Blue Chip Technology a leading UK designer and manufacturer of single board computers, is partnering with Plus Opto to offer an innovative package of embedded HMI engines. Bringing together Plus Opto’s range of TFT LCD displays and Blue Chip’s embedded boards will provide OEMs with a complete, easy solution for display based applications.
“We often encounter customers who have invested a lot of time and effort selecting their display and embedded board, and then experience integration and life cycle issues”, commented Barry Husbands, Blue Chip MD. “We believe this partnership can take the pain out of developing a HMI based application”.
“We have seen strong growth in the HMI market”, said Chris Parr, Plus Opto Sales Manager. “Across the board, manufacturers are designing in display based user interfaces to enhance existing product. We need to offer our customers a complete solution – an affordable, quality range of displays and the engine to drive them”.
Blue Chip Technology and Plus Opto currently have its RE1 range of RISC boards and displays is in product launch stage, scheduled for full production Q2 2009.