Bezels

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** There is this brand new thing called " Google".

Never heard of it ????

.... Phil

I initially thought you must be too lazy to do your own research but then I see that you have only been using the Internet since February so I am prepared to help a newbie.

If you type this into your web browser

you will be on a page known as a "search engine" You can then type in any query and you will get a list of pages where you should find an answer. Then you can do your own research.

Really? If Larkin had posted that he had a part that needed a mounting bez el people would be writing about all their favorite bezels and suppliers. What is wrong with people that they can't just either help or not post at a ll. I've always found things like this to be a major PITA. If someone had been down that road before I would love to hear what they found.

Google is not the panacea to every product search. It is often a major PIT A returning more ads than listings. I often go to distributors' pages firs t. Digikey is a good choice. For electronic parts they have the best sear ch capability out there although it can use improvement of course and recen tly seems to have taken some steps backwards combining search parameters th at should be separate such as max and min power supply voltages. I could b e wrong, but I don't recall these being combined into a single field which makes it very difficult to select the appropriate choices from the now huge list.

But bezels don't have a voltage rating, so maybe Digikey would be a good pl ace to search.

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We usually buy a polycarb sticker that paves over our entire front panel, and includes a clear window for the LCD and little frosty circles to let discrete LEDs shine through. But the setup costs for that make it impractical for small volumes.

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John Larkin      Highland Technology, Inc 

The best designs are necessarily accidental.

I'm not very active in this newsgroup, but have been using Usenet since UUCP days, circa 1985.

I started at Mouser and Digi-key, and used Mr. Google as well.

For example, DigiKey got me to Display Vision who makes displays. They offer some actual bezels but way too big. (I need ~35mm*20mm for the display I am considering.)

The general searches get me a S/S+N ratio of about 0.1+18j - the issue is dominated by sellers of laptop replacement bezels, followed by multiple 2x16 display ones.

I've chased dozens of links but not found one to a manufacturer of same, someone offering many sizes. That's my goal.

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Dan

Search engines typically deliver consumer information, suitable for mass markets. Search engines heavily favor retail advertiser's websites, and retailers typically pitch their best selling products.

Human-to-human communication is virtually mandatory for specialized, niche markets. For instance, keeping information hidden from search engines provides an easy way for Class A manufacturers to comply with portions of FCC Part 15:

Is the marketing of the device restricted in such a manner that it is not sold to residential users?

Danke,

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FWIW, Elecraft opts to protect their LCD panel with a simple, custom- fit, rectangular, rounded corner, thin Plexiglas cover held in place by four screws:

Danke,

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David Lesher wrote: =================

**I knew you had been around for decades.

** But negligently failed to say so here. When I Googled " LCD bezels" I go pages of hits.

You also needed to specify the size you wanted. We had no idea it was frigging tiny.

You have still not leaned HOW to post a Q on usenet or the web in general.

...... Phil

** Utter bullshit. ** Pompous crap.

The lazy OP should have *known* to post what size he needed and that he had already searched for it. Many folk did post useful replies but not you. Cos you are one * self entitled, smug, narcissistic asshole * .

..... Phil

Like you, I am a little surprised there aren't hundreds of bezels readily available out there for the Arduino crowd use. If you find any good bezels for typical 2x16 LCD displays, please share with the group.

An alternative, if you can justify it in volume, or if you're just wanting a "high-ish quality", professional-looking demo unit to drum up some sales leads, you could maybe consider...

Link:

We use them quite a bit for a couple of our products, and for prototyping. Which reminds me, now that that product is getting into the low hundreds, per order, might be time to shop it away from JRPanel. ? But for smaller, prototype runs, JR's pricing is pretty hard to beat. (?)

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This place is like the monkey house at the zoo. Then there are the favorit es. While this guy is asking for the advice of others regarding an item th at is not at all easy to search for and gets a lot of crap about it, Larkin has asked for pretty much the same thing in another thread looking for an

8 pin MCU as if THAT were hard to search on and gets tons of positive respo nses. People fall over themselves to help him.

I know why Phil is being a prick about it... he doesn't know any better. B ut why are the other monkeys jumping up and down over this?

The guy didn't ask anyone to solve his bezel problem for him. He asked if anyone knew of a "Amce Bezel Co" that would be a good source of such produc t.

That's one problem with the Internet. People use it as an excuse to be ass es.

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Wow! A rational, respectful response. I was starting to think this group was completely incapable of this. Thanks for restoring my faith... in something. Not sure what it is since I know in general this group is beyond redemption.

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That, however, brings up another possibility.

A polymer (I want to say "vinyl" but there's more than just that out there!) face plate, possibly laser or ink jet printed on the back side, with the legends for the unit. Then glued into place with some glue.

Plexi would do it also. (For that maybe front print clear vinyl for the label, and a plexi overlay?)

Just tossing ideas out there; only David Lesher can say what will work or not for this item.

RwP

Digikey has a lot of bezels. Like light pipes and knobs and spacers and such, very expensive.

such, very expensive.

And rarely exactly what you want. Working out if what they've got can be ma de to serve your purpose is time-consuming, which is a non-financial expens e.

And it's usually not as expensive as getting what you need made in small vo lumes. Making one-offs or just a couple of units has different constraints from even small volume production. John Larkin's attitude to getting specia l purpose transformers wound for low volume application is pretty negative, which implies that he doesn't like spending the time required to get exact ly what he wants in small volume from specialist suppliers, which is such a non-financial expense.

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