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Altia Code Generation Support Available for Texas Instruments AM62x Family of Processors

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Altia announces today code generation support for the new Texas Instruments (TI) Arm®-based AM62x family of processors targeting a broad range of industrial and automotive applications. For development teams seeking a low-power processor for a dual-screen display or small-size graphical user interface (GUI) applications, Altia offers a toolset for designing and deploying rich, custom graphics and efficient C code for optimized performance and lowest footprint.

TI AM62x family of processors delivers real-time performance at a lower cost to enable faster development and deployment and help reduce time-to-market. The AM62x includes four Arm® Cortex-A53 processors, a 3D graphics processing unit (GPU), one Arm® Cortex-M4F processor, two PRU-SS and 2GB DDR4 SDRAM. AM62x processors enable dual-screen, full high-definition displays and support for multiple operating systems, including Mainline Linux® and Android™ operating systems. Additionally, the architecture of AM62x processors is designed to reduce power consumption in industrial applications by as much as 50%–enabling an application powered by AA batteries to remain on for over 1,000 hours.

Altia’s GUI development software can further enable low power consumption and high frame per second (FPS) performance for designing and deploying graphical displays with TI AM62x. The Altia DeepScreen code generation solution for this processor is architected to make the most of each feature on chip, resulting in tight, production-ready C code that consumes minimal memory. Companies designing GUIs with Altia and TI AM62x processors can leverage Altia’s time-saving workflow to create full-featured, custom graphics with rich animations and 3D, delivering a high-impact user experience and extended battery life.

“Our DeepScreen code generation architects love designing solutions for new silicon—and they are especially excited to develop new code generators for processors where power is precious and bill of material (BOM) cost is critical,” states Michael Hill, Altia Vice President of Engineering. “The Altia team is proud to provide a concept to code solution for designing and deploying efficient GUI for TI AM62x processor customers.”

Altia is offering automotive instrument cluster and health monitor demos for the TI AM62x processor. Details about the demos can be found on Altia’s TI AM62x product page.

About Altia

Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final production code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process enabling clear team communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and medical devices. Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.

Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Renault, Magneti Marelli, Nippon Seiki, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, NordicTrack and many others.

For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].

Follow Altia on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

Altia Showcases GUI Solutions and Altia CloudWare™ at Embedded World 2023

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Altia, a leading provider of user interface design and development software, is proud to announce its participation in Embedded World Expo 2023. This premier international trade fair and conference for embedded systems will take place in Nuremberg, Germany from March 14 to 16, 2023.

Visitors to the Altia booth will have the opportunity to see live demos of Altia graphical user interfaces (GUIs) at work with a variety of embedded ecosystem partners—including Android, Green Hills Software, Imagination Technologies, Infineon, NXP, Qualcomm, Renesas, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. All are invited to visit and speak with Altia experts about how the company’s solutions can help them create visually stunning and highly functional user interfaces for their embedded systems. Around the show, Altia GUIs will be demonstrated by partners as well.

“We are excited to be a part of Embedded World Expo 2023 and to showcase our industry-leading software to the global embedded systems community,” said Jason Williamson, Altia Vice President of Marketing. “With Altia, our customers create intuitive user interfaces that set their products apart in a competitive market. Furthermore, they have the flexibility to scale their Altia GUIs from low- to high-power hardware and even switch to less expensive or more readily available hardware mid-production.”

At the expo, the Altia team will be demonstrating Altia CloudWare™, the newest product in Altia’s GUI development software lineup. This cloud-based Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) solution, is available to companies developing embedded graphical user interfaces for production devices. CloudWare™ allows GUI developers to remotely access and pair Altia’s software with popular embedded hardware to create a test drive experience for their GUI from anywhere in the world.

Visitors to the Embedded World 2023 parallel conferences are invited to learn more about Altia CloudWare™ in presentations by Jeff Stewart, Altia Director of Global Sales Engineering, at Electronic Displays 2023 Conference on Wednesday, March 15 at 2:20 PM and Thursday, March 16 at Embedded World 2023 Conference at 5:00 PM.

Find Altia in Hall 4, Booth 4-201 at the Embedded World Expo 2023. Attendees are encouraged to schedule a meeting at the show or visit Altia’s booth to learn more about the company’s products and services and to see live demos of its software in action.

