Are you feeling lost? That you simply don’t have enough hours in the day to spend hunting for the perfect display model? And then there’s the challenge of finding the right partner to help you with your visualization or HMI. Sheesh. It shouldn’t be this hard, right?
This is a familiar scenario to us. We know that engineers like you are seeking easy ways to assess the options – even to just have a simple overview. But the offerings on the market are vast. Too vast. Huge numbers of options. The same display, but with multiple versions, each with tiny variations. It’s no wonder you’re overwhelmed by choice. And you just don’t have the time for this, right? Especially as you also have other priorities. Because once the choice has been dwindled down to several options, each needs to be quick tested to see if it will work.
You see, display offerings are kind of isolated – while a specification is clear and at hand, finding the best (and simplest) solution to drive the display is not. Regular displays require driving electronics, which are not, by definition, compatible with embedded boards or compute solutions. Interface cards need to be told how to drive the specific display, a complex task involving understanding signals and timings.
We at Avnet Displays are nothing if not problem solvers, and all the above led us to develop SimplePlusTM. It removes the complexity of displays and driving solutions, while also offering touch operation. We offer fitted driving cards for each display touch module, which allows direct connection to standard PCs or Laptops via regular HDMI or DVI cabling. The touch operation is plug-and-play via USB or I2C. Plus, we always have samples in stock and ready to use, and it’s possible to make customizations to suit your specific project.
Like they say, the right answer is often the simplest – and we couldn’t agree more.
If this is music to your ears, visit our booth at Embedded World to see a selection of ready-to-use products for yourself.
Like most things in life, displays change and improve. As classic displays and control elements are increasingly being replaced by modern display stacks, new processes will come into play to bond the cover glasses or DTCs into their housings.
Well, what do you know, another SimplePlus product has been added to our portfolio! Hot on the heels of the muscular new 7” SimplePlus, we have added a new and pleasingly low-cost 5” display.
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Frank Ploenissen - Marketing Manager Display Integration, Avnet at Avnet After getting his diploma in electrical engineering, Frank entered the world of display solution and distribution in the year 2000, holding product responsibility for several display and touch lines. Starting 2007 he worked as a sales and marketing manager for a design and manufacturing company of CCFL and LED backlight drivers, and afterwards established the German branch for a Austrian display and solution provider. In 2013, Frank joined former MSC which in turn was bought by Avnet. In his current role as Marketing Manager Display Integration, Frank and his team supports the Avnet team and their customers concerning the integration of display products into customer applications and steers and extends the product lines of SimplePlus and MipiPlus display solutions.Read More |
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