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From tiny LCD panels to enormous OLED screens, today’s display solutions come in almost any size and brightness level with the capabilities to withstand environmental challenges. Dive into the latest information from Avnet in evolving trends, technologies and applications for display solutions.
Big, bright, built for engineers: New Display Kits for ST Discovery Boards
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Frank Ploenissen
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June 30, 2025
Size does matter. At least it does when it comes to our new MIPI DSI displays. We’re upscaling your options with new 7” and 10.1” display kits, designed to fit seamlessly with STMicroelectronics’ STM32F769I and STM32H747I Discovery kits.
Avnet Displays and SiS: delivering excellence together
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Stefano Rosato
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May 28, 2025
We have an impeccable track record for giving our customers the very best displays. So, we’d like to introduce you to Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), whose specialized firmware and hardware meets our every expectation – and yours.
The same, but different: the new SimplePlus 6.95” twins
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Frank Ploenissen
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April 16, 2025
The SimplePlus family just keeps growing – and this time we’re welcoming twins! By popular demand, we’re introducing two new 6.95” touch displays which might look similar on the surface but, like all twins, have quite different personalities.
Transparently brilliant: the new Simple Plus Open Frame
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Stefano Rosato
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April 3, 2025
Adaptable to any aesthetic or location, and ready for anything, our stunning new transparent OLED monitor, ‘Simple Plus Open Frame’, is so incredibly crystal clear, we can hardly take our eyes off it.
Stylish, powerful and ready for anything – our latest outdoor displays
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Stefano Rosato
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February 10, 2025
Our new IP-Rated outdoor displays are so stylish, durable and energy efficient, they can actually improve the look of the spaces they’re in.
Know your bonds: LOCA, OCA & Air Gap
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Alexander Sommerfeld
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January 29, 2025
Today, touch displays are familiar in industrial applications and making sure that they are durable and brilliant is essential. So, we pay particular attention to how each component of the display is connected – a process called ‘optical bonding
A Displays Technology Guide for Electronics Engineers
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Frank Ploenissen
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January 10, 2025
Selecting the right display and ensuring its protection are crucial steps in the product design process. This guide will help engineers navigate the complex landscape of displays, including cover glass options and integration processes.
Adding a twist to your touch display
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Stefano Rosato
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December 20, 2024
Sometimes a touchscreen isn’t enough, and we want to ‘touch that dial’. We enjoy the familiar tactile experience of knobs and dials when we control volume or menus. So, we’ve created a way to integrate this experience into our touch displays.
A monitor with a three-in-one cable? Pure simplicity.
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Stefano Rosato
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December 9, 2024
Avnet Displays design experts have solved the cable conundrum with our new USB-C Monitor Series where a single cable handles power, touch functionality and a video data.
What’s under the skin of Smart Surface Technology?
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Stefano Rosato
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November 25, 2024
Are you familiar with Smart Surface Technology? If not, you should be. It’s nothing short of a breakthrough in displays and combines sleek design with the superb functionality that is the hallmark of Avnet Displays. But how best to describe it? Well, pro...
How to beat the heat when using TFT displays
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Frank Ploenissen
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October 14, 2024
When devices are designed for use outdoors, there are immediately several challenges to overcome and, for us, one of the most important is getting the balance right when it comes to brightness. But why? Surely, to counteract the effect of strong sunl
Looking for a display gamechanger? Meet our Mini LED
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Stefano Rosato
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October 4, 2024
Designing displays for industry means that we regularly fight against the elements. Environments that are too dark or too bright, operating locations that are freezing cold – or boiling hot! And the weather… oh my, the weather.
Making the stack stick: bonding and DTCs
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Alexander Sommerfeld
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September 13, 2024
Like most things in life, displays change, evolve and, happily, improve. As classic displays and control elements are increasingly being replaced by modern display stacks (Display Touch Cover lens or DTC), naturally new processes will come into play.
Flexible, low-cost and reliable: the new 5” SimplePlus
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Frank Ploenissen
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August 16, 2024
Well, what do you know, another SimplePlus product has been added to our portfolio! Hot on the heels of the muscular new 7” SimplePlus, we have added a new and pleasingly low-cost 5” display.
APS vs PCAP: Five great reasons to switch your sensors
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Stefano Rosato
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August 16, 2024
When it comes to the world of sensor technology, we like to think that we know our stuff. And while the principles that are central to pressure sensors have been around for some time, we’re certainly seeing a new interest
A gamechanging monitor: designed for many, made only by us.
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Stefano Rosato
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July 18, 2024
A gamechanger? Well, yes. In our world of displays, it can be tempting to announce every new innovation with a huge fanfare and excitement. But the 23.1" Stretched In-Cell Monitor is genuinely going to be a huge deal for so many of our customers.
SimplePlus 7" – with a bit more muscle
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Frank Ploenissen
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July 15, 2024
Our customers love the 7” SimplePlus because it’s a great display that gets the job done, balancing cost and performance. So, it wasn’t long before we were asked to make it a little… tougher, for use outdoors. As ever, your wish is our comman
Only your fingers have the force
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Stefano Rosato
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July 2, 2024
It’s not the first time we’ve talked about the phenomena of the ‘ghost’ or ‘false’ touch, where a touch screen responds, seemingly without human interaction. Fortunately, there is nothing spooky going and quite a few ways in which it coul
Is your display up to scratch?
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Frank Ploenissen
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June 27, 2024
It’s important to take a step back and consider just what your application really needs when it comes to wear and tear. Because while the ultimate in toughness might be your immediate choice, do you really need all that power?
Bright, brighter, brightest? Why a display backlight system is more than meets the eye
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Frank Ploenissen
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May 17, 2024
Let there be light! If only it was that simple in the world of display backlight systems. To begin with, the human eye doesn’t perceive light in a linear way.
ePaper integration with PCAP
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Stefano Rosato
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May 17, 2024
Electronic paper (also known as e-ink, electrophoretic display, or electronic ink) is a kind of electronic display that mimics the appearance of ink on paper.
Colour, style and shape: the art of coverglass
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Frank Ploenissen
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May 17, 2024
How many times have you touched a glass screen today? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? More? Unless you’re actively monitoring your screen time, it’s barely even a consideration. But the kind of glass you interact with matters.
Avnet Embedded and AUO: A new partnership for industrial open frame displays
May 17, 2024
Made to be integrated, open frame displays have never been more in demand. You’ll spot them everywhere – across Point of Sale, Point of Information, EV charging , Industrial and Marine applications and so many more.