digiLED had its LED displays and as we covered the company at ISE, there wasn’t much new in terms of products at RDSE. (DigiLED Has Two New LED Products). digiLED is based in the UK and sources its LEDs from China, where it has an office of its own with quality engineers to ensure that the product that is shipped to the correct specifications.
At the show, the main focus was on solution development. The company showed us how it is working with RFID technology to trigger LED lighting and videos on its LED displays. digiLED also had an area devoted to transparent ‘mesh’ displays and the company told us that it is already on its third UK installation for this product, which can be used in shop windows as it can support up to 6k cd/m². It has major installations in retail with JD Sports, a UK retailer, in Liverpool and Manchester and expects to also roll it out in Singapore.
digiLED’s Transparent LEDs are in the middle – you can see a mannequin behind. The white square is an RFID area. Image:Meko
The firm was also highlighting its digiThin LEDs which we reported on from ISE. It showed us how easy it is to front service its modules using a vacuum device and said that it has had a good response to the architecture, which allows mounting of the displays directly on walls, without the need for a mounting frame. That means that the overall thickness can be just 52mm. There are a range of adjustments to allow very accurate alignment even when a wall is uneven or not flat. It is light enough to be mounted directly to plasterboard, MDF or plywood. The alignment is achieved with ‘kissing pins’ and pitch goes down to 1.5mm, although 2.6mm was being shown at the event. A further advantage is that it is relatively easy to teach third parties to install the walls – the company runs one day courses for partners.
The digiThin LED fits directly to the wall and is front serviceable with this vacuum attachment. Image:Meko
Although digiLED is watching CoB technology closely and told us that it is ‘interesting’, it has not yet decided to adopt it as there are both advantages and disadvantages.
