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Instrument clusters are the interface with which the system interacts with the driver of a vehicle. Whether it is a four-wheeler or a two-wheeler, the important information about the vehicle such as vehicle speed, engine speed, fuel level, etc are conveyed by the cluster. They help drivers get informed decisions and are as important as any other part of an automobile.

Automotive Instrument clusters, just like any electronic device have been evolving a lot. The newest feature is the support for TFT LCDs with attractive graphics. For a requirement for a major Tier 1, Embien developed and demonstrated the Instrument cluster concept with its Sparklet GUI library optimized for Renesas RH850 series.

Originally the instrument clusters were mechanical devices. Called as the Mechanical Instrument Clusters, the devices worked on the principle of converting motion from one mode to another. Typically the engine speed is transferred via cables that drive a cross-coil indicator. Based on the rotation speed, the magnetic rotor moves the pointer, displacement of which indicating a proportionate to the actual speed. Then with the advent of electronics, electromechanical clusters came into existence. The engine/vehicle speed was transferred via rotary encoders which generates a series of pulses based on the speed. The pulses are counted with digital counters and stepper motor drives are used to drive the pointers.

These electro-mechanical devices are still the most predominant segment in the Instrument cluster market. Generally providing the minimum information of Engine speed (tachometer), vehicle speed (speedometer), fuel gauge, and oil temperature, they also had tell-tale lights for events such as engine temperature, battery level, brake, etc. They provide a high level of reliability and are easy to design conforming to functional safety requirements.

While the instrument clusters evolved, the other electronics in the car also underwent drastic changes. The Engine Control Units (ECUs) became the de-facto controller of the engine and a lot more controllers popped up across the vehicle each controlling an aspect of the automobile such as the lights, mirrors, seats, infotainment system, airbags, etc. The count of such units – communicating via a bus such a CAN, crossed even a hundred in some vehicles.

More the controllers, the amount of information available to the driver also increased manifold. The electro-mechanical clusters had a fixed arrangement and are not scalable. OEMs looked for a better management of space and new technologies for the IC.

Initially the manufacturers added a limited display – a segmented or graphical type to extend the information availability. Multiple trip meters and odometers were included as part of the functionality. Then with falling LCD prices and cheaper microprocessors, OEMs started adding TFT display. These displays, being highly configurable offered numerous functionalities in a minimal space. Still the electromechanical dials were not ditched completely in favor of TFTs. The TFTs had a rather gradual entry into the space. Some initial configurations had TFT LCD at the center with dials in the sides or a dial in the center with LCDs in the sides.

Nowadays, OEMs and customers are open to have Full TFT displays. Having used to smartphones, the UX expectations from the cluster have increased manifold. TFT based ICs offer a lot of options that were not possible earlier. With the same space, the amount of information that can be displayed has increased. It is possible to have complex menus for configuration. Of the volley of data, only those of interest can be shown based on user preference. Users can also customize the look and feel of the display with the option of selectable themes.

Embien designed and developed such an instrument cluster prototype with Renesas RH850 based MCU. Designed for the two-wheeler market, the cluster leverages the power of the MCU – the Renesas RH850, specially designed for such HMI applications. Variants of the devices offer up to 4 layers of displays each of which can host up to 18 sprites. These offer the best way to render widgets with minimal effort from the software/CPU. Powered by dedicated GPUs, rendering is also quiet faster with low/no CPU overhead. Up to 2.5MB of internal SRAM is available for holding display information along with a JPEG decoder.

The hardware designed had multiple LCD options including 5” and 7” LCDs with support for 18-bit and 24-bit interfaces. A CAN transceiver is available to communicate and collect information from the ECUs. An external Bluetooth module connected over UART offers connectivity to the smartphone that can be used to intimate incoming calls, pick/reject them, message and other notifications, etc. Another unique feature with the design is to support navigation map over Bluetooth.

Embien’s instrument cluster demo for 2 wheelers included various features such as intuitive display of vehicle information, customizable display, smooth animation for changes between screens etc. All the UI designs were done with Adobe Photoshop and imported via Flint IDE, the ideal tool for HMI development for Sparklet. The combination proved to be very effective in helping to complete the activity within weeks.

