Displays
Electrophoretic display suits mobile applications
An electrophoretic active matrix display, which is claimed to drastically reduce time-to-market, has been released by Electronic Assembly. The EA ELABEL20 A ePaper, offered with built-in intelligence, has a diagonal size of 2". Alongside a large number of graphic functions, the device features eight built-in fonts. Users can also upload additional fonts.
P-cap sensors enable multi-touch tables
Zytronic has secured on-going business with interactive furniture producer HUMElab. With the assistance of its French distributor Eurocomposant, the company is now producing ultra-durable p-cap sensors for a series of multi-touch table products, targeted at use in home, restaurant and hospitality settings.
LCD modules significantly reduce EMC problems
Two 7” widescreen (800x480px) WVGA on-cell touch LCD modules, featuring built-in touch sensors, have been introduced by Kyocera. The TCG070W VLRPC-GD117 and TCG070W VLRPC-GD118 expand the company’s range of LCDs. The capacitive touch sensor is built into the display’s front glass, resulting in a compact on-cell touch display.
SMD LEDs eliminate light bleed issues
Kingbright’s wide range of SMD-LEDs with dome lens is on sale at TTI. The dome lens packages, which include 0603 (KPTD-1608), 1206 (KPTD-3216), PLCC (KPED-3528) among others, provide narrow viewing angles of 15deg. to 30deg. thereby giving a more focussed and brighter output that eliminates any issue with light bleed.
TFT LCD display deal covers UK/Ireland
Ginsbury has signed a distribution agreement with Shenzhen-based LCD manufacturer Kingtech. It will market Kingtech’s small to medium size TFT LCD displays from 1.44in up to 10.2in in the UK and Ireland. Kingtech has become an established supplier of small to medium size TFT LCDs. It can also provide integrated 'off the shelf' or custom display solutions to include TFT display modules, capacitive or resistive touch panels, display dri...
Display chipset facilitates 1080p HD projection
Based on proven DLP Cinema technology used in more than 80% of digital theatres, the 0.47” TRP Full-HD 1080p chipset for video and data display applications is sampling to Texas Instruments' third-party developer network. It is the smallest TI chipset capable of generating brighter, more efficient HD projection displays from small form-factor electronics.
Low profile SMD-LEDs fit in tight spaces
The latest SMD-LEDs from Kingbright are designed to meet the demand for LEDs in small packages with ultra-low profiles. Kingbright’s KPG-1005, KPG-1608 and KPGA-1602 SMD-LED series are compact in size yet offer the luminosity of larger devices and suit many applications, including backlighting and indicator functions in keypads, keyboards, LCD screens, mobile phones and toys.
Image technology improves colour blind TV viewing
Offering an improved TV viewing experience to individuals with colour blindness, an image enhancement technology is now available for integration into consumer STBs. Eyeteq technology, developed by Spectral Edge at the University of East Anglia, targets the estimated 4% of the world’s population that suffer from colour blindness.
Outsource HMI design & manufacture for easy integration
As one of the UK’s longest established specialist HMI providers, Stadium IGT knows that complete control panel design and manufacture from one provider has significant advantages for integration and substantial cost benefits.
A sense of haptic touch
Where once we interacted with computers and mobile devices by means of a physical keyboard with moving keys we now most commonly use a virtual keyboard on a piece of glass. Touch and tactile feedback are becoming ever more important in terms of human-machine interfaces. By James Lewis, CEO, Redux Laboratories.