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18,5” FHD-Display Unit - CFD1974

Full focus. Full resilience.

18.5″ High-Brightness Touch Monitor for Harsh Environments

Features

Overview

This 18.5″ rugged display is built for professional use in harsh environments like defense, industrial, and medical applications. It features a Full HD screen with high brightness and wide viewing angles, making it ideal for outdoor or bright settings. The display supports HD-SDI and HDMI inputs and includes a touch panel with USB interface and optical bonding for better readability. With IP54 protection, passive cooling, and operation down to -32°C, it’s made for reliability in tough conditions. Integrated control options like bezel keys, Ethernet, and external dimming ensure flexible system integration.

Specifications

Display

  • Panel: Color TFT-LCD
  • Display size: 18,5” (16:9)
  • Active area: 408,96×230,04mm(HxV)
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Pixel (HxV)
  • Display color: 16,7 M
  • Pixel pitch: 0,213×0,213mm(HxV)
  • Viewing angle: 178° in each direction
  • Response time: typ. 20 ms (Tr+Tf)
  • Contrast ratio: typ. 800:1
  • Luminance: max. > 800cd/m²
  • Dual-Backlight for NVIS-B compatibility

Video Signal

  • Signal Input: 2x HD-SDI (up to 3G)
  • SMPTE Standards:
    • SMPTE 292M & 424M
    • 1x HDMI
  • HDMI Standard: HDMI 1.4a /DVI 1.0
  • Signal Output: 1x HD-SDI

Power Supply

 

  • Supply voltage: 10…32 VDC
  • Power consumption: max. 50W @ 28VDC
  • Power consumption: max. 90W @ 28VDC with Heating

Housing and Coating

  • Material: Alloy & Surtec650
    • Powder coated
    • RAL 9005 matt

Dimensions

  • Width: 460 mm
  • Heigth: 285 mm
  • Depth w/o Breakout box: 37 mm
  • Depth at Breakout box: 69 mm
  • Weight: < 5,3 kg
 

Controls and Communication

  • Touch: PCAP Touch with internal USB
  • Touch Controller and Output via Ethernet/UDP
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Pixel (HxV)
  • Display color: 16,7 M
  • Keys for Display-Control:
    • On/Off: Backlight On/Off Switch via membrane key
    • SRC: Toggle between HDSDI 1, HDSDI 2 and HDMI via one membrane key (with short OSD-Info after switching)
    • Dimming: Manual Backlight Dimming via two membrane keys (+/-) (with OSD-Info)
    • Touch Off: membrane key to disable the PCAP (with short OSD-Info every 10s if Touch Off)
    • Bezel Keys: 9 membrane keys via Ethernet
  • Signals for Display-Control:
    • NVIS/Day Select: Discrete external Signal for switching between Day and NVIS. (High/28VDC=Day, Low/GND or open= NVIS)
    • Ext. Dimming: External analogue Signal for dimming the backlight with up to 1024 steps. 0-28VDC, 28VDC=min 0V=max.
    • Ext. On/Off: External Signal for switching between BL_On and BL_Off. (Open=BL_On, Low/GND = BL_Off)

 

Connectors

 

  • Connector X1:
    • RF HD-BNC / Amphenol
    • SDI 1 – Input
  • Connector X2:
    • RF HD-BNC / Amphenol
    • SDI 2 – Input
  • Connector X3:
    • RF HD-BNC / Amphenol
    • SDI – Output
  • Connector X4:
    • Minimax / Fischer
    • MR11WL08
    • Power – Input
    • Ethernet
    • NVIS/Day Select
    • Ext. Dimming
    • Ext. On/Off
  • Connector X5:
    • Standard HDMI
    • Receptacle HDMI Input
  • Connector X6:
    • Standard USB-C Receptacle Touch Controller
  • Grounding: M6

Connectors Pinout

  • Customized: Pinout see electrical ICD

Environmental

  • Unit is designed for environmental condition according to MIL-STD 810/ SPX902:
  • Temp.(operating): -32°C …… +63°C
  • Temp.(storage): -55°C …… +85°C
  • Shock/Vibration: acc. to SPX902
  • EMI/EMC: acc. to SPX902
  • Power: acc. to SPX902
  • IP Protection: IP54
  • L&B Engineering Tests included
  • Official approval must be ordered separately

Others

 

  • PCAP-Touch with optical bonding between Touch and display to improve sunlight readability
  • Frontglas with Antiglare Coating (GU 80-100) to improve sunlight readability
  • Customized Design according to Requirements Specifications
  • Passive cooling without fan

Mounting

  • Customized: mounting points see Drawing and Step

Display

  • Panel: Color TFT-LCD
  • Display size: 13,3” (16:9)
  • Active area: 293,47×165,08mm(HxV)
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Pixel (HxV)
  • Display color: 16,7 M
  • Pixel pitch: 0,1665×0,1665mm(HxV)
  • Viewing angle: 178° in each direction
  • Response time: typ. 25 ms (Tr+Tf)
  • Contrast ratio: typ. 800:1
  • Luminance: max. > 800cd/m²
  • Dual-Backlight for NVIS-B compatibility

Controls and Communication

  • Touch: PCAP Touch with internal USB
  • Touch Controller and Output via Ethernet/UDP
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Pixel (HxV)
  • Display color: 16,7 M
  • Keys for Display-Control:
    • On/Off: Backlight On/Off Switch via membrane key
    • SRC: Toggle between HDSDI 1, HDSDI 2 and HDMI via one membrane key (with short OSD-Info after switching)
    • Dimming: Manual Backlight Dimming via two membrane keys (+/-) (with OSD-Info)
    • Touch Off: membrane key to disable the PCAP (with short OSD-Info every 10s if Touch Off)
    • Bezel Keys: 9 membrane keys via Ethernet
  • Signals for Display-Control:
    • NVIS/Day Select: Discrete external Signal for switching between Day and NVIS. (High/28VDC=Day, Low/GND or open= NVIS)
    • Ext. Dimming: External analogue Signal for dimming the backlight with up to 1024 steps. 0-28VDC, 28VDC=min 0V=max.
    • Ext. On/Off: External Signal for switching between BL_On and BL_Off. (Open=BL_On, Low/GND = BL_Off)

 

Video Signal

  • Signal Input: 2x HD-SDI (up to 3G)
  • SMPTE Standards:
    • SMPTE 292M & 424M
    • 1x HDMI
  • HDMI Standard: HDMI 1.4a /DVI 1.0
  • Signal Output: 1x HD-SDI

Accessories

Battery

Main V100 9-cell battery.

Power Adapter

AC adapter with power cord.

Battery Charger

Dual bay battery charger for the main battery.

Vehicle Adapter

12-32VDC vehicle adapter and charger.

Vehicle Mount

PMT vehicle mount.

Vehicle Mount

PMT vehicle dock with port-replication.

Vehicle Dock

PMT vehicle dock with port-replication and WLAN/WWAN Pass-Thru.

Hard Disk Drive

320GB HDD with canister.

Solid State Drive

160GB SSD with canister.

MIL-STD-461F Power Supply

Power supply for MIL-STD-461F.

Office Dock

V-Series office dock.

Hand Strap

X-Strap for V-Series.

Digitizer

Spare passive digitizer pen.

Stylus

Spare stylus with tether cable.

Computer Bag

Deluxe soft carry bag.

Questions ahead?

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