The design enabled Embien to develop a next generation of Instrument Cluster and also demonstrate the capabilities of its Sparklet Embedded Graphics library.

There are other tft instrument clusters on the market, such as a custom Tft instrument cluster. In addition, the installation of a Tft panel cluster is small and easier to build the instrument as its own suggests. There are several types of Tft instrument clusters, including solar panel clusters, dash gauge cluster, and dashboard clusters.

Explore more products, find out more about them. On Alibaba.com, you can find different tft instrument clusters that are suitable for different vehicles and the tftometer modes.

The 5.7" TFT display is only available as part of Navigation Plus (ZNQ). Whether you get Nav Plus as an individual option (it"s a package of options itself) or as part of the new "Innovation Package" is irrelevant. As long as you have ZNQ, you"ll be fine.

Driving Assist and Driving Assist Plus do not include the 5.7" TFT display. But according to the UK price list, Driving Assist Plus (5AT) requires you to have ZNQ. Cheaper Driving Assist (5AS) doesn"t seem to require nav plus.

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMD) has developed a new circular design liquid crystal display (LCD) intended for installation in instrument panels for automotive applications.

The newly developed product features a 75mm outer diameter circular form, including the driving circuit, and is based on TMD"s proprietary low temperature poly silicon (LTPS) technology. The compact design is beneficial in the tightly confined space typically found in a motor vehicle instrument panel.

Existing vehicle-mounted TFT LCDs have been primarily used for car navigation, rear seat entertainment and other applications for displaying content and media. Recently, there has been a growing need for installation of TFT LCDs that offer higher contrast and enhance the visibility of onboard instrument panels. In response to such needs, TMD has developed a circular form, full-color TFT LCD panel, which maximizes the effective utilization of the confined space in the instrument panel section and also contributes to the styling and design of the instrument panel itself.

Historically, TFT LCDs have been designed in a rectangular format, due to the electronic connections and configuration needed to externally control the pixels at the intersections of electrodes arranged in horizontal and vertical directions. In the newly developed display, the peripheral driving circuit is integrated on to the glass, using TMD"s proprietary LTPS technology, which enables a drastic reduction in the number of external points required for electrical connection. The result is a display module that is round for approximately three-quarters of its circumference, thus it is nearly completely round in shape. In addition, by achieving an effective viewing display area of 62mm and a thickness of 11mm or less, including the backlight and LCD driving circuit, this prototype may fit well within the typical speedometer or tachometer gauge found in automotive applications.

Volume growth of hybrid cluster will be dominated in emerging markets such as APAC countries and Latin America due to increasing adopting in mid-segment vehicles by indigenous OEMs

USA, China and Europe are estimated to see lower growth in hybrid cluster as compared to digital cluster due to direct transition from analog to completely digital cluster in most trims

Integrated cockpit domain controllers, head-up display and driver assistance features are expected to get integrated into the cluster in the forecast period

Eye tracking and turn-by-turn navigation integration into the cluster, which is already implemented by few OEMs will influence the price rise in this segment

Continental has signed a strategic agreement with Pioneer Corporation to integrate Pioneer’s entire infotainment subdomain for cockpits with the company’s instrument cluster high performance computer.

Automotive Instrument cluster is a set of instruments and gauges that helps in understanding the functioning of a vehicle at a single glance. Instrument cluster comprises speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, warning indicators, pointers, sensors and electronic control unit. The display can be either analog, digital or hybrid. It ensures driver’s safety as it keeps track of the car’s health and movement.

ADAS and AI based vision processing technology for autonomous vehicles StradVision is partnered with LG Electronics to develop an AR head up instrument cluster projects such as ADAS warnings and navigation information on windshield using augmented reality which enhances the vehicle safety.

Japanese semiconductor manufacturing company Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a new system on chip product for the automotive electronics applications. The new R-Car Gen3e SoCs series provides 20% higher CPU speed for instrument cluster, driver monitoring systems and integrated cockpit domain controllers. Q3

Google revealed a new feature in Android Auto at its Google I/O annual developer conference, the new Android Auto will support instrument cluster integration, that is the app will display on cluster if the screen is supported by digital display. Q2

Hyundai Motor India increased its Verna models production in India and partnered with German multinational company Continental AG to supply digital instrument clusters to meet the growing demand. Q1

The electronic components such as display screen (mostly LCD), integrated chips, and control units are available readily and cheaper in cost. This has been a major factor in expanding the market.

