We have offered custom HMI solutions to the aviation industry for decades. Their smart architecture and ergonomics provide best-in-class product performance while meeting the requirements of flight safety and end-user comfort.
Thales provides solid engineering skills and its knowledge in the fields of mechanics, electronics, and optics to every client partner. Our client-focused approach to design contributes to key operational improvements in weight reduction, greater component integration, and lower energy consumption.
Front panels
Thales has significant expertise in designing and manufacturing front panels for cockpits.
Depending on client expectations, the panels integrate captions and markings with backlighting or indicator lights. All our configurations take brightness and contrast into consideration, for optimal readability.
We can also define numerous hardware designs, such as the PWM interface for managing backlight intensity and adapt photo sensors for brightness control, the 12C bus, or the analogue interface.
Thanks to our expertise in LED technologies with filtering, our group provides high-performance HMI (Human-Machine Interface) solutions to ensure optimal flight conditions for the military when pilots use night vision goggles. This is especially the case for search & rescue, border control, and medical assistance missions
Control panels
Thales has the recognized expertise and extensive engineering skills required for developing custom control panels, according to an architecture aligned with our clients’ requirements. Our certifications include command of complex hardware (DO-254) and embedded software (DO-178).