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VistaMaster — ensuring situational awareness

Flexible display and panel PC family

Optimal overview of the situation thanks to versatile panel PC

The solutions from the VistaMaster family of displays and panel PCs support the user in data processing and video display at various installation locations in the vehicle. The device is scalable in size and its functions can be adapted to meet any customer requirement. This enables you to implement a wide range of applications, from simple displays to central control units.

Readable under extreme conditions

To handle this wide range of applications, the displays are designed to ensure high contrast and good readability in darkness, in mixed light situations and even in bright sunshine. KNDS Deutschland Mission Electronics achieves this through optical bonding, which reduces reflections between the display and touchscreen and increases contrast.

Performance overview:

  • Capacitive multi-touch or resistive single-touch
  • Resolution up to full HD
  • Sunlight-readable
  • Integrated video signal processing
  • Customisable interfaces and functionalities
  • Touchscreen sensitivity can be adjusted to the type of glove

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The plus points

Technology for situational awareness

Touchscreen

The panel PC and displays can be equipped with capacitive or resistive touchscreens depending on the application and installation location.

Display

Various technical and design measures ensure that the information on the display can be read and the display operated under any light conditions, even with night vision goggles.

On-board voltage network

KNDS Deutschland Mission Electronics ensures smooth operation on the vehicle’s electrical system through the application of VG96916. This guarantees that the VistaMaster harmonises with the power supply system and does not negatively influence the system or take damage itself.

Thermal stability

VistaMaster family displays and panel PCs boast high thermal stability and do not require active cooling thanks to their fan-free design.

Video processing

VistaMaster displays feature integrated video processing. In addition to loopthrough, this also allows the camera images to be scaled and displayed in their own windows.

Qualification

VistaMasters keep out water and dust, withstand salt fog, hold up to fluctuating pressures and the extended temperature range, and reliably process data under heavy shocks and vibrations.

EMC

An aluminium housing and special display design ensure EMC compatibility. KNDS Deutschland Mission Electronics applies various civil norms and standards as well as MIL-SPECS for this purpose.

Modularity

VistaMasters can be adapted to meet the customer’s requests and requirements in every respect, from the interfaces and memory to customer-specific functionalities.

Functions

The primary function of the VistaMaster family of displays and panel PCs is to effectively access, display and process information and data from a variety of sources. In addition to visualisation and control of several connected computers, the VistaMaster offers customer-specific function modes.

  • Areas of application
  • Function modes
  • Operation
  • Operating system
  • Modularity
  • Data entry
  • Overlay function
  • Video functions
  • Picture-in-picture
  • Life cycle

Areas of application

  • Display with graphic interfaces
  • Slave display outside the vehicle
  • Rear display for area monitoring
  • Display with terminal function to support driver and commander
  • Central operating and display unit

Function modes

  • For example: Video processing, battle management system or weapon station
  • Switchable via serial bus or on the device
  • Active mode determines the assignment of the function keys
  • Key assignments of alternative operating modes remain active in the background
  • No restart required when changing mode

Operation

Simultaneous operation of a battle management system or other applications, such as monitoring, management or communication software

Operating system

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Other operating systems on request

Modularity

  • VistaMaster is designed to be modular and scalable
  • Adaptations to the customer’s requests
  • Adaptation of memory equipment
  • Adaptation of the type and number of interfaces
  • Adaptation to customer-specific functionalities
  • Device sizes from 7" to 17"

Data entry

  • via freely programmable function keys
  • by touch
  • via the connected peripherals

Overlay function

  • Displays the function of the active keys
  • Display of menus and symbols
  • Display of variable data

Video functions

  • Displaying analogue video sources
  • Displaying digital video sources
  • Simultaneous display and scaling of two camera windows
  • Display of analogue videos in real time
  • Low latencies for video transmission
  • Integrated video processing
  • Advanced video coding (AVC)
  • High efficiency video coding (HEVC)

Picture-in-picture

Simultaneous display of two different views, such as information from the battle management system and up to two video sources.

Life cycle

  • Externally replaceable CMOS battery
  • Obsolescence management
  • VistaMaster is always up to date with the latest technology

Technical data

Processor

Intel®

Memory

Customer-specific memory equipment

Graphics

Integrated graphics board

Display characteristics

Full HD resolution

 

Brightness 1,000 cd/m²

 

Contrast 600:1

 

Multi-level dimming up to masking

Interfaces

Bit-serial connections

 

Ethernet connection

 

Serial interfaces

 

Serial bus

 

Remote control output

 

Digital video interface

 

Analogue video interface

 

Image processing interfaces

 

Audio interfaces

 

Wireless video interface

 

PCI bus interface

 

Connection for mouse and keyboard

 

Customer-specific interfaces

 

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Four VistaMasters from the display and panel PC family

Hardware variants

  • VistaMaster with display sizes from 7" - 17"
  • VistaMaster as display
  • VistaMaster as panel PC
  • VistaMaster with single-touch
  • VistaMaster with multi-touch
  • VistaMaster with SIL function
  • VistaMaster as remote display
  • VistaMaster with customer-specific design
  • VistaMaster with customer-specific functions