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Electronic Steam Gauges? Do they Exist?

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Tench745

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This a question coming from a place of ignorance, so I'm hoping someone will shed some light for me.
I've read a lot about people going to electronic instruments and glass panels for many reasons. One of those reasons is weight savings over mechanical instruments. But those big square screens and glowing dials look really out of place in a vintage aircraft or homebuilt.
What I'm wondering is, has anyone created a system with traditional looking instrument faces driven by an electronic brain? Presumably this could remove a portion of the weight of all the gack behind the panel and maintain a vintage appearance. Obviously with this compromise you'd lose out on some of the capabilities of a glass panel like moving maps and configurable displays.
 
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