Altia Announces DeepScreen Code for MediaTek MT2715

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Today Altia announces DeepScreen graphics code running on the MediaTek MT2715 system-on-chip (SoC). This combination of Altia and MediaTek technologies will serve global automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers designing automotive cockpit applications for production vehicles.

The MT2715 is the newest generation SoC from MediaTek—which replaces the company’s Autus I20 (MT2712). The MT2715 features higher CPU and GPU computing power than the previous generation to support 6K display resolution and rich applications across multiple displays for automotive integrated cockpit systems.

Altia’s advanced embedded HMI editor and graphics code generators are exceptionally suited for high power hardware like the MediaTek MT2715 SoC. The Altia tool suite enables designers and engineers to create powerful advanced displays with a streamlined, state-of-the-art workflow. Altia software allows for quick, easy iterations of dynamic, integrated 2D and 3D graphics for clusters, head-up displays, infotainment systems and full integrated cockpit applications. Leveraging Altia as a single tool for all cockpit displays, design teams can create a truly unified user experience across various display. Altia DeepScreen software solutions are architected to take advantage of the full array of features on chip to deliver high performance, production-ready C code.

“Altia and MediaTek have each enjoyed long success in driving advanced graphics for consumer electronics. We are extremely pleased to bring our technologies together on the MT2715 platform with a focus on next generation HMIs for automotive cockpit displays. We are currently working with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers on their most demanding UI challenges—and we are poised to solve these challenges with our potent combination of hardware and software solutions,” stated Mike Chang, VP of Computing, Connectivity & MetaVerse Group.

“We are proud to be the first HMI graphics supplier to provide graphics code for MediaTek’s new SoC. With the powerful feature set available on the MediaTek MT2715 and Altia’s production-proven user interface software, automakers will be able to design and deploy an integrated cockpit with multiple operating systems, including Android, and maintain a truly branded look and feel across every screen in the car,” stated Michael Hill, Altia Vice President of Engineering.

For more information about Altia code generation solutions for MediaTek MT2715, email [email protected].

About Altia

Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final product code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process for clear communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and healthcare monitors. Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.

Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Renault, Magneti Marelli, Nippon Seiki, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, NordicTrack and many others.

For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].

Follow Altia on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

Altia Launches CloudWare™ to Enable Simplified, Faster Embedded GUI Development

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Altia CloudWare™, a cloud-based Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) solution, is now available to all companies developing embedded graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for production devices. The newest product in Altia’s GUI development software suite, CloudWare™ allows GUI developers to remotely access and pair Altia’s graphical user interface software with popular embedded hardware to create a test drive experience for their GUI from anywhere in the world.

Officially launched at CES 2023 and previewed prior to the show with key partners and customers, Altia CloudWare™ is already being recognized as a game-changing solution for improved collaboration, fast access to production hardware and simplified hardware testing to find the right-sized hardware for a GUI project.

“At Altia, we work with companies developing graphical displays for production and we learn a lot about the challenges they have experienced in previous projects. It’s our mission is to make embedded GUIs easy, so we created CloudWare™ to simplify benchmarking, testing and running GUI designs on any supported hardware from anywhere in the world,” stated Mike Juran, Altia CEO. “With the prevalence of distributed teams, this new tool also enables immediate collaboration with a unified hardware-software stack. GUI teams will turn months of collaboration time into minutes with CloudWare™.”

“This hardware-in-the-cloud solution offered by Altia will enable our customers to rapidly evaluate NXP® Semiconductors’ high-performance MCUs and MPUs and make it easy for them to choose from the wide range of NXP devices available for their GUI-based products,” said Jeff Steinheider, Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Edge, NXP. “The production-proven pairing of Altia GUI software with i.MX 8QuadMax in the cloud is a major advance in HMI development. With coming support for i.MX RT1170 and i.MX 93 families, our customers will be able to quickly and easily explore our broad portfolio to find an optimal solution for their needs.”

“Altia CloudWare™ is more than just a product we’re offering to customers. As a global company, we have engineers all over the world who are actively using this tool for our own demo and product development,” stated Mike Morgan, Altia Director of Product Delivery. “Not only has CloudWare™ enabled us to troubleshoot our GUI development in real time, but it makes our engineering team members even more productive and successful. We’re collaborating more effectively and with greater certainty because we are developing and testing for the exact same hardware.”

Altia CloudWare™ is now available. To request your demo, visit www.altia.com/cloudware.

