Project Description
Overview
This agriculture equipment maker needed a CAN/J1939 based HMI device that visually represented the piece of equipment it needed to control. The keypad had to be dust proof and aesthetically match the hi-tech control cab it was going into with LED lighting that annunciated the position of the booms.
Challenges
- LED lighting effects were a challenge to mimic the long booms
- CAN J1939 messaging needed to work with their existing controls
- The look and feel (Haptics) needed to reflect a high performance device
Services Performed
- Industrial and Mechanical Design
- PCB design
- LED Lighting Design
- CAN J1939 Messaging development and testing
- IP67 design and testing
Results
- Industrial Design matches the machine layout
- Custom LED lighting for daylight and night time viewing
- Using standard DSS architecture developed custom CAN based keypad specific for customer
- Ruggedized design to withstand high dust environment