Yɛnya frɛ fi retail chains hɔ bere a wɔn signage deployment adi nkogu akyi. Afe a ɛto so abiɛsa a etwaam no na ɛyɛ nnurutɔnbea nkitahodi wɔ Midwest-asram 18 a ɛkɔɔ rollout mu, wɔn fãshelf-edge screensna wɔrekyerɛ mogya a ɛba akyi kanea, na na nea ɔde nneɛma ma a ɔtɔn wɔn "aguadi grade" panels no ayɛ komm wɔ warranty claims ho. Ná screen ahorow no yɛ TV a wɔde di dwuma a wɔsan de guu dade a wɔde abɔ mu. Na obiara nkyerɛɛ nnɔnhwerew a wɔde yɛ oprehyɛn no yiye.
Eyi ne nea yɛyɛ soronko ne nea enti a ɛho hia sɛ worehwehwɛ LCD nsɛnkyerɛnne ama adetɔnbea tebea a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛkɔ so.
Baabi a Yɛte wɔ Supply Chain no mu
Yɛyɛ module-level integrator a egyina Xiamen. Yɛnnyɛ TFT glass-a efi BOE, AUO, anaa Innolux production lines mu a egyina nea wo spec hwehwɛ so. Nea yɛhwɛ so ne biribiara a ɛwɔ ahwehwɛ no akyi: akyi kanea nhyehyɛe, draiver board nhyehyɛe, FPC kwan, ɔhyew sohwɛ, enclosure nkabom, ne interface a ɛkɔ wo content management system no so.
Saa gyinabea yi wɔ tradeoffs a ɛsɛ sɛ wote ase ansa na yɛakasa akɔ akyiri.
Yebetumi de backlight output ahyia wo installation environment, asiesie draiver boards ama signal format wo media player outputs, na yɛayɛ mfiridwuma integration a ɛfata wo fixture system. Yɛrentumi nnyɛ novel panel sizes anaa pixel geometries-a ɛyɛ tier-one fabricator territory a NRE fi ase wɔ $100K+ ne minimum volumes a ntease wom ma program akɛse paa nkutoo.
Wɔ retail signage adwuma dodow no ara ho-.shelf-edge kyerɛ, end-cap screens, checkout lane signage, window-a ɛhwɛ promotional displays-semi-custom module adwuma no kata nea wuhia ankasa so. Sɛ wo project hwehwɛ biribi a yentumi nyɛ wɔ module level a, yɛbɛka saa upfront na yɛakyerɛ wo fabricators a wobetumi.
Nkɔmmɔbɔ a Ɛka Ho
Woretoto nneɛma a wubetumi apaw ho. Sɛnea bo a wɔbɔ no yɛ adwuma ankasa wɔ yɛn gyinabea wɔ nneɛma a wɔde ma no mu ni.
Off-the-shelf aguadi displays a efi Samsung, LG, anaa BOE retail product lines kura specs a wɔahyɛ da ayɛ ne bo a wɔahyɛ ato hɔ. Aguadi panel a ne kɛse yɛ nsateakwaa 43- no tu mmirika bɛyɛ $1,200; 55-inch abɔnten-rated units fi ase bɛyɛ $6,000. Wo nsa ka nea nhoma a wɔahyehyɛ no de ma no.
Custom module adwuma de upfront engineering investment ka ho-frɛ no $4,000 kosi $8,000 ma typicalbar-type anaa nkyerɛkyerɛmu a wɔatrɛw muproject a wɔde ahwehwɛ platform ahorow a ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw di dwuma. Ɛno fa draiver board design, backlight spec, mfiri CAD, ne prototype nhwɛsode ahorow ho. NRE akyi no, per-unit bo gyina dodow ne nsɛnnennen so, nanso wɔ ahyɛde a ɛboro 2,000-3,000 asinasin so no yɛtaa ba mu wɔ catalog nneɛma a ɛyɛ pɛ ase 15-20%.
Nkontaabu no: sɛ woreyɛ deploying 500 units a, amanne ebia ntease nnim-NRE no amortizes to $8-16 per unit on top of component cost. Sɛ wode 5,000 units reyɛ adwuma wɔ ɔmantam nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn bi mu a, NRE no bɛyɛ dede na worenya hardware a wɔasi ama wo mpɔtam hɔ mmom sen sɛ wɔbɛsakra no ma ɛne no ahyia.
Yɛbɛtu mmirika ankasa nɔma ama wo dwumadie no. Fa wo botaeɛ akɛseɛ, hann ahwehwɛdeɛ, ne ɛnne dodoɔ ho nkɔmhyɛ mena yɛn-yɛdannan ballpark ka wɔ nnɔnhwereɛ 48 mu.
Nea Ɛkɔ Mfomso Ankasa wɔ Retail LCD Deployments mu
Failure modes abiɛsa da adi mpɛn pii bere a wɔde yɛn ba sɛ yɛnsiesie obi foforo adwuma no.
Ɔhyew anohyeto ahorow no boroo so.
Window-a ɛhwɛ instɔlehyɛn ahorow no yɛ hyew. Owia adesoa de digrii 15-20 ka panel no mu hyew a ɛboro ambient so. Commercial displays rated for 40℃max internal temp hit saa anohyeto no wɔ awiabere a owia bɔ kɛse. Failure mode no yɛ capacitor degradation-wonnya owu mpofirim, wo nya brightness loss nkakrankakra ne color shift wɔ asram 12-18 mu kosi sɛ screens no bɛhwɛ sɛ ɛda adi sɛ asɛe. Fix no ne speccing panels a ɛtrɛw thermal margins na ɛka active anaa passive cooling wɔ module design stage. Yɛayɛ eyi ama ntɛm-som adidibea drive-through installations wɔ Arizona ne Texas baabi a ambient plus owia hits 60℃internal daa.