About Altia

Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final production code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process enabling clear team communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and medical devices. Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.

Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Renault, Magneti Marelli, Nippon Seiki, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, NordicTrack and many others.

For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].

Follow Altia on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

Altia Solves GUI Development Challenges with New Hardware-in-the-Cloud Solution

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Altia is proud to announce Altia CloudWare™, a cloud-based Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) solution that allows graphical user interface (GUI) developers to pair Altia’s production-proven graphical user interface software with popular embedded hardware to create a test drive experience for their GUI from anywhere in the world. Altia will showcase this new product at CES 2023 – January 5-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Altia’s real-world understanding of the challenges of embedded system setup, configuration and validation inspired the development of Altia CloudWare™,” stated Michael Hill, Altia Vice President of Engineering. “We wanted to give our users the ability to rapidly access embedded systems as if they are sitting on their own desks—without the hassle associated with hardware and software management. We have achieved this with CloudWare™.”

What challenges does Altia CloudWare™ solve? As embedded GUI developers face incredibly long lead times for test hardware, Altia CloudWare™ enables access to test hardware in minutes. With multiple platforms available, GUI teams can pair their GUIs with the hardware of their choice to benchmark and test their project for best performance. Distributed GUI team members work with the same hardware-software stack—eliminating risk of disparate software versioning, configuration or compiler installation. Additionally, because the hardware is in the cloud, there is no loss of productivity while teams wait for test hardware to manufacture and ship. Instead, teams can begin development now with their selected CloudWare™ platform. Altia CloudWare™ enables GUI design teams to meet their product development schedules so that, when production hardware is available, their GUI will be ready to deploy.

The Altia team will demonstrate Altia CloudWare™ at their Renaissance Hotel exhibitor suite at CES 2023. CES attendees interested in a demo of Altia CloudWare™ can request a meeting with Altia at www.altia.com/ces. Not attending CES? Sign up to see CloudWare™ on our website.

About Altia

Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final production code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process enabling clear team communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and medical devices. Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.

Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Renault, Magneti Marelli, Nippon Seiki, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, NordicTrack and many others.

For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].

Follow Altia on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

 

General Motors Extends Altia Software and Engineering Services to Deploy Digital Cockpit Displays for All Electric Chevy Silverado EV

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Altia previously announced General Motors’ use of Altia to design and deploy the massive integrated cockpit experience for the cutting-edge Cadillac LYRIQ. Today, Altia is proud to share that General Motors will continue to leverage Altia’s human-machine interface (HMI) solutions for the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, the brand’s ground-breaking fully electric truck.

“Altia is proud of our partnership with GM’s Design Team—and we’re excited to be a part of their evolution toward an all-electric fleet,” stated Mike Juran, Altia CEO. “General Motors is leveraging Altia’s software with an inventive approach that enables extensive configurability of their cockpit graphic assets for the LYRIQ, the Silverado EV and beyond. This speaks to GM’s commitment to deliver a best-in-class experience for drivers and passengers across all its brands.”

The Ultium™ battery-powered truck will be offered with two variations of a gorgeous digital dashboard—the standard 11.0-inch infotainment touchscreen and 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster or the upgraded 17.0-inch infotainment screen and 11.0-inch instrument cluster. Both systems include rich 3D animations and driver-focused screens with intuitive access to a full range of features. These screens are highly reconfigurable to suit the preferences of driver and passenger and can be continually personalized and customized thanks to Ultifi™, GM’s end-to-end software platform that will enable over-the-air updates of software-defined features, apps and services to customers. Combined with Super Cruise1, General Motors’ hands-free driver assistance technology for compatible roads, GM’s brilliant design teams are continuing to build a legacy of innovation.

“Altia enables our design teams to deliver a consistent, top-quality look and feel for our cockpit displays that truly represent the General Motors brand,” stated Daryl Carr, Senior Manager, GM User Interface Services. “As we continue to roll out new models in our fleet of electric vehicles, Altia will be a key contributor and solution for these cutting-edge production programs.”

Altia’s HMI development software—which includes Altia Design, a WYSIWYG graphics editor, and Altia DeepScreen, an automatic code generator—is used by automotive OEMS and Tier 1 suppliers across the world to deliver high impact, memory-efficient graphical displays for instrument clusters, head-up displays, in-vehicle infotainment systems and full integrated cockpit applications. With powerful features for advanced 3D, multi-language and functional safety, along with a Professional Engineering Services Group that is available to support any and all phases of HMI development, Altia helps companies get first class HMIs to market efficiently.

