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Designing Displays to Take the Drop

By Keith Mitnik / December 16, 2016
Any portable or handheld device will be inevitably dropped. Humans do that. Because LCD displays are made of thin glass and glass can break, we face some design challenges. While making your display entirely unbreakable isn't possible, optimizing drop-test performance with a system level approach will help products pass display drop-testing and ...
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Topics: Color Displays, Monochrome Displays, Testing, Quality

Avoiding The 8 Killer Display Integration Design Errors

By Keith Mitnik / December 14, 2016
The following design “gotchas” are the ones we most often encounter with our many display integration customers. There are plenty more when it comes to designing displays, but these are the ones we generally help our customers get past on their way to successful product designs. Here we will help you identify and avoid them....
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Topics: Testing, Quality

5 Problems With LCD Displays [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Keith Mitnik / December 12, 2016
The world of LCD Displays can be rather intricate, but the good news is that most of the problems are not complex. Learn about the 5 main problems today from our infographic!...
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Topics: Delivery, Obsolescence, Quality, Cost, Performance

Improving Viewing Angles - More Options Than You Think

By Keith Mitnik / December 09, 2016
The consumer television sector designed thinner displays and broader viewing angles to differentiate products and improve user experiences. These viewing angle improvements are now being adopted for the small-format industrial markets as well. What else can industrial display applications adopt?...
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Topics: Color Displays, Outdoor Displays, Monochrome Displays, Quality

Can I Put a Touch Panel on Any Display?

By Keith Mitnik / December 07, 2016
It wasn’t long ago that touch panel capabilities seemed like a futuristic novelty more suited to science fiction than the real world. With advent of resistive and capacitive touch panel technology and the plethora of smartphones, more and more consumers expect every LCD display to incorporate touch panel functionality....
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Topics: Touch Panel

What Are Your LCD Backlight Options?

By Keith Mitnik / December 05, 2016
When it comes to LCD displays, one of the most critical components of any design is the LCD backlight system. The backlight enables transflective displays to be visible in low-light situations and enables transmissive displays to be visible, period....
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Topics: Color Displays, Customization, Monochrome Displays

Don’t Let Your Supply Chain Let Your Production Go Line Down!

By Keith Mitnik / December 02, 2016
Line down issues on any product line is traumatic, especially if you’re the one purchasing and managing the parts. If just one sub-component is not ready, the whole production line comes to a screeching halt. Late or short component deliveries are the main cause of a line down situation....
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Topics: Lead Time, Supplier Problems

Obsolescence Mitigation for Your Display - What You Need To Know [PRESENTATION]

By Keith Mitnik / November 30, 2016
Don't Let Obsolescence Harm Your Business Obsolescence can be one of the biggest pain points that plagues any manufacturer, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Don’t let obsolescence bring your business to a halt. Make sure you have implemented a few simple obsolescence mitigation strategies....
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Topics: Color Displays, Obsolescence, Monochrome Displays

Current TFT Market Conditions

By Keith Mitnik / November 14, 2016
If you are in the market of color TFT LCD displays and you haven’t already been affected by the recent changes in the global market, then it’s just a matter of time. If you have recently asked, ‘What is going on with TFT-LCD panel prices lately?’, you are not alone. Here at Phoenix Display we have had a lot of questions regarding the TFT-LCD panel ...
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Topics: Color Displays, Supplier Problems

Tooling Costs for Developing a Custom LCD Display

By Keith Mitnik / November 10, 2016
Once it’s recognized that a custom display will be a better design and lead to a lower overall system-level cost it’s time to dive into the actual tooling costs....
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