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Zytronics is a UK-based maker of metal-mesh-based PCap solutions for large touch screens. The company has developed its own ASIC technology that allows it to be very flexible to meet customer requests, especially as it happy to supply customers with small production runs, where a volume chip supplier (e.g. Atmel) would be less able to … Read more
Everlight is a packager of LEDs and had a number of areas covering automotive, lighting and infrared applications. There was also an area devoted to displays but, sadly, with nobody with expertise in the area when we visited. The company had a Unilumin display on the front of its booth that was being used for … Read more
Stanley Electric was showing a number of projection technologies based on MEMs technology (W-400 device) and also on its LCDs. The first we looked at was a MEMS-based laser scanning mirror device that is driven by a piezoelectric drive mechanism with horizontal and vertical movement and capable of 36kHz horizontal scan and with reflectance of … Read more
Osram is a successful local supplier of LEDs that is doing well in the market at the moment. It had a big booth that was mostly about applications other than displays. The first application that we looked at was a new light for stadiums that uses 217 individual LEDs to provide 100,000 lumens of output, … Read more
Data Modul is headquartered in Munich, although the main activity of the display business is in Weikersheim, in Bavaria. We’re used to seeing the company’s Conrac-branded displays at a range of vertical market shows, but at Electronica, the focus was clearly on industrial and automotive solutions from its distribution business. First we looked at the … Read more
It’s a four years since I attended the biennial Electronica trade show in Munich (it alternates with a show for production automation, called Productronica). Last time, a colleague attended as I was in Rio de Janeiro, giving a keynote. In November, choosing Rio over Munich wasn’t the hardest decision I have ever made! The colleague … Read more
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, and specialist in personalised content discovery technology said that based on a survey of 3,100 consumers, many would opt for Netflix or Hulu OTT software if it was free and paid for by commercials. Asked “If Netflix or Hulu offered a free TV service requiring viewers to watch commercials, would the … Read more
AptoVision has now announced the BlueRiver NT1000 chip. The chip is part of the family of chips for transporting uncompressed, zero-latency Ultra HD/4K HDR over Ethernet and is optimised for AV/KVM switching and extension applications. The chip can transmit true 4K/60Hz (4:4:4) video with zero frame latency over 100m of CAT‐x or 30KM of fiber. … Read more
Heraeus, the German creator of specialist materials and coatings, said at the C-Touch event in Shenzen that it has a new material, that it calls conductive polymer Clevios and that is based on PEDOT:PSS and silver nanowires, that can survive folding more than 300,000 times. The company said that the material doesn’t degrade and maintains … Read more
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its thin-film deposition equipment has been selected by BOE Technology Group (BOE), China’s top semiconductor-display product manufacturer, for use in the world’s first Gen 10.5 TFT-LCD production line. BOE ordered multiple CVD and PVD systems, which can produce up to six 75-inch LCD TV panels per substrate – the largest … Read more
Applied Materials said that its thin film deposition equipment is to be used by BOE at the Chinese company’s G10.5 (3370 x 2940mm) production line. The company said that BOE has ordered ‘multiple’ CVD and PVD systems for the plant which can make six up 75″ LCD panels per substrate. “Achieving fast ramp time and … Read more
Exertis and Philips have signed a distribution deal that will see Exertis market Philips’ digital signage products in the UK. Exertis pointed out that it now has products from the top four digital signage brands in Europe.
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