Displays & human interface
Everything a person sees, presses, turns or hears. Feel is unspecifiable: detent force, travel and acoustic character are the qualities that make a product feel expensive, and none of them can be bought from a PDF.
15 shelves
we want filled.
Every line below is a display we would like somebody to own. Several are still completely open.
- 01
LCD modules
TFT modules from 1 inch to 32, IPS and TN, with interface, backlight lifetime and a longevity commitment. A display end-of-life notice can kill a product line, so state yours.
- 02
OLED and micro-display
Rigid and flexible OLED, AMOLED modules, micro-OLED for headsets and transparent panels. Burn-in behaviour and the driver you supply with it.
- 03
E-paper and reflective displays
Monochrome and colour e-paper, segment and bistable displays for shelf labels, meters and battery-powered devices. Refresh behaviour at low temperature is the honest test.
- 04
Touch panels and bonding
Capacitive and resistive touch, cover glass, optical bonding, anti-glare and glove or wet-finger operation. Bring the bonded version, because the unbonded one flatters nobody.
- 05
Panel PCs and monitors
Industrial monitors, panel PCs, open-frame displays and sunlight-readable units with the mounting standards and IP rating stated.
- 06
Switches and keypads
Tactile, illuminated, membrane, silicone-rubber and mechanical switches, plus custom keypads. Force-travel curves and life cycles, and a sample somebody can actually press.
- 07
Rotary encoders and knobs
Detented and continuous encoders, potentiometers, machined knobs and the shaft interface. The feel of a knob sells a product, and it cannot be specified in writing.
- 08
Haptics
LRA and ERM motors, piezo actuators, haptic drivers and the waveform libraries behind them. Increasingly expected in industrial products, not just phones.
- 09
Speakers and audio output
Micro speakers, transducers, buzzers, amplifiers and enclosures. Acoustic performance is heard, not read, which is the whole argument for putting it on a shelf.
- 10
Microphones and voice input
MEMS microphones, arrays, beamforming front ends and noise-cancelling modules for products used in genuinely noisy places.
- 11
Indicators and signalling
Pilot lights, stack lights, beacons, buzzers and status displays. Small, high-volume, and surprisingly hard to buy well outside the incumbent catalogues.
- 12
Membrane and graphic overlays
Printed overlays, membrane switch panels, backlighting and the adhesive systems behind them. Print durability after a cleaning-agent test is what fails in the field.
- 13
Optical components
Lenses, filters, diffusers, light guides, windows and coatings. The parts that decide whether a camera or a sensor performs as designed.
- 14
AR, VR and head-mounted
Waveguides, optical engines, eye-tracking modules, headbands and the thermal design for products worn on a face. A San Francisco speciality with a global supply chain.
- 15
Industrial input devices
Joysticks, trackballs, foot switches, hand wheels, sealed keyboards and pendant enclosures for gloved, wet or explosive environments.
How to stand out
in this category.
This is the category where a display case earns its keep. Send working samples people can press and turn, mounted so a buyer can compare three variants side by side without asking anyone for help.
Neighbouring
categories.
Most suppliers fit more than one. Apply against the closest and tell us the rest in your company bio.
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All year, in San Francisco.
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