1Always pay attention while driving and when using Super Cruise. Do not use a handheld device. Visit https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/super-cruise for full details.

About Altia

Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final production code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process enabling clear team communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and medical devices. Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.

Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Renault, Magneti Marelli, Nippon Seiki, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, NordicTrack and many others.

For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].

Follow Altia on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

 

Electric Vehicle Charging Station GUIs Powered by Altia and Texas Instruments

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Altia HMIs drive an optimized user experience for automotive applications—whether that be while you’re driving your car or charging your car.

We’re excited to demonstrate our latest electric vehicle charging station HMI in a Phytec reference design based on the plyCore-AM62x System on Module at electronica 2022—November 15-18 in Munich. See the demo live with Texas Instruments in Hall C4, Booth 156.

More about the demo…

The EV charging station demo includes two touch-enabled screens—the first with a rotating car and an animated charging cable where the user indicates when the car is ready to plug in and when to start charging. The second screen informs the user about what time of day the vehicle will be completely charged, remaining time for charge, charging current and battery level with attractive and intuitive indicators. The platform under the status car on this screen glows with increasing intensity as the car charges.

Altia’s HMI development software—including Altia Design GUI editor and DeepScreen code generator—enables design teams to get first class graphics and an optimized user experience into production. Check out Altia’s pixels to production workflow in this video.

Here are details about the platform that Texas Instruments will be using to demonstrate this EV charging GUI.

PHYTEC Main Controller board:

  • Main Processor: TI AM62x
  • Main Board: PHYTEC phyCORE-AM62x SOM + phyBOARD-AM62x dev kit
  • Wi-Fi Sub-1 GHz Matter: M.2 Wi-Fi card, 2230 Key E form factor Wi-Fi and Bluetooth expansion module with TI WL1837MOD and TI CC1352P7
  • Power Line Communication (PLC): RED-BEET-P 1.1 PLC, HomePlug GreenPHY module Expansion card

TI Power Board: Texas Instruments TIDA-010239
European EV Socket Outlet: PCE socket-outlet type 2 e325
OS: Linux
Render Pipeline: OpenGL ES 2.0
Display: 10” Capacitive Touchscreen, 1920×720 resolution in the Portrait Mode

We invite you to check out the demo live at electronica 2022! Altia’s team will be at the show as well, so please let us know if you would like to meet to discuss needs for your next GUI project.

See you in Munich!

Motorcycle UX Design Lessons Learned from Automotive

Posted on by Cheryl Falk

Modern cars, trucks and SUVs constantly raise the bar by delivering superior dashboard displays. As the market evolves, there is demand for motorcycle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to incorporate more advanced features into their displays as well. Unfortunately, motorcycle displays are subject to unique constraints compared to automotive dashboards. These five lessons from automotive dash design can help motorcycle brands overcome challenges to deliver rider experiences that differentiate their displays.

From Automotive Dash to Motorcycle Display: Top Five Lessons

High standards for automotive dash displays are showing in the market demands for motorcycle displays. Motorcyclists want similar high-tech experiences but moving technology from cars to motorcycles isn’t an opportunity to drag and drop solutions. These five lessons from our experience with car dashboard user experience (UX) design can help motorcycle manufacturers bridge the gap.

1. Straightforward Software Makes Development Cost Effective

Cost is one of the largest barriers to an impressive motorcycle display UX. Controlling production cost is vital because a luxury motorcycle might only sell for a 10th as much as a luxury car. The average cost target for a motorcycle display is a sliver of the cost target for the tech in the average car’s cockpit. All at once, the hardware in a motorcycle must be smaller, less expensive and more environmentally hardened than what’s in a car.

Efficient software helps motorcycle OEMs cram 10 pounds of features into a five-pound bag. When Medallion brought a similar ambition to boat displays, streamlined human-machine interface (HMI) development helped the manufacturer integrate the same features at a fraction of the cost.

2. Connectivity Is Key: Android Auto, Apple CarPlay and Beyond

Another way to control cost without sacrificing UX is through seamless integration connectivity with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Riders are already bringing a lot of the tech they love, so smartphone connectivity helps motorcycle manufacturers empower feature-rich experiences without reinventing the wheel.

