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MEMs (as in a DLP tv) seems less than an ideal for the abuse a vehicle takes. Curious if the other option you mention is similar to a cathode ray tube?
by ethagknight 10y ago
MEMs (as in a DLP tv) seems less than an ideal for the abuse a vehicle takes. Curious if the other option you mention is similar to a cathode ray tube?
- web007 10y agoIt depends on the implementation, the concept seems fragile but they can be amazingly resilient. There are a bunch of MEMS accelerometers that support ranges in the 10s to 100s of Gs.
- hwillis 10y agoSquare cube law. The mass (cube) of microscopic features is very small compared to their surface area (square), which dictates how thick their connections are. That means they have very little inertia and as long as they aren't scratched or wet they're very resilient. Electro-optic materials are more like LCDs. Light interacts with the material and the material interacts with electricity. In a cathode ray tube there are electrons, not light, and they interact directly with the electric and magnetic fields. CRTs also need a dozen-odd fields to form a good beam, or 30+ for things like electron microscopes.