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GM Insists on Digital Signage for US Brands

by Alan Spencer

According to a report in Automotive News, General Motors is insisting that from 2018, US dealers of their vehicles, must use digital signage to advertise the GM brands, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick. Automotive Broadcasting …

Tags:Automotive| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Pegatron Lands Control Computer Orders for Tesla Model 3

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes has announced that Tesla is planning to increase production orders for its Model 3, and has given Pegatron Technology orders for control computers, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. US-based Jabil …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Mitsubishi Extends LCD Life and Operating Conditions

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi had plenty of news at the event, as it has most years when it shows its range of industrial displays at this event. First we had a look at a range of transflective …

Tags:Automotive| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

HDBaseT Takes Aim at Automotive with Multistream

by Bob Raikes

HDBaseT and Valens were showing the HDBaseT interface being used for automotive applications. In this application simple UTP (or coax) cables can be used and simpler/cheaper cables can be installed in autos with a …

Tags:Automotive| Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2017| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Wammes Highlights New VDA Fault Process

by Bob Raikes

Klaus Wammes of Wammes & Partner GmbH has pointed out that the VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie), a trade association for the automotive industry, has a new standard for a process for the analysis of …

Tags:Automotive| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11| warranty

Visteon Introduces AR Driving

by Bob Raikes

Visteon has launched its latest HUD which has a field of view of 10º x 4º, said to be twice the size of a standard windshield HUD. “AR plays a critical role in building …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

LG Electronics to Supply AVM System to Geely

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reports that LG Electronics is supplying an ‘Around View Monitor’ (AVM) to Geely, a Chinese auto make, the first time that LG has supplied a Chinese maker according to the …

Tags:Automotive| China| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Bosch Sensortec Laser Scanner Looks Good

by Bob Raikes

Bosch Sensortec was showing a new MEMs-based laser scanning projector at the show, the BML050. The basic engine supports 854 x 480 (although higher resolution can be achieved, up to around 720P) and the …

Tags:Automotive| Embedded Pico Projectors| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Robert Bosch| Vol 24 - Issue 08

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| audio| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Display Stream (DSC)| Fingerprint Recognition| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Pico Projectors| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08| WiGIG

OLEDs in Automotive by 2018?

by Bob Raikes

The PIDA in Taiwan, a trade association, has said that it expects the use of OLEDs in automotive displays to take off from 2018 with demand for automotive displays expected to develop from 94.64 …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Canatu Touch Used by Daimler

by Bob Raikes

Canatu is pivoting to exploit its flexible touch technology to non-display applications and joined in the Startup Autobahn project with Daimler and the University of Stuttgart to create a transparent thermo-formed touch sensor on …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Canatu| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 06