Custom LCD Glass Panels: Segment and Digit

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LCD Glass Panels

An LCD glass panel is the bare LCD glass itself — supplied without a backlight, PCB, or controller assembly — for the lowest cost, thinnest profile, and simplest segment or digit readouts on battery-powered and cost-sensitive products. Orient Display stocks standard glass panels in a Seattle warehouse with no minimum order on most models, and supports custom segment layouts and pinouts under the same OD-series part family.

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Orient Display LCD glass panel, segment display with icons, no backlight or PCB

At a glance

Glass panel specifications

Standard ranges across the OD-series glass panel family. Custom segment layouts and pinouts are supported to order.

Modes

TN Positive, TN Negative, HTN Positive

Digit counts

1 to 24 digits, including 2½, 3½, 3¾, and 4½ digit segment panels

Multiplexing

static, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/12 duty (various bias)

Optical mode

transflective or reflective only — no transmissive glass panel is offered.

Operating voltage

2.7 V to 5 V

Viewing direction

6:00 or 12:00

Connection

pin, zebra, or no-pin

Temperature

operating from −30 °C to 85 °C; storage from −40 °C to 85 °C (varies by part)

Part family

OD-series (e.g., OD-103T/R, OD-358T/R, OD-609, OD-894, OD-2491)

Optics & applications

Reflective and transflective, no backlight required

Reflective panels suit bright, consistently-lit environments; transflective panels stay readable across both dim and bright ambient light. Neither needs a backlight, which is what keeps a glass panel the lowest-power, lowest-cost LCD option.

How it differs from the other LCD families: a glass panel is the display component only, with no module around it — you provide the drive and connection. For a ready-to-drive text module choose Character LCD; for graphics choose Graphic LCD or JAZZ Graphic LCD.

Typical applications

Meters and gauges, thermostats and controls, medical and test instruments, and low-power battery products where a segment readout is enough.

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Need more than a bare glass panel?

If you need drive electronics built in, these ready-to-drive LCD modules are the next step up from a glass panel.

CHARACTER LCD

Ready-to-drive alphanumeric text modules, shipped with initialization code and schematics.

GRAPHIC LCD

Pixel-addressable monochrome and multi-color graphic modules for richer readouts.

JAZZ COG GRAPHIC LCD

Our exclusive 2.7″ COG 128×64 graphic module, with optional backlight and touch panel.

Ready to move on an LCD Glass Panels build?

Need a custom segment layout or pinout? Custom glass is a specialty — start a project and we will help you specify the panel before quoting.

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