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BALANCING SCREEN SIZE AND ERGONOMICS

Handheld electronics always call for enclosures with superior ergonomics. Comfort is critical – users won’t appreciate a mobile device that doesn’t feel right. And adding a display can pose further design challenges.

Touch screens should make life easier for electronics designers: combining the display and controls into one capacitive touch screen takes up less space. But the screen must be big enough to view and operate, while the enclosure must be small enough to hold comfortably.

And there are other factors to consider too: contours, styling, battery, and ingress protection – along with resistance to impacts, UV light and other hazards such as EMI/RFI or chemicals. Fortunately, there are some great handheld enclosures that have been designed specifically to house displays…