Touch panels made simple
The term "time to market" is becoming increasingly important throughout the industrial sector. In concrete terms, this means that you need a quick solution with ever-increasing cost pressure. This also applies to the topic of "displays and touch panels" and therefore affects everyone in the industry today. At the same time, however, the choice is becoming increasingly complex. This is a guide to choosing the right display. In line with the above-mentioned requirements, the trend for operating units is moving towards complete systems. They are flexible in use and, thanks to the touch panel, offer an integrated "keyboard" that can be divided up and labelled as required. Multilingualism, for example, is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid advance of globalisation. Manual-free operation also requires new operating concepts.
What can a touch panel do?
In a touch panel solution, the entire display surface is available to the developer for information on one side and as a keyboard on the other. This also means that no additional space is required for an external keyboard. It also simplifies the installation work. There is no longer any need to find an additional supplier for the keyboard, and no tooling costs have to be paid for special labelling. This is now all done by software. At the same time, various language options and different operating elements can be realised depending on the operating status...
