Display Reliability Testing: Thermal Cycling, Humidity, and Altitude
Reliability testing proves that a display survives the environment it will live in: thermal cycling for temperature change, humidity soak for moisture, thermal shock…
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Display engineering notes
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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.
Industrial vs Military Display Standards: IEC vs MIL
Industrial and military display programs quote different standard families, and the practical difference is severity and documentation, not technology. IEC 60068 and IEC 61000…
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Sunlight Readable Displays: The Optical Design Explained
Sunlight readability is an optical balance: the display must emit enough luminance to hold contrast while reflecting as little ambient light as possible. In…
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Conformal Coating and Moisture Protection for LCD Modules
Moisture protection for an LCD module is a layered job: conformal coating protects the driver and backlight electronics, edge seals and gaskets protect the…
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Wide Temperature LCD: Operating at -40 Degrees and Beyond
A -40 degree LCD requirement is answered in specifications, not in adjectives: the operating range, the storage range, the cold-start time, and the test…
Read the noteVibration and Shock Testing for Displays: What to Ask For
Vibration and shock testing for a display is only useful when the profile, the axes, the acceptance criteria, and the sample configuration are written…
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HDMI Displays for Embedded Applications: What You Need to Know
HDMI is everywhere in consumer video, and it is increasingly requested for embedded products: kiosks, monitors, and video walls that need a standard, plug-and-play…
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LVDS vs MIPI-DSI: Choosing the Right Display Interface
LVDS and MIPI DSI are the two serial interfaces most industrial display projects choose between, and they differ in ecosystem as much as in…
Read the noteTouch Screen Quality Control and Reliability Tests
A touchscreen can look perfect and still fail in the field: accuracy drifts, a controller glitches under noise, or the sensor degrades after thousands…
Read the noteHow Do You Choose a Touch Controller?
The touch controller is where a touchscreen becomes usable: it measures the sensor, filters noise, tracks fingers, and reports coordinates to your host. Choose…
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