Sample and Prototype Process for Custom Displays: What Happens at Each Stage
Custom display sample process: see what each payment gate should buy, what to inspect before releasing it, and the two failure patterns to avoid.
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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.
Protecting Your Display Design: Tooling Ownership, IP and NDA Practice
Tooling and IP in display sourcing: see who pays, owns and receives each asset, and the two contract boundaries buyers get wrong most often.
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Touch Screens Behind Thick Glass and Protective Windows: What Works and What Does Not
Thick-glass touch: compare sensor placements by effective coupling distance, see where each option stops working, and the evidence to request.
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Touch Controller Selection and Tuning: Getting Sensitivity Right the First Time
Touch controller selection: see the signal headroom each glass thickness consumes, the parameters to lock before production, and the evidence to request.
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Agricultural Machinery Displays: ISOBUS, Vibration and Dust
Why 1,000 nits still washes out in direct sun: see the reflected-light maths behind cab display contrast, and the front-stack evidence to request.
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Explosion-Proof and Hazardous Area Displays: ATEX, IECEx and the Design Consequences
In a hazardous-area enclosure the display is the heat source. See how backlight power turns into surface temperature, and what evidence to request.
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Marine and Offshore Displays: Salt, Humidity and Certification Classes
Marine display night mode: see the dimming ratio a bridge display really needs, the PWM pitfalls, and the evidence to request before specifying.
Read the noteOptical Bonding for Outdoor Displays: UV, Thermal Cycling and Edge Delamination
Optical bonding outdoors: UV ageing, thermal cycling stress, edge delamination and the qualification programme that predicts field failures.
Read the noteSolar Inverter and Combiner Box Displays: Readability in Direct Sunlight
Solar inverter and combiner box displays: sunlight contrast targets, anti-glare treatment, inverter heat, wide temperature, sealing and long field life.
Read the noteTransparent, Reflective and High-Ambient Retail Displays: Where LCD Still Wins
Transparent, reflective and high-brightness displays in bright retail: contrast limits, window heat load, power constraints and a use-case decision framework.
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