Planar Monitor Liquid Ingress Test

Water ingress testing on your rugged display can be performed in several ways. In this image, you see a Planar LA1750RTZ prototype undergoing a water ingress test with 65 gallons of water a minute, from a 1" diameter fire hose, for almost 5 minutes. Imagine the pressure on the display panel and enclosure from this amount of water over the 5 minute duration! This is one surefire way to test any water seepage into your display and provides valuable test information to prevent the occurance.

Displays are used in all sort of outdoor, rugged environments where they are subjected to liquid elements. From marine to emergency and heavy equipment applications, displays used in these functions are often submitted to considerable amounts of water and other liquids. And, the last thing you want to have happen is a display malfunction due to an ingress.

How would you like to see other tests conducted on displays for your rugged applications?

Vehicle Data Bus Terminal for Heavy Equipment

We've been busy with a lot of transportation applications. Our latest development is a collaboration with Vehicle Monitor Coproration to add our electroluminescent displays to the VMC SmartDisplay. Check out the announcement at

We have a 10 year history working with VMC. This latest announcement is targeted at applying the viewing performance of EL with VMC's rapid application development platform and experience with vehicle data bus technology. Here are just a few of the key benefits:

• SAE J1708, J1939, CAN and other bus protocol options
• Tools for rapid development of user interface
• Rugged and dependable - proven in thousands of Class 8 trucking, mining, forestry, and other specialty vehicles
• Display lasts over 100,000 hours
• Wide temp range (-40°C to +85°C) with "instant on" display capability
• Daytime brightness and nighttime dimming for comfortable viewing

View the VMC SmartDisplay or check out the FAQ.