For companies that do a couple of new products a year, the process for finding a source for displays comes down to a couple of methods; using a couple of suppliers they have some history with, or the engineers and procurement hit the Web.
The LCD industry is continually evolving, and many companies...
Touch screens are ubiquitous in today’s world, but not many of us understand how they work and how many issues need to be considered when designing a display with a touch interface. This webinar is an introduction to Touch Technology.
We start with the fundamentals of how touch interfaces work....
Gesture control has become a topic of interest lately. Trying to avoid people transmitting diseases by touching surfaces that control electronic devices is the reason behind this interest.
If you think about public kiosks and PIN pads and the number of times people touch them during the day, you...
COVID-19 has had a dramatic effect on the electronics industry. The worldwide drive for people to work and educate from home and the increase in demand for medical products have taken the supply of electronics components from overcapacity to shortage and extended lead times. This was multiplied by...
Most of today’s LCDs use edge-lit backlighting. Four or more white LEDs are mounted behind one edge of the screen, feeding light into a complex arrangement of light guides, reflectors, and diffusers to ensure even illumination across the whole LCD screen. The LEDs are usually driven by a pulse...
Display Market Blog - Industrial Display Market trends and the effect of Mitsubishi and Sharp retreating from the market
Sharp and Mitsubishi have been a mainstay of the industrial display market. Mitsubishi recently announced they are no longer in the LCD business. Sharp has drastically paired...
In the midst of a global pandemic, many people are concerned with how to keep their interface with the digital world free of microbes and viruses. Touch screen displays have become the dominant user interface method. While glass screens are much easier to keep clean and sterile than keyboards, we...
When designing a product today, you know that the appearance, human interface, and usability of that product is going to be judged in comparison to the smartphone. Indeed, in some cases, users make the decision to rely on a smartphone for most, if not all, of their human interactions.
Where the...
