How Do You Find a Reliable LCD Factory in China?
China dominates LCD module manufacturing, which means buyers face an enormous supplier market—and an equally large number of trading companies and inconsistent factories. Finding…
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Engineering notes from the CDTech display team: choosing and integrating TFT LCD modules, touch screens and optical bonding for industrial, medical, automotive and smart-home products.
- TFT LCD modules
- Touch & bonding
- Industrial
- Medical
- Automotive
- Selection & sourcing
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278 articles on choosing, integrating and qualifying display modules.
How Should LCD Panels Be Packed and Shipped?
LCD panels arrive damaged when packaging fails: inadequate ESD protection, missing edge support, moisture ingress, or rough handling that the box was never designed…
Read the noteLCD Sample Process: What to Ask Before Paying for Tooling
Paying for LCD tooling is a commitment, not a purchase order detail. Before you send money for samples or a tooling/NRE fee, you should…
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What Are the Biggest LCD Sourcing Mistakes?
Most LCD sourcing problems are not technical—they are commercial decisions made early: choosing the lowest quote without context, skipping the factory audit, leaving MOQ…
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How an ISO 13485 Medical Display Program Works
A medical display programme follows a defined sequence: agree the specification, verify the supplier's quality system, sample and validate, then produce under documented controls…
Read the noteMedical Touch Displays: Hygiene, Disinfection, and Chemical Resistance
Medical touchscreens are cleaned with aggressive disinfectants, every day, for years. The engineering question is whether the touch stack survives that life: the cover…
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Touch Screen Calibration: Why It Matters and How It Works
Calibration is the process that makes a touch coordinate mean the same thing as a display pixel. When it is wrong, taps land beside…
Read the note2.9 Inch 320×120 Bar TFT: Specs, Interfaces, and Use Cases
A 2.9-inch bar TFT with a 320×120 resolution is a small, wide display built for one line of information: a status message, a label,…
Read the noteExplosion-Proof LCD Displays for Hazardous Areas
In a hazardous area, a display is not just a screen—it is a potential ignition source. The question is not whether the LCD itself…
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Custom Bar Display Design: Cutout, FPC, and Bonding Checklist
Custom bar displays are built around the product's enclosure, not the other way around. The enclosure defines the active-area position and the cutout; the…
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