Digital clusters will continue to be a premium feature in emerging economies and also contribute to increased value per unit of the digital cluster. Integrated cockpit domain controllers, head-up display and driver assistance features will be further integrated into the cluster in the forecast period.

The sales of electric vehicles has been on rise in the past few years with the global automakers surpassing revenue milestones and pre-order bookings. As the pollution levels and oil prices across the world are on a rise, the demand and production of electric vehicles is increasing creating incentives for automakers to develop more enhanced technologies. Several automotive part manufacturers are now focusing on the development of digital instrument clusters keeping in mind the requirements of an electric vehicle. For instance, Visteon announced an agreement with Renault motors to supply the instrument clusters for the company’s electric Kwid model.

Instrument clusters for electric vehicles come with an integrated dashboard to provide the user necessary information about the battery charge left as well as the availability of the nearest battery charging station and software enhancements from OEMs. Therefore, with the rise in demand for electric vehicles and automakers making strides in the sector by developing new technologies, the demand for instrument clusters with specialised features for electric vehicles will increase.

The instrument cluster in a car contains the different displays and indications that allow the driver to control the vehicle. Several instruments, such as a speedometer, odometer, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, fuel gauge, and other indicators for system failures and alerts, are among them.

Load drivers each physical (non-graphical) gauge is controlled by its own stepper motor. In addition, almost all instrument clusters have LED backlighting. To function properly, each of these devices requires a load driver.The stepper motor drivers are often integrated into the instrument cluster MCU; however, the LED backlight driver is implemented as an independent IC.

An integrated CAN and/or LIN transceiver is frequently included in instrument cluster MCUs for connecting with numerous sensors throughout the vehicle. The microcontroller may additionally have stepper motor drivers for actuating various gauges, as previously indicated.

Power Management in Low-dropout regulators are particularly effective in situations where there is a lot of load, such as when using an electric starter. External memory, stepper motors, one or more MCUs, CAN interface, LIN interface, and LED backlighting are all examples of instrument cluster components that can work at different voltage levels. When designing for efficiency, compactness, low cost, and low EMI, careful thought is essential because there are so many distinct power rails.

On the basis of technology hybrid instrument cluster is expected to dominate the market. Its ability to integrate both analog and digital has been the factor for this. The rise in electric vehicles and adoption of hybrid instrument clusters in commercial vehicles is expected to boost the market.

Passenger vehicles hold most of the share in the instrument cluster. High-end passenger vehicles attract larger market share as mostly they will be hybrid type and feature more options than other segments.

The 2 wheelers are sold in high numbers in Asia region, accounting for a sizable instrument cluster market volume in the region. The MY 2018 onward vehicles launched in the Asian market have a much higher digital content.

The instrument cluster market in the USA will be driven by the growth of the electric vehicle industry as well the increasing implementation of fully digital clusters in the pickups as they account for a large volume of the overall sales. Another dominant factor which will influence the growth of the instrument cluster market will be the focus on advanced driving safety features, implementation of which will require the need for OEMs to redevelop their cluster systems to include driver assistance features.

The demand for SUVs and crossovers ( 55% share in new car sales in 2020) will increase the instrument cluster market value in the country. Many top selling SUVs in the US are fitted with digital instrument cluster as a standard option.

Pickups account for 16-17% market share of new car sales in the US and all of them have Analogue dials + TFT display(centre) + multiple gauges setup (on top). Ford F-150, the top-selling US vehicle for more than four decades, gets a 8 inch TFT display in centre for higher variants and 4.2 inch display for lower variants.

Post Covid-19, the US was less prone to drop in sales numbers due to the rise in private ownership of vehicles, thereby showing a positive trend in growth of the cluster market as well.

15 inch diagonal multi-color head-up display which projects data onto the windshield such as speed, temperature, directions, time. There are 3 DIC cluster options.

12 inch diagonal screen with vehicle dynamic control with traction control system as well as a multi-color head-up display. The cluster includes gauges for speed, temperature, infotainment details as well as fuel details.

12.3 inch instrument cluster with configurable display and 3D animations. Speed, temperature and other vital information can be projected on the 6 inch head-up display.

