AIS continues to invest in research, development and manufacturing to enhance HMI performance, cost benefits and technology while supporting additional operating systems. Industries are constantly evolving, and industrial computing has become the backbone of everyday life in the workplace. Whether the applications are in a control room, machine automation, assembly line monitoring, user terminals, or inside heavy machinery, industrial PCs are definitely required. Increased demands in processing power, mechanical designs, environmental performance, ruggedness, and high reliability are key concerns. AIS had created a complete line of industrial panel PCs that answer the requirements from industries, backed with an industry leading support team from pre-sales to after sales service and beyond.

AIS industrial TFT-LCD modules feature three distinguishing characteristics that make them suitable for the demands of numerous industrial applications:

• High Reliability: Environmentally friendly construction with long and safe operation in the most demanding of operational environments
  • Wide Temperature Range: AIS TFT-LCD modules are designed to deliver optimum performance over a wide range of temperatures (from -30 to 80 degrees C*) in order to accommodate diverse industrial applications.
  • Forward Compatibility: Industrial components are typically expected to be supported by the manufacturer over the long term. In order to meet this expectation, AIS delivers products that are forwardly compatible with successive models offering higher performance.
  • Low EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) Technology: Electrical components like LCD modules create EMI (Electromagnetic Interference), which interrupts, obstructs, or otherwise degrades or limits the performance of surrounding electrical equipment. Many AIS LCD modules incorporate low EMI technology such as LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling). Other technologies like driving circuit design minimize EMI for enhanced performance and usability.
  • Long-life Lamp/LED (Light Emitting Diode) unit & Easy Lamp/LED unit Replacement Function: The lifespan of five years or more is a basic condition for applications such as factory automation and measurement instrumentation. To address this requirement, AIS TFT-LCD modules use lamps with 50,000 hours of life.

• Optimal Visibility: Excellent display characteristics even when viewed from extreme angles and in less than optimum conditions
  • Wide Viewing Angle for Industrial Use: Industrial applications typically require screen viewing from varied angles, often by multiple operators at once, from a variety of positions. AIS TFT-LCD modules meet these demands through a design that fosters easy viewing from extreme angles. All standard modules have a horizontal viewing axis of more than 130 degrees and vertical viewing axis of 110 degrees. Some AIS products offer new wide view technology with a horizontal viewing axis of 178 degrees and a vertical viewing axis of 178 degrees.
  • High Brightness: High Brightness is critical for optimum visibility in industrial applications like on the factory line, and for outdoor use. The majority of AIS TFT-LCD displays have a brightness rating above 200 to 300 cd/m2 (nits). Some of the standard AIS LCD panels are rated as high as 400 cd/m2 and 500 cd/m2.
  • Wide Format LCD: Due to recent new wide format demands like Terrestrial Digital Television Broadcasting and other information displays, the demand has also grown in the industrial market application. With wider format TFT-LCD display, more information is viewed on screen, compared with current 4:3 aspect ratio display. AIS is expanding the wide format TFT-LCD product family even more in the coming years.

• Enhanced View-ability: Continuous improvement in design and manufacture in order to achieve display of true-to-life images
  • Color Conversion Technology: Natural Color Matrix: HMI, Point of Sales (POS) terminals and kiosks often display advertisements and colorful images, the colors of which must remain vivid and as close as possible to the original. With a typical display, the image invariably deviates from the original source because of display device characteristics. AIS’ Original Natural Color Matrix Optimization technology avoids this difference by separating color data and luminance components while controlling individual display colors (red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow) for optimized performance. Natural Color Matrix Optimization delivers balanced color conversion without loss of panel color properties to ensure color quality that is very close to the original image.

• Glass Bonding: The TFT LCD-module has been widely used in various environments and applications, such as the GPS navigation system for vehicles and marine equipment, and outdoor use information display terminals i.e. POS, ATMs, and kiosks. Outdoor-use products generally have some sort of anti-scratch and waterproofed protective glass that is only bonded to the display edge by the customer or rebuilt in another location. Unfortunately, such modification leaves air space that causes poor visibility from light reflection and possible contamination by foreign particles. There are methods to bond the protective glass fully on to the display surface with resin, but this procedure heavily increases customer assembly time and possibly increases quality concerns. AIS had developed glass bonded color TFT LCD module that is wholly bonded by resin to fulfill the outdoor-use product’s demand without sacrificing excellent visibility.

• Low Reflection through AR (Anti-Reflection) Technology: Outdoor applications in daylight or other bright environments require technology that can suppress surface reflection. AIS LCD modules offer special AR (anti-reflection) surface treatment to prevent reflection, which ensures excellent visibility in daylight conditions.

