Front Light Panel FAQs

A very low-power thin and flexible display light that laminates to the top of a device

The New Normal: Kids and Screens

Devices are deeply enmeshed in our daily lives, and we don’t know all the implications for our health, especially in regards to extended exposure to the blue light of backlit displays.

The invention of reflective LCDs (RLCD) has opened up opportunities in technology that allow devices to produce a display that is brilliantly lit while also saving power, even under direct sunlight.

Learn how Azumo's flexible front light guide film technology illuminates your LCD screen in any lighting situation using a single LED

Image of Azumo's Low-Power Front Lights Low-Power Front Lights Publish Date: 2019-01-21

Azumo's low-power front lights are the ideal low-power alternative to traditional backlit LCDs and designed for reflective displays.

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Azumo’s technologies have created the world’s thinnest lighting system powering electronic displays, LED luminaires, and other lighting applications.