Duty cycle a ɛnhyia.
Wɔayɛ adetɔfoɔ panel ne aguadi akuo bi a ɛba fam{0}}tier ama nnɔnhwerew 4-6 da biara adwumayɛ. Tu mmirika wɔn nnɔnhwerew 16 na LED akyi kanea phosphor sɛe ntɛmntɛm kɛse-nnɔnhwerew 50,000 rated nkwa bɛyɛ nnɔnhwerew 15,000 ankasa. Ná yɛwɔ aaduantɔnfowɔ Kesee Fam Apuei no sesa wɔn shelf-edge instɔlehyɛn nyinaa wɔ asram 14 akyi efisɛ na obiara nsii akyi kanea spec no ho adanse sɛ ɛne adwumayɛ nnɔnhwerew ankasa. Nneɛma a wɔde besi ananmu no gye sika pii sen sɛ wɔbɛyɛ no yiye mfiase no.
Interface a ɛne ne ho nhyia.
Wo media player no ma HDMI ba. Anaasɛ LVDS. Anaasɛ wo kiosk controller hia GPIO triggering ma synchronized multi-screen content. Standard aguadi displays fa no sɛ input nhyehyɛe pɔtee bi. Sɛ ɛne wo system architecture nhyia a, wode converters, adapters, ne integration labor a anka wobetumi akwati denam interface no a wobɛkyerɛ no yiye wɔ module level so rebɛka ho.
Yɛnkyerɛw eyinom sɛ nsɛm a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ. Yɛkyerɛw wɔn efisɛ sɛ saa huammɔdi akwan yi mu biara fa wo deployment tebea ho a, ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne obi a obetumi spec atwa wɔn ho ahyia no bɔ nkɔmmɔ.
Nea Yehia Fi Wo Hɔ Na Yɛafa Asɛm
Nkɔmmɔbɔ a edi kan a ɛsow aba hwehwɛ sɛ wunya nsɛm bi wɔ w’afã:
- Target screen akɛse ne afã ratios. Sɛ woresesa nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no a, model nɔma ahorow boa. Sɛ woreyɛ design foforo fixtures, dimensional constraints ne mounting kwan.
- Installation tebea a atwa yɛn ho ahyia. Wim tebea a wɔhwɛ so wɔ dan mu, dan mu nanso mfɛnsere-bɛn, fã-abɔnten, abɔnten a ɛyɛ ma. Eyi ma brightness spec, thermal design, ne IP rating ahwehwɛde ahorow.
- Nnɔnhwerew a wɔde yɛ adwuma. 8/5, 12/7, 24/7. Eyi ka akyi kanea a wɔpaw ne ɔsom nkwa nna a wɔhwɛ kwan.
- Volume ne bere nhyehyɛe. Unit dodow ahe, wɔ deployment nhyehyɛe bɛn so, bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ wofi ase yɛ production.
- Ahwehwɛde ahorow a ɛfa nkabom ho. Dɛn ne wo media player anaa CMS? Nsɛnkyerɛnne kwan bɛn so? Ebia control interface ahwehwɛde ahorow?
Yɛnhia mmuaeɛ a ɛtwa toɔ wɔ biribiara ho-nanso dodoɔ a wobɛtumi aka akyerɛ yɛn no, dodoɔ no ara na yɛn mmuaeɛ a ɛdi kan no bɛyɛ mfasoɔ.
Dɛn Nti na Wontɔ Samsung anaa LG Commercial Displays Kɛkɛ
Wɔ nnwuma bi mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ saa. Brand aguadi displays de warranty nsɛm a wɔde asi hɔ, service networks a wonim, ne spec sheets a wubetumi de wo ho ato so ba. Sɛ wo deployment no fata wɔn catalog sizes, wo environment no wɔ wɔn rated parameters mu, na wowɔ budget no a, mfomso biara nni ho sɛ wobɛkɔ saa kwan no so.
Nteaseɛ wɔ mu berɛ a katalog nneɛma nhyia w’ahiadeɛ-bere a wo hia a28-nsateakwaaanaa 37-inch bar-type a enni brand catalogs mu, bere a wo mounting constraints hwehwɛ enclosure dimensions pɔtee, bere a wo brightness ahwehwɛde no te nea standard indoor ne outdoor units de ma ntam, anaa bere a volume ma custom economics yɛ adwuma wɔ w’anim.
Yɛne Samsung nsi akan wɔ 55-inch aguadi kyerɛwtohɔ a ɛyɛ tẽẽ so. Yɛresi akan ama nnwuma a off-the-shelf nnyɛ adwuma yie na adetɔfoɔ no nim.
Anamɔn a Edi Hɔ
Sɛ worehwehwɛ custom LCD options for retail signage na wopɛ sɛ wote ase sɛ ebia wo project no fata yɛn tumi a, fa w’ahiade ahorow mena yɛn. Yɛde nokwaredi nhwehwɛmu bɛbua-sɛ ebia nteaseɛ wɔ mu sɛ wo ne yɛn bɛyɛ adwuma, sɛ ebia nneɛma a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ bɛsom wo yie, anaasɛ wo hia tumi a yenni.
Yɛayɛ module-level integration ama retail ne commercial display applications firi afe 2019. Yɛn production tumi no tu mmirika 500 kɔsi 40,000 units afe biara wɔ SKU biara mu. Nhwɛsode bere a wɔde di kan yɛ adapɛn 8-10 fi nhyehyɛe a wɔapene so; production de adapɛn 4-6 ka ho a egyina dodow so.
