Military Display and Keypad Assemblies                                                                                    

Military Display and Keypad Assemblies 

Leverage Grayhill’s unsurpassed experience at providing military display and keypad assemblies.  Grayhill will custom engineer a solution the exactly meets your requirements.  Grayhill leverages its proprietary stage-gate development process to ensure that your Military Display and Keypad assembly is properly designed, laboratory qualified and manufactured for your specific application.

Grayhill has fielded more than 100,000 of these units!

Typical Features

• Custom Displays of Text, Graphics and/or Icons
• Operates in Extreme Temperatures (e.g. -51 to 85 deg C)
• Control Electronics for LCD, Keypad, Backlight and Heater
• Firmware Upgradable Through Electrical Interface
• Low Power Consumption
• Display and Keypad Backlighting (Including NVIS)
• Thermal Blast Protective Window
• Utilize Latest COTS Components Where Appropriate
• Fully Sealed Assemblies
• Rubber Keys
• Light Weight
   

Design and Manufacturing

• Design and Manufacturing in USA
• In-House Pick and Place for PCB assembly
• In-House LCD assembly (Heat Seal Connectors, Backlights, Heaters, etc.)
• In-House Final Assembly and Testing
  
  

In-House Qualification Testing

• EMC/ESD (In-House EMC Chamber)
• Contrast, Lighting/NVIS Compliance (In-House Spot
• Photometer and Spectrascan Spectroradiometer)
• Seal Testing (In-House Altitude, Submersion and Cosmo Leak Rate)
  

Example Projects

Extreme temperature LCD display (e.g. -51 to 85 deg C) Integrated electronics to scan keys, drive display and keypad backlights, control LCD heaters and communicate to main radio Fully sealed assembly   Based on released platform Integrated electronics “translate” over 80 typical display messages to Arabic equivalents and displays these Arabic versions Eliminated changes to main radio thereby saving Grayhill’s customer requalification time/cost and minimizing their risk   Multiple rotary switch inputs Integrated electronics to scan inputs, drive indicators, control backlight Full NVIS Compliance Flexible Legending Options   Segmented LCD Optimized reverse TN LCD technology used to replace costly Dichroic technology Integrated electronics to control display, control backlight and communicate to main system Full NVIS Compliance   Uses Grayhill’s gold plated domes for 3 million operations Laser etched rubber for backlighting Full NVIS Compliance Fully Sealed        Block Diagram of a Typical Display/Keypad Assembly Applications Grayhill’s Military Display and Keypad assemblies have been used in many applications such as: Field Radios Ground Vehicular Radios Airborn Radios Security Access Voice Data Encryption Handheld GPS   Document Links Grayhill Custom Military Display and Keypad Flyer (PDF File)