The rise in sale of electric vehicles (+147% YOY 2020) has led to a rise in hybrid and digital instrument clusters across Europe. The volume of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars (EVs) increased from 575,000 units in 2019 to a staggering 1.42million units in 2020 indicating the accelerated transition to new energy vehicles in this region

The EU region had among the lowest penetration of analog systems globally. Only entry level car models such as Dacia Sandero, Opel Corsa and Fiat Panda featured an analog cluster due to significant price advantage.

High share of Premium and Luxury car sales in Europe region has boosted the Automotive Instrument cluster market immensely, by Value. All the top selling models in Europe feature hybrid instrument clusters. VW now offers the biggest range of Digital instrument clusters starting from Polo, Golf, to Tiguan, Passat across multiple variants.

Among French OEMs, Renault offers a 7- inch TFT Display on many top-selling vehicles but not on its Budget brand Dacia. PSA group offers Digital instrument cluster on best-selling SUVs like 208,3008 and 2008.

EV push by OEMs such as Polestar, Daimler, BMW and others is a strong factor to the growth of the value market especially in the digital cluster segment.

In the year 2020, China had an estimated output of 6.6M analog clusters, 7.3M hybrid clusters and 5.9M digital clusters, accounting for ~30% of the worlds instrument cluster sales

The instrument cluster market in China is expected to witness an aggressive growth strategy in the features offered due to stiff competition as well as the phenomenal EV growth aiding in complete redevelopment of the in-cabin experience. As of 2020, China has the highest percentage of vehicles among its top selling vehicles to feature an all-digital cluster as compared to any other region

Among the top selling vehicles most of them are fitted with hybrid instrument clusters, except for the budget cars such as Wuling Hongguang and Volkswagen Lavida which still have  analogue instrument panels.

Indigenous models such as Haval H6, Geely Boyue and the BAIC EU series were among the top selling cars which featured a complete penetration of full digital clusters

As of 2020, Japan is the only region where digital clusters had the highest penetration of about 40%, followed by hybrid clusters at 31% and analog at ~29%. The hybrid market is expected to eat into the market share of the analog market due to indigenous OEMs such as Toyota and Honda looking to implement their home-grown technology in all their models.

As of 2020, Toyota is yet to transition from TFT screens in their top selling vehicles Prius, Sienta and Corolla. The digital cluster is estimated to get more than 50% of the value market share in 2025 at ~$1.5B and the overall instrument cluster at ~$2.8B by 2025

Most of the top selling passenger vehicles are hybrid type instrument clusters. Very few are digital types such as Toyota Prius. The companies manufacturing instruments from Japan cluster are continuously investing on R&D to improve technology, this will boost Japan’s market in this sector.

Driver assistance systems and EV growth will influence the price per unit of the cluster as OEMs such as Toyota and Honda continue to race towards implementation of such features.

In 2020, analog clusters had a large penetration of ~68%, hybrid clusters at about 30%, while digital clusters had a poor share of ~2%. Nissan magnate and Renault Kwid were the vehicles in the entry segment to get an all-digital instrument cluster

Indian market will continue to witness growth in the analog market due to need for extremely cost-effective clusters in the low budget vehicles, which constitute a significant chunk of the number of sales in the region

Till 2016, almost all cars sold in India had the same instrument cluster provided on all variants except different tachometer readings in case of Petrol and Diesel. But, now there is clear differentiation between lower segment variants and higher segment variants of the same vehicle, and the design on Instrument cluster varies. Ex- 2019 Mahindra XUV 300, Hyundai Venue, 2020 Hyundai Creta.

Except for Suzuki Baleno and Kia Seltos most of the top selling cars have analog instrument clusters.  Analog instrument clusters hold the majority of share as they occupy all the top selling budget cars. However, the hybrid instrument cluster is slowly seeing the rise.

Till date, there is no option of adding a Digital instrument cluster as a Paid option while configuring a car like US and EU markets. For Example, one can opt for a 10-inch Digital cluster in VW T-Roc for ~$500 extra.

Going forward, Indian market will continue to witness growth in the analog market due to the need for extremely cost-effective clusters in the low budget vehicles, which constitute a significant chunk of the number of sales in the region.

