While these aren't my favorite displays, I have to admit that they are interesting: each character is made up of many segments of various shapes, and each cell in the 5×3 matrix has unique shapes, visible on the second image.

These examples are used on lines 2 and 3a of the #Paris #tram network.

Do these displays have a name, by the way? I'd love to know.
(UPDATE: Got my answer; see replies.)

#RATP #displays #display

Gas Discharge and Neon Lamps Basics

Gas discharge and neon lamps light up by making a low‑pressure gas inside a sealed tube conduct electricity. When a high enough voltage is applied between electrodes, free electrons slam into the gas atoms, knocking them into excited energy states and producing light as those atoms return to lower energy levels. This glow doesn’t come from a hot filament, but from the gas itself giving off photons during ionization and recombination. What Gas Discharge Really Means A gas discharge lamp […]

https://janosiimre.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/gas-discharge-and-neon-lamps-basics/

Then a new product from Seeed Studio, the reTerminal D1001 - an 8" full-colour smart touchscreen display with an Espressif ESP32-P4 at its heart.

https://www.hackster.io/news/seeed-studio-targets-next-gen-hmi-with-the-espressif-esp32-p4-powered-reterminal-d1001-cd9cf0005a86

#Technology #News #Hackster #IoT #Displays #Microcontroller

Seeed Studio Targets Next-Gen HMI with the Espressif ESP32-P4-Powered reTerminal D1001

8" full-color touchscreen and integrated camera connect to Espressif's powerful dual-core P4 — with a C6 as a communications chip.

Hackster.io

Apple Studio Display XDR Hands-On: Better Than the Pro Display XDR in Almost Every Way

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/17/studio-display-xdr-hands-on/

First MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and Studio Display XDR Orders Begin Arriving

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/10/first-macbook-neo-orders-arriving/