Adlink Smart Panels

The Smart Panel range from Adlink Technology integrates three key components: a high-brightness LCD panel, a touch screen and main board to increase flexibility and reduce development time for designers of industrial panel computing applications such as factory automation equipment, transportation systems, multimedia navigation devices, advertising systems, interactive kiosks and medical care systems.

The 8″ model offers an integrated LCD touch screen with brightness of up to 800 cd/m² to ensure a clear image both indoors and outside in direct sunlight. The high-resolution full-colour interface makes it suitable for a range of activities including displaying images, reports and text.

The high-brightness model provides resistive or capacitive touch-panel options for greatest flexibility with different system designs. All of these features are provided in a modular design of less than 2 cm to further extend the flexibility offered to designers.

The embedded human machine interface (HMI) uses public and private cloud services to access information and services from any location. Optional Wi-Fi is offered to enable remote monitoring for effective control of factory production status, materials management and troubleshooting.

Enhanced data collection features can be achieved through designing the HMI into automated MES and ERP systems. The information can be exported as an Excel spreadsheet where users can directly view the content remotely.

A system customisation service enables customers to provide a customised panel computing system quickly, through co-design and co-development opportunities. Standard cases based on application requirements are also available, to provide another means for fast assembly of the panel and I/O control module into the case.

Models are offered in x86 and ARM architectures with displays ranging from 5″ to 21.5″ for a variety of applications. The high-definition display (1920 x 1080) options include aspect ratios of 4:3 and 16:9.