general digital company profile 2010 rev 0 [recovered]
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General Digital Presentation 2010TRANSCRIPT
© 2010 General Digital Corporation 1
Bryan E.H. Gudrian, EE, President
Tenell G. Rhodes, Senior Vice President
Jennifer M. Derleth, OBL Operations Director
© 2010 General Digital Corporation 2
Founded in 1973 by Dr. Russell Reiss and Dr. Leonard Lazar
Currently Employ About 75 People of Whom Over Half are Hardware or Software Engineers
Located in South Windsor, Connecticut, in a 30,000 square foot Facility
80% – 90% of General Digital Sales are from its LCD Flat Panel Display Products and Systems
Core Competency in Ruggedized, Specialized and Customized LCD Products,
Optical Bonding and Enhancements, and Software Engineering and Integration Testing
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All Weather, Inc. L-3 Communications
Astronautics Lockheed Martin
BAE Systems NASA
Boeing Northrop Grumman
DRS Technologies Pratt & Whitney
FAA Raytheon
General Dynamics Rockwell Collins
General Electric SAIC
Goodrich Siemens
Hamilton Sundstrand Sun Microsystems
Honeywell International Tulip Development Labs
Industrial Electronic Devices U.S. Armed Forces
Kessler Ellis Products Westinghouse
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Display Systems
Military-, Industrial- and Commercial-Grade LCD Monitors
Custom Design and Engineering Services
LCD Monitor Systems Integration
LCD Computer Systems
LCD Terminal (Legacy Product)
Sunlight & NVIS Display Solutions
LED Backlights
Software Services
Software Components Testing
Test Definition & Design
Hardware Test Fixture Design & Manufacture
Software Code Generation
Optical Bonding Labs
Enhancement of LCDs, OLEDs, Plasma Displays
Passive Brightness Enhancements
Active Backlight Enhancements
Optical Bonding to Flat Screen Displays
Film Lamination to Flat Screen Displays
Contract Manufacturing Services
Ruggedization of Flat Screen Displays
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Large Format LCDs
Standalone / Mountable LCDs
Flip-up LCD w/Keyboard
Flip-up / Flip-Down LCDs
Rack Mount LCDs
Environmentally Sealed LCDs
Panel Mount LCDs
Open Frame LCDs
Rack Mount / Desktop Keyboards
Commercial-Grade LCDs
LCD Computers & Terminals
Daylight / Sunlight Readable LCDs
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TwoView™: Rack Mount, 2U high, Dual Flip-Up LCD Monitors with Integral Keyboard and Trackball
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SlimLine 1U™: Rugged, Rack Mount, 1U high, Flip-Up LCD Monitor with Integral Keyboard and Trackball
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Barracuda™ Series: Environmentally Sealed to NEMA4X and IP67 Specifications
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Impact™ Monitor Kit: Rugged, Open Frame LCD Monitor from 6.4" to 24.0"
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Titan™: Large Format LCD Monitors in Panel Mount, Rack Mount and Standalone/ Mountable Configurations
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We have a large assortment of products designed and built for virtually any application.
Our family of custom products continues to grow each year.
We specialize in small production lot sizes.
We are recognized as the industry leader in designing innovative flat panel solutions.
