Integration of TFT Displays and Associated Technologies
As a systems integrator, BVM specializes in custom visual solutions for build-to-order services. We leverage over 30 years of industry relationships to provide unbiased selections of displays and peripherals tailored to each application, ensuring we meet the demands of even the most challenging environments.
Key factors like physical profile, viewing angles, and brightness guide us in selecting the ideal display for industrial applications, while technologies such as TN, MVA, or IPS refine our options.
We offer a range of TFT/LCD customizations, including:
Customised TFT/LCD module design
Touchscreen and cover glass customisation
Custom firmware
Custom controller design
We also offer a range of support products, these include:
Custom cable design
Custom power supply design
Custom chassis design
For those looking for more comprehensive customisation options, we offer finished monitor customisation services.
This can include:
Standard off the shelf product customisation:
Custom bezel colours and Custom logo
Custom open frame chassis design
Complete custom monitor design
Display lifetime availability – making the right choice for your application
In an industrial display’s lifecycle, navigating ‘end of life’ situations is essential. BVM’s materials management services include EOL notifications, last-time purchasing guidance, and support for transitioning to newer products. BVM ensures that display products are chosen with strong forward compatibility, maintaining consistent dimensions and connector placements.
Controllers – Lighting and Touch
The majority of TFT solutions have pre-integrated integrated LED backlight drivers allowing for easier integration. However, where certain markets require a little more control and reliability, BVM can supply and integrate separate LED backlight drivers where they’re needed.
Embedded
BVM specializes in embedded PC solutions across various form factors and performance levels.
Alongside display integration services, BVM customizes BIOS, designs peripheral cabling (like LVDS and backlight), and develops tailored operating systems for both attended and unattended applications. Additionally, BVM creates custom baseboards for SOM/COM CPU modules, as well as power supplies and cooling solutions for efficient thermal management.
Touch Screen Technologies in Modern Human-Machine Interfaces
Touchscreen technology is no longer a luxury but a necessity in the realm of industrial interfaces.
Below, we’ll explore the pivotal touch technologies utilized in human-machine interaction.
Projected Capacitive Touch (PCAP/PCT)
- High Sensitivity: PCAP technology detects touch through a protective layer, ensuring durability.
- Multi-Touch Capability: Supports gestures like pinching and swiping, allowing for intuitive user interactions.
- Transparency: Offers crystal-clear displays due to high light transmittance, enhancing the visual experience.
Resistive Touch Technology
- Pressure Sensitivity: Responds to any form of touch, regardless of the material type.
- Cost-Effective: Generally more affordable; thus, widely used in a variety of applications.
- Versatility: Well-suited for environments where users wear gloves or other protections.
Display Enhancements
Enhancing display units not only involves the selection of the right touch technology but also implementing enhancements like optical bonding.
Optical Bonding
- Improved Readability: By filling the gap between the display and touch panel with a clear adhesive, optical bonding reduces light refraction, which improves visibility even in bright conditions.
- Durability: It provides added sturdiness to the touch display, protecting against dust, moisture, and impact.
- Touch Sensitivity: Enhances the responsiveness of the touch interface, offering a smoother user experience.
In industry settings, where dealing with harsh conditions is common, these technologies and enhancements ensure that devices can withstand
the rigors of their environment while maintaining high-performance levels.
Customisation, Performance and Reliability
Here’s a Selection of our Touch Screen Integration and Display Enhancement Service.
- Extensive portfolio of industrial TFT panels in sizes ranging from 4.3″ to 65″
- A wide range of Touchscreen monitors, starting at 7”, going through to 24”
- Supporting integration x86 or ARM embedded motherboards, porting & deployment of O/S
- Integration of a range of diverse touch technologies, inclusive of resistive, capacitive and projective capacitive – with bonding of protective cover glass lenses
- Customised tail positions
- Application of anti-reflective and anti-glare coatings
- Customised pressed and CNC machined housings and bezels
Ready to Discuss Your Project?
Contact BVM for all your Industrial and Embedded Computing OEM/ODM design, manufacturing or distribution needs. With over 35 years of experience, we supply standard hardware and design custom solutions tailored to your requirements.
Reach our expert sales team on 01489 780144 or email us at sales@bvmltd.co.uk.