>From my research: I believe all of these LED/LCD displays run the LED back-light at full blast continuously. The LCD blocks the light per the video data however on the P3, the LED back-light comes on before the LCD has time to block it...Thus the flash effect. It probably won't hurt anything but does light up a dark room rather abruptly.
Steve N4LQ On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Ed G <ed.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have also experienced the turn on flash on my PX3. Now that some > others have posted about it on the P3, I will note that I find it just a > tad > annoying, and I prefer to look away from the screen when I turn on the PX3. > I do not know if anything is being overstressed (I'm not familiar with the > specs, whether the display and/or backlight are being run at max voltages, > etc). I finally found a way to use my iphone camera's burst feature, and > posted a short series of photos of my PX3 turning on: > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/photos/albums/1409683511 > The photos seem to show a short very bright flash, followed by a decreasing > intensity, then a transition to the boot loader message, then a further > transition to the operating display. I would also note the pictures seem > to > support the impression that the turn on intensity is brighter than the > whites seen in the operating display. Even if the turn on flash does not > detract from overall component lifetime, the designers might want to see if > it could be suppressed to help polish the overall operating experience of > the analyzers, while giving tired old eyes a break. > --Ed, N3CW-- > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to steven...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