As in the automotive industry, integration gives riders access to all their favorite media from their smartphones, reducing the need for native entertainment and navigation systems. No matter which real-time operating systems (RTOS) you use, a unified HMI solution produces a consistent user experience.

Embedded connectivity helps riders pair their smartphones to their motorcycles even without tethered connections. Embedded connectivity helps motorcyclists avoid broken connections when the device is out of range of the bike. Telematic control units ensure persistent access to features such as hands-free calling, music playback and GPS navigation—regardless of whether the mobile device is near the motorcycle. A constant connection between mobile device and motorcycle also yields access to all the following, no matter when or where the motorcycle owner wants to check:

  • Theft alerts and remote engine disabling
  • Vehicle tracking and usage updates
  • Maintenance reminders and firmware over-the-air updates
  • Battery status reporting

In addition to keeping motorcyclists connected to their own devices, such technology can allow riders to connect and engage with others in the area.

3. Meet and Exceed Functional Safety Requirements

As of the 2018 update to the ISO 26262 standard, government and functional safety requirements are driving motorcycle manufacturers to adopt many of the same best practices as their automotive counterparts. Previously, the differences between cars and motorcycles left some ambiguity with respect to functional safety and controllability.

Now, functional safety elements such as the interlock brake icon must be brought into the display or handlebar of a bike. Similarly, the gear indicator is almost always part of the display—as opposed to being a simple light bulb—in new motorcycles.

Optimizing display interfaces for safety presents a unique challenge because displaying too much information in a small space can have an adverse effect. When information is not clear and easy to read, the HMI becomes a distraction to motorcyclists by drawing their eyes away from the road. Clean, adaptive user interface (UI) designs allow drivers to avoid clutter and see the right information at the right time. Contextual, connected information is also easier to understand immediately.

Especially meaningful or critical feedback must be displayed prominently because a helmet or environmental factors might obstruct the motorcyclist’s view. Pronounced typefaces and animations draw attention to urgent information. Smoother transitions display non-critical feedback less abruptly to avoid distracting or alarming riders.

4. Optimize Feature Density to Simplify User Experience

As classic elements migrate into the motorcycle display and manufacturers add modern features, keeping the user experience simple can be challenging. Displaying too much information on a small screen creates a distracting, meaningless UX.

Business Wire reports, based on research from Technavio, that the growing popularity of large motorcycle displays and infotainment systems is a major trend. Motorcycle manufacturers are finding new ways to present information, such as 3D displays and customizable dashboards to avoid crowded displays. Flexible approaches offer ways to connect motorcyclists with the information they need instead of presenting a disorganized mess of everything at once.

Another challenge here is in designing UI that is fit for all ages. Many 60-year-old riders might prefer a classically recognizable interface, something like what they had when they started riding a few decades ago. Twenty-something riders are digital natives who often prefer motorcycle displays with modernized looks and feels. Thoughtful feature density and customizable displays accommodate all riders by offering their desired interfaces and experiences.

5. Take Control of Brand Ownership

Beyond feature density and usability, branding is a key consideration for motorcycle displays. Delivering the relevant information and controllability in a generic package is one thing but keeping the display on-brand creates a more cohesive experience for the rider. Dark mode, light mode, branded colors and 3D elements offer motorcycle manufacturers opportunities to design attractive user interfaces. Taking control of cluster design gives OEMs greater flexibility to create innovative displays that help a motorcycle manufacturer stand out in the market.

Key Elements of Motorcycle Displays

Motorcycle manufacturers can use those five lessons to design displays to convey the crucial information riders need on the road. Motorcyclists expect to see all of the following at a glance:

Speedometer

  • To report the motorcycle’s current speed

Tachometer

  • To gauge and report the engine’s current RPM

Status Updates and Alerts

  • To indicate when a turn signal is on
  • To indicate when the motorcycle is in gear
  • To display warning lights, messages or icons

Odometer

  • To gauge the distance traveled on the motorcycle
  • Optionally, including a tripometer

Informational Displays

  • A chronometer or clock to show the current time
  • Advanced menus and interface navigation elements

Graphical user interface (GUI) development tools for motorcycle displays help designers incorporate all the required elements into pixel-perfect UIs

UX Design for Motorcycle Display Interfaces

Altia’s HMI design and development environment offers a GUI editor and a code generator; both fine-tuned for motorcycle display development. Get started today—and create branded, connected experiences like no other for your riders.

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