Itron- Over 50 Years of
Electronic Display Innovation
F
ounded in 1966 by Dr.T.Nakamura,
the company has developed from
being the first supplier of Vacuum
Fluorescent Display (VFD) to a leading
manufacturer of high performance CIG
driver wide-temperature industrial
displays. It is a member of the Noritake
Group which specializes in ceramic based
products with abrasives, chinaware,
materials, furnaces and electronic
divisions.
In 2009, Itron saw the opportunity for
smart, integrated display and touch
modules in the industrial sector following
their growing dominance of the telecoms
market. The challenge was in enabling
the existing microprocessor-based
display user to be able to drive such a
• ARM Cores • Digital/Analog
• DDR RAM • PID Control
• PT100/PT1000
• EMMC/SDHC
• 10/100 ENET
• USB OTG Host
• USB Device
• RS232/RS485
complex sub-assembly. Taking years of
experience in developing bespoke user
interface solutions, Itron has invested
in developing their own innovative
operating system, iDevOS, to allow
product designers the opportunity to
upgrade to a much more sophisticated
user interface whilst maintaining their
current microprocessor-based core
electronics. This is the essence of the
latest range of intelligent TFT modules.
This strategy has enabled Itron display
users across the globe to offer their
own customers, in turn, the reliable
easy to use touch-display user interface
demanded by modern consumers, in
a timely and effective manner - as
an integral part of their own natural
product development without the need
for substantial changes to their core
processor roadmap.
• SPI/I2C/PWM
• Thermocouples
• Modbus RTU
• Linux / iDevOS
• MPCT Touch
• IP65 Bezels
Additionally, Itron’s range of Metallised
Projected Capacitive Touch screens
(MPCT) offer market-leading user interface
performance based on fundamental ‘metal
layering in glass’ IP developed over the
last 50 years. This MPCT technology, when
integrated with other innovative products
will offer customers a range of products
with superior technical performance that
can safely take Itron into the next few
decades.
Itron now exports its touch-screens,
VFD and TFT display products from
manufacturing plants in the UK and Japan
to customers throughout US, Europe and
Asia.
Wide Temperature Display Modules
Itron UK’s original electronic visual
display expertise can be found within
this wide temperature , industrial
range of products featuring Vacuum
Fluorescent Display technology or
VFD’s . Itron UK’s Wide Temperature
Display Modules-based industrial
displays have been at the forefront of
European industry for the last 40 years
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and they still find new opportunities
in applications that cannot be solved
any other way as reliably and cost
effectively.
• Wide -40 to +85 Degrees Operating
Temperature.
• High Brightness visibility and wide
viewing angle in all directions.
• Character and Graphic Format
options.
• Design Longevity, supported for over
20 years in some cases.
• Modmaster Development Software
available.
• Customisable displays and modules.
Embedded arm core front panel solutions
Our UK design and manufacturing centre has been
supplying reliable high performance standard and custom
front panel display solutions to European industrial, vending
and medical users for 20+ years. Our MPCT(Metallized
Projective Capacitive Touch) can offer fast and high
sensitivity solutions for a range of industries.
Please check out our website and contact us.
www.noritake-itron.com
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Tel: 01493 601144
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