Electroluminescent Info

[Dick Protus]

Here are some companies/info I've been gathering for my own work.

Planar Systems, Inc.

www.planar.com

	They sell el displays.  Their small el display (can directly
replace lcd's) is around 250$, but is supposedly visible in sunlight.  
 

MetroMark
11574 Encore Circle
Minnetonka, MN 55343-8862
(800) 680-5556

	I talked to Bill Ward, (in Sales -ph 612-935-8844 -fax 612-935-5718)
the tooling cost to get a custom design is expensive,  in the ball park of
500$.  Their brochure comes with cool samples though. 


Luminescent Systems, Inc.
77 Olean Road
East Aurora, NY 14052
(716)655-0800
(716)655-0309

	Haven't contacted anyone yet, they seem to have been around the 
longest and done just about everything with EL.  No free samples with the
brochure.  :-(


BKL Inc
421 Feheley Dr.
King of Prussia,PA 19406
(610)277-2910
(610)277-2956

	They make el lamps with the ic inverter integrated.  Seems pretty
promising, the blurb I have says "units cost under 1$ each in OEM quantities".
I'm wondering how many an OEM quantity is.  I haven't received the brochure
yet, but I'll let everyone know what I find out and if there are free samples
or not.


Lumitex, Inc			(not el, fiber optic but similiar )
8443 Dow Circle
Strongsville, OH 44136
(800)969-5483
(216)243-8401
(216)243-8402

	Their brochure shows them doing the same things as the el, but
with thin fiber optic mats.  I just recieved the brochure this week and 
haven't contacted them yet.  Brochure says tooling costs are not normally
needed for prototypes, and that for 50$ you can get a evaluation kit with
a Lumitex panel and light source.  


dick protus