Analog dials used to be a pretty common way of displaying information on test equipment and in industrial applications. They fell out of favor as more advanced display technologies became cheaper.
A digital dash is cool and all, but analog gauges have lasting appeal. There’s something about the simplicity of a purely mechanical gauge connected directly to a vehicle’s transmission.
Graham LS Connolly, Principal Engineer, and Tony Lee, Applications Engineer, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. EETimes (3/11/2011 3:05 PM EST) The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance (MIPI) is ...