For details about how liquid crystals work, see LCD subpixels for color screens and seven-segment display for monochrome. Passive displays are widely used with segmented digits and characters for ...

For more on color LCDs, see LCD subpixels. The above illustration highlights one segment of the liquid crystal ... that make up the desired letters and digits are unlit. Notice that the front ...

Well, it’s finally finished, and it looks great! Vintage seven segment digits make up the display. These digits work the same way that flip-dot displays work – current through each segment’s ...