Extensive experience in designing and manufacturing to:
◊ MIL-STD-901D: High Shock & Vibration (Safety)
◊ MIL-STD-167: High Vibration (Safety)
◊ MIL-STD-810F: Shock and Vibration COTS
◊ MIL-STD-741: Audible Noise
◊ MIL-STD-461: EMI/RFI Emissions
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Brightness Enhancements
◊ Passive film management in older design panels
◊ Active backlight enhancement as needed
◊ Transflective modification of selected LCDs
Optical Bonding to LCD
◊ AR/AG glass to improve readability
◊ Touch panels to eliminate stray internal reflections
◊ EMI/Heater conductive glass
Film Lamination to LCD
◊ AR films as lower weight alternative
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Active with LED Backlights
◊ OEM
◊ General Digital-designed
Active with Multi-lamp Backlights
◊ OEM
◊ General Digital-designed
Passive Via Film Management
◊ Lowest power solution
◊ Especially effective with older design LCDs
Low-power Active (Hybrid)
◊ Replace single lamp rail with dual or triple lamp rail
◊ Film management as required
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GenFlective™ Modifications
◊ Conversion of selected LCDs from stock transmissive mode operation to transflective
Have Genflective™-enhanced LCDs from 5.5" to 15"
◊ Provides high contrast/high brightness in outdoor applications
Superior to contrast enhancement filter glass
◊ Low power, low heat approach to daylight readable displays
◊ Low cost of ownership
Long lamp life
Low power
Low heat dissipation
Low initial cost
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Why Bond Anyway?
◊ Optical coupling minimizes light reflections
Improved light output
Improved contrast
◊ Improves environmental capability
Heaters for operation at low temperature
Chemically strengthened glass for vandal resistance
Moisture cannot condense on inside
◊ LCD does not distort when touched
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Bonded overlays
◊ ITO-based transparent heaters
◊ ITO-based EMI filters
◊ Touchscreens
◊ AR and/or AG treated glass overlays
◊ Heat mirrors
◊ Vandal Shields
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Adhesives
◊ Silicone
Most versatile material
Can vary mix ratio to alter the hardness of the bond for differing environments
Can be readily reworked to recover from any contamination issues
◊ Epoxy
Hard bonding material for specific challenges
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Software Components Testing
Advanced-Life Testing
Systems Integration
Test Definition and Design
Hardware Test Fixture Design and Manufacture
Software Code Generation
Database Design Service
Compliant with DO-178B and DOD-STD-498
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Typical Customers are in the Avionics Industry
Any Company that has Microprocessor-based Products that Perform in a Mission or Safety Critical Environment
Customers are Under Government Mandate, Both Foreign and Domestic, to Test Each Individual Line of Code.
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Financial Stability
◊ Business Founded in 1973 (37 Years Ago)
◊ Technology Fast 50 Award Winner
◊ $4 Million Line of Credit
Pre-approved to $7 million
◊ Audited Financials Since 2001
◊ Profitable Every Year Since 1993
◊ Confidence Your Supplier Will
Remain in Business
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Mature QC Department and Acceptance Testing
◊ Extensive Burn-in Testing for a Minimum of 72 Hours
◊ Documented Procedures and Acceptance Criteria
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Superior Documentation and Configuration Control
◊ “Blue Books” with Complete Documentation
◊ Pro-Process Drawings
◊ Allows Easily Scalable Workforce for High Volume Programs
◊ Highly Attentive to Configuration/Revision Control
◊ Product Longevity Via “Like or Equivalent” Solutions and Last Time Buy Product Offerings
“Blue Book” Library Pro-Process Drawing
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First-Class Production Facility
◊ Designed, Manufactured and Serviced in the U.S.A.
◊ 30,000 sq. ft. (Expandable to 125,000 sq. ft.)
◊ Clean and Open Work Space
◊ Antistatic Acrylic Floors
◊ Laminar Flow Benches
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Mature Engineering Company with Extensive Capital Resources
◊ Ovens
◊ Colorimeters
◊ Power Meters
◊ EMI Antenna and Related Equipment
◊ Spectrometer
◊ Reflectometer
◊ Class 10 Clean Booth
◊ Class 100 Laminar Flow Benches
◊ High Speed Lamination Equipment
Reflectometer
High-Speed Laminator in Class 10 Clean Room
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Mature Engineering Company with Extensive Capital Resources
◊ Temperature / Humidity Chamber
◊ Vacuum Chambers
◊ Hipot Testers
◊ Data Loggers
◊ Thermal Sensors
◊ Current Probes
◊ Oscilloscopes
◊ Photometers Vacuum Chamber
Data Logger
Temperature/Humidity Chamber