• Super High Brightness: When used for outdoor applications in broad daylight, LCD screens become difficult to see at typical brightness of 300-500 cd/m2, and require a much higher luminance for clear viewing. AIS has greatly improved luminance through edge lighting (by placing the LED/lamp unit on the side of the display), thus making AIS the first LCD manufacturer to achieve up to 1500 cd/m2 using this technique.

• High Color Saturation Transflective LCD: Transflective LCD modules hold both transmissive and reflective properties, and the method of image display depends on the conditions of the ambient environment. The display uses a backlight with a transmissive property in dark environments, and uses external light with a reflective property in bright environments. Previously, the transflective method's reflective optical performance manifested difficulties with color performance when compared to the transmissive mode. AIS’ transflective LCD modules have an improved reflective mode panel for better color performance, and excellent color characteristics similar to the transmissive mode.

There is no single standard that can meet every industrial application. AIS had developed a complete line of industry demand-driven mechanical designs, such as: open frame, panel mount, chassis, rack mount, and full IP65 enclosures; to address these application demands. Whether applications are for ultra-sanitary clean rooms, or extremely rugged industrial environments, AIS has the products and solutions needed to bring your product to market.

AIS had assembled a full line of industry-driven mechanical designs that fit any application. Whether you need an off-the-shelf unit or a completely custom design, AIS has the necessary experience and knowledge to bring your project to market. An OEM/ODM development team can help design and guide you in finding the best solution for your industrial application.

Open Frame

• Ideal for OEM/ODM custom designs 
• Open front fascia with no bezel
• Rugged Steel Enclosure
• Mounting Flaps for secure easy mounting

Panel Mount and IP65 Front Sealing Panel Mount

• Open Frame Housing with an aluminum front bezel, or
• IP65 sealing front bezel (note: protective glass required)
• Creates an industrial finished look when installed into an opening
• IP65/NEMA 4 standard bezel seals out dust and water from harsh industrial environments

Chassis

• All around rugged steel enclosure for complete protection from most rugged and high traffic environments
• VESA standard mounting holes for quick mounting

Rack Mount

• Bolts-up to standard server racks
• Open Frame housing bolts up to the black aluminum bezel
• Chrome handles for easy movement and transport

Full IP65 Chassis

• Full IP65 360 degree protection from dust and water, including I/O connections
• Stainless Steel enclosure is excellent for high sanitary conditions and corrosion resistance from chemicals and the environment
• Specialized connectors to seal out dust and water
• VESA standard mounting holes for quick mounting

DET NORSKE VERITAS (DNV)

DNV, one of the leading the ship classification societies, is an autonomous and independent foundation for safeguarding life, property and the environment in maritime environment including sea and onshore. Specifically for maritime applications, robust mechanical design and anti-corrosion treatment is needed for sea environment. AIS had developed products with DNV classification, statutory certification, and numerous maritime-like environment testing processes. A list of Standards for Certification is found in the latest edition of Pt.0 Ch.1 of the "Rules for Classification of Ships" and the "Rules for Classification of High Speed, Light Craft and Naval Surface Craft"

MIL-STD-810F US Military Standard

For industrial, outdoor, military, marine, and mission critical applications, ruggedness is a key criteria in order to withstand extreme environments. AIS had developed products that withstood the battery of test required for MIL-STD-810F compliance, ranging from high altitude testing to drop testing. The rigorous testing that these units go through, ensure our customers that AIS products meet the highest standards of ruggedness and reliability. MIL-STD-810F is the most widely used international standard for ruggedized testing, set by the US Military.

MIL-STD-810F includes a broad range of tests to measure the ruggedness of a product, as listed below:

AIS STANDARD Ruggedness Tests Performed

• MIL-STD-810F Method 501.4 - High Temperature
• MIL-STD-810F Method 502.4 - Low Temperature
• MIL-STD-810F Method 506.4 - Rain / Water Resistance
• MIL-STD-810F Method 507.4 - Humidity
• MIL-STD-810F Method 514.5 - Vibration
• MIL-STD-810F Method 516.5 - Shock

AIS Panel PCs are powered by Windows Embedded Operating Systems

• Ensure end-product reliability with one common platform
• Reduce time to market and costs, through a familiar Windows user interface and rich tools to shorten development time
• Increase application compatibility across differentiated applications
• Delivers connectivity between devices and with third-party applications

AIS Industrial Panel PCs equipped with Windows Embedded Operating Systems

• Windows Embedded Standard 7
• Windows XP Pro for Embedded System
• Windows XP Embedded
• Windows Embedded CE

AIS Industrial Panel PCs are powered by Embedded Intel® Technology

• Provides low-power, high-performance industrial HMI devices to meet industrial requirements
• Enables industrial Ethernet, fieldbus protocol standards, and PLC run-time
• Flexible, reconfigurable platform supports multiple solutions
• Compact form factor with a fan-less platform