Display Guides

All eight CDTech display guides in one place: automotive, industrial, bar-type, custom, medical, interface and touch, optics and panel technology, and quality and compliance.

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Posted on October 7, 2026 by CDTech James

Eight guides, one per display topic

Explore eight display topics. Each guide explains the key decisions and links to related engineering articles.

8 topic guides for choosing, integrating and qualifying displays
Browse by display application, technology or qualification requirement
Written by the display team, not assembled by a plugin

Vehicle LCD Displays

Specifying, replacing and qualifying automotive TFT modules.

Industrial LCD Displays

Panel choice, IP and IK sealing, sunlight readability and long service life.

Custom Displays, Sourcing & Manufacturing

NRE and tooling, MOQ, requirement documents, second-cut sizes and factory audit.

Bar-Type & Stretched Displays

Native versus cut glass, interfaces, torsion, sunlight and synchronisation.

Interfaces, Touch & Signal Integrity

Choosing and debugging a display interface: RGB, SPI, LVDS, MIPI DSI, eDP, HDMI and GMSL, plus touch controllers, ESD, EMI and grounding.

Quality, Testing & Compliance

How display quality is specified and proved: pixel and mura defect classes, AOI and AQL inspection, qualification testing, and the certifications buyers are held to.

Optical, Backlight & Panel Technology

How a display looks and why: optical bonding and cover glass, anti-glare coatings, brightness and sunlight readability measurement, backlight dimming and panel choice.

Medical & Clinical Displays

How clinical displays are specified and qualified: IEC 60601-1 and ISO 13485, DICOM and grayscale, touch and disinfection, and the constraints of monitors and pumps.

How these guides are built

Four rules the set follows, so you know what you are reading.

One head term per guide

Each guide answers one question a buyer would actually type into a search box, not an internal category name.

Follow the key decisions

Each guide connects the key decisions in its topic with supporting articles for further reading.

Direct routes into each topic

Choose a topic guide from the home page, then follow its links to the supporting articles.

Written, not aggregated

A guide takes a position and tells you what to do next. It is not a list of links with a heading on top.

Not sure which one you need?

Most questions land in one of three places.

Buying somethingMOQ, tooling, sampling and how to specify a part a supplier can quote. Something went wrongDefect classes, inspection and what the acceptance standard should say. It is not readable enoughBonding, coatings, brightness and how those numbers are measured. None of theseTell us the product and the environment, and we will point you at the right guide.

Ask us directly

If the answer is not in the guides, send us the size, the environment and the volume, and our engineering team will answer the question rather than the one next to it.

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