Displays
Touchfoil offers while-you-wait interactivity
From mountain tops to bus shelters, bustling railway stations and busy airports, combining navigation, live travel and local information with wider promotional messaging is bringing interactivity to underused spaces, generating revenue and improving customer experiences. Visualplanet’s Single User touchfoil has been specifically engineered to withstand the demands of public access in a self-service environment.
High-speed monitors to enhance gaming tournaments
AOC is proud to announce its expanded presence as the official gaming monitor sponsor of Ireland’s eSports tournament G-Series 2015, as well as the official monitor provider of the ESL UK Premiership for the three seasons of 2015. AOC will provide its premium gaming monitors to the eSports stage and player set-up areas, ensuring fast-paced gaming action on high-quality displays.
TFT display features WUXGA resolution
A 10.1” TFT display module, featuring WUXGA (1920x1200px) resolution, has been introduced by KOE. The TX26D202VM0BAA has a pixel pitch of 0.11325x0.11325, which equates to a pixel density of 224ppi.
i-sft to assist in the combining of components for displays
At embedded world 2015, i-sft presented its offering concerning the thermal optimisation of displays. With this service, which minimises the danger of heat-related damage in displays, the company addresses industrial distributors, value added resellers, system integrators and other B2B distribution channels in the embedded industry.
GPU offers smooth UI for space-constrained devices
Imagination Technologies has released an area-optimised PowerVR GPU, designed to drive high-quality graphics with full OpenGL ES 3.0 functionality into low-cost, space-constrained devices. Entry-level smartphones, wearables and IoT devices, as well as dashboard screens in entry-level cars, can use the high-quality, efficient GPU to create compelling GUIs and user experiences.
Compact LEDs fit into tight spaces
Components Bureau has introduced the KPG-0603 series from Kingbright. Measuring just 0.65x0.35mm with a thickness of only 0.2mm, these LEDs are suitable for applications where space is very limited. Typical applications include discreet medical devices, such as digital hearing aids, as well as earbuds, headphones, microphones, smart phones and other portable electronic devices.
Anti-aliasing minimises LCD font distortion
demmel products has announced the Font Anti-Aliasing feature for its entire product range, providing dramatically enhanced typography in user interfaces. Anti-aliasing provides smoother, more aesthetically-pleasing typography on the company's intelligent LCDs, reducing the jarring effect of frazzled, sharp, step-like letter edges, for an overall smoother appearance and improved readability.
LCD touch screens can be used with stylus & gloved fingers
Varitronix has announced a range of projected capacitive LCD touchscreens, which can be used with a stylus, a gloved finger or bare finger. The screens have been developed to operate with Varitronix's in-house software which allows the touch technology to be optimised to differentiate between false and genuine touches.
Industrial panel PC suits harsh environments
DFI has launched KS310-IMX6, a Freescale i.MX6 processor-based fanless Panel PC using a 10.1” (1280x800) industrial grade LCD panel with projected capacitive touch solution and ARM architecture four/two Cortex-A9 processor at only 1.0GHz. To withstand harsh operating environments, KS310-IMX6 is made with a robust mechanical design and can operate from -20 to +60°C.
EVE ICs support up to 800x600px for larger displays
FTDI Chip has expanded its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) portfolio for advanced HMI implementation with four ICs supporting higher maximum screen resolutions than previously possible. The FT81xQ series supports up to 800x600px, increasing from the 512x512px of the FT800Q/801Q series, in order to address the larger displays (7" and above) used in point-of-sales units, information kiosks, etc.