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Where To Find Battery-Powered Monitors?

Posted by timothy on from the wireless-power-har-har dept.

jutus writes "I work for a company which creates medical simulators using off-the-shelf components (including Linux and MacOS X). We're looking for battery powered LCD VGA monitors, but can't seem to find many appealing solutions. This just happens to be one of the rare times when Google has failed me. Does anyone know of a good starting point for such monitors and other industrial PC components?"

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  1. is this one big enough? by Minn_Kota_Marine · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.allactionalarm.com/Portable%20LCD%20Mon itor.htm

    "This handy unit is a battery powered LCD monitor perfect for may applications. Complete with adjustments for color, brightness, audio volume, etc. Comes with cables for video in and out. This unit perfect for mobile security systems, camera installers, etc."

    Google seemed to work fine for me.

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  2. A couple of local hospitals by MImeKillEr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...use a mobile cart with a small desktop, keyboard/mouse and LCD. The carts also have external wireless adapters (USB, I imagine) and have small UPS' on them. When the terminals aren't in use, the UPS is plugged in to keep it charged. The computers sit in locked boxes at the bottom of the stand and the wireless adapters are bolted to them.

    It looks a little like a cross between an I.V. stand (6 legs with wheels) and an adjustable boom arm. It appears lightweight, and easy to get into and out of the rooms.

    Its been a while since I've been in a hospital with one of these, so I can't tell you who made it.

    I'd bet this would be a much easier (cheaper?) solution than a battery-powered monitor.

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  3. Check out Kent Displays by ip_vjl · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kent Displays has different displays that use a technology that only uses power to update the display - that way, when the image is static, it uses no power.

    Don't know if they fully support what you're looking for - looks like they go up to
    800x600.

  4. Laptop? by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Any particular reason you don't use a laptop/notebook PC? The whole thing is already battery powered and highly efficient, with an LCD monitor. You admittedly might have problems prototyping connections for high-speed data; I don't know what's available for, say, easy-prototyping USB connections. PCMCIA would probably be even more difficult. If it's lower speed, using the serial or parallel port would be trivial.

    1. Re:Laptop? by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, they're looking for a VGA monitor; I assume they're using a computer to drive it. So why not replace both computer and display with a notebook PC?