News 2009

Technographic Displays has designed and developed all three printed circuit boards forming the basis of a brand new full-colour mains/battery powered lighting product from CORE Lighting:

The LED head board is an optically and thermally efficient design using state-of-the-art high power red, green, blue and white LEDs and colour-mixing lenses, yielding up to 2,500lm.

An intelligent display board with membrane switch interface and WiFi module enables direct control of the lamp from the built-in keypad and display or via the web browser of a mobile telephone or laptop computer.

The main control board provides wired and wireless DMX-512 interfaces, inbuilt colour sequences, super-efficient driving of the LEDs essential for battery operation and intelligent battery management. The lamps can be set-up as DMX slaves, or one unit can act as a master controlling a whole DMX universe of POINT30 slaves.

As well as designing the circuitry of all three boards, Technographic Displays provided a complete software solution including the firmware for the two on-board microprocessors and the web server for the WiFi module.

CORE POINT30 Outdoor was launched at PLASA 2009, where it was one of the final nominees in the PLASA Innovations Awards. The range of lamps promises to be popular with lighting professionals and rental companies.

For more information and product sales, please visit www.corelighting.co.uk

Technographic Displays can help you develop new products, too. Please contact us now to discuss your ideas!

ICC World Twenty20 2009 at Trent Bridge

ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 took place between 5th June and 21st June at Lord's, The Oval and Trent Bridge cricket grounds.

Having installed the 83 square metre video screen and control system at Trent Bridge last year, when it was used for a full season's domestic cricket plus a Test Match between England and New Zealand plus a One Day International between England and South Africa, Technographic Displays has again been employed by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club to set-up and control the screen's content at this latest international event.

Scoring on the lower portion of the screen was under the control of TechScore Cricket whilst TechEvent was set-up with a fresh set of scoring templates specifically for the World Twenty20. Ball-by-ball Duckworth Lewis par scores were displayed automatically by the system as each reply innings progressed.

Headlines at Headingley

In March 2009, The Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) selected Display LED to supply and install a 102 square metre DigiLED scoreboard and video screen for Headingley Carnegie Stadium. At the same time, YCCC commissioned Technographic Displays to supply and install a complete control system for their new display.

Display LED commenced the removal of the old scoreboard on 5th May and completed the new screen installation by 16th May, in good time for the One Day International between England and West Indies on 21st May. Heavy rain forced the abandonment of the match, but the screen system was ready and waiting for the start of play.

25th May saw the new screen's first cricket action (Yorkshire Carnegie vs Leicestershire Foxes in the Twenty20 Cup), with the new scoreboard providing scoring and advertising to great acclaim.

The Headingley installation includes TechScore Cricket - Technographic Displays' comprehensive cricket scoring application - and TechEvent - used for formatting and controlling the screen's content. The system provides a comprehensive range of scoring pages, graphical analyses, ball-by-ball Duckworth-Lewis par scores, video display capabilities, free text messaging and advertising, all in a reliable and user-friendly package.

Carling Cup Final 2009

Following the success of the ACTIV- Banner display at last year's Carling Cup Final, Event 360 commissioned Technographic Displays to operate an identical display at Wembley Stadium on 1st March 2009.