The rise in demand for ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) and autonomous driving is expected to boost the market, as it requires a more sophisticated instrument cluster system.

Apple is working on a new project called IronHeart which enables vehicle function controlling through the iPhone such as instrument cluster, radio, HVAC, power seats and many more.

Visteon Corporation is partnered with Blackberry to develop next generation digital instrument cluster, telematics solutions and infotainment systems for automobiles, Visteon made multi year agreement with Blackberry to use QNX software to develop digital cockpit solutions.

Nobo Technologies to use Blackberry’s advanced digital cockpit controller for the next generation SUV Haval H6S, for the cluster display, infotainment, driver monitor system built using Blackberry QNX Neutrino Real time operating system and QNX Hypervisor. Q3

Hyundai Motor Group is partnered with Finland’s software solutions provider Qt, which supplies human machine interface(HMI) technology for the implementation of instrument cluster, rear entertainment systems and infotainment systems in its Kia and Genesis brand vehicles. Q3

Panasonic has developed a concept for advanced cockpits which will feature multiple displays as well as touchless operation. The electronic cockpit solution offers an innovative digital instrument cluster with other displays using HMI.

Electric vehicle industry will strongly influence the growth of the digital cluster market due to the need for consolidation of entire cluster system in the vehicle

China accounts for close to 10% of the worldwide analog cluster sales of about 7.2M units in year 2020, making it the single largest market in terms of volume

With the introduction of Nissan Ariya in US, Nissan Magnite in APAC and continued influence of Nissan Leaf in EU the company will strongly influence digital and hybrid instrument cluster numbers

USA, China and Europe are expected to see lower growth in hybrid cluster as compared to digital cluster due to direct transition from analog to completely digital cluster in most trims

Bosch’s curved instrument cluster, first of its kind is installed in Volkswagen Touareg, it is expected to benefit the drivers by improving the visibility.

In the year 2019, Visteon Corporation announced the launch of a digital instrument cluster to be incorporated in PEUGEOT 208. The unique 3D i-cockpit will come equipped with a pair of TFTs to provide graphical content with 3D animations as well as content on both screens.

The new R-Car Gen3e series of SoCs, which includes six new members, provides a scalable lineup for automotive applications that require high-quality graphics rendering, such as integrated cockpit domain controllers, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), digital instrument cluster, driver monitoring systems, and LED matrix light. It Increases CPU performance — the R-Car M3Ne, R-Car M3e, and R-Car H3e devices can now run at up to 2GHz.

Scalable Instrument Cluster platforms with low-power, line-based graphic processing, functional safety, embedded Hardware Security Module (HSM), and Over-The-Air (OTA) software updatability deliver a rich visual user experience at the lowest possible cost of ownership.

Automotive instrument clusters give drivers a consolidated and easy-to-read display with all of the vehicle’s important driving data. It’s the driver’s workspace, so a perfect cluster dashboard that can be safely updated and customised is essential.

On the market, Infineon provides an unrivalled spectrum of scalable instrument cluster platforms. The TraveoTM and TraveoTM II microcontroller product families offer the highest scalability, supporting both traditional gauge and hybrid instrument clusters, as well as virtual instrument clusters.

The graphics engine within the microcontroller can operate on a line basis, which reduces the amount of memory required for graphics processing. The TraveoTM II graphic MCU can support the virtual instrument cluster with a high resolution.

Performance and density scalability are provided by Infineon’s SemperFlashTM and HyperRAMTM memory products to fulfil the needs of various instrument cluster systems. These high-performance memory devices are suited for high-speed access and real-time graphics.

Automotive components manufacturers for OEMs Spark Minda and automotive electronic components and system supplier Stoneridge are joint ventures since 2004, Minda Group acquired a major stake in Stoneridge JV to take ownership of instrument cluster and sensor business.

Global human machine interface(HMI) technology provider Candera GmbH, is partnered with auto component manufacturer Varroc Engineering Limited, by signing a MoU(Memorandum of Understanding) agreement. Candera will supply software solutions in HMI and Varroc will develop hardware for the TFT instrument cluster.

As many OEMs such as Volkswagen Group, Toyota, GM aim to move the development of their cluster systems in-house in order to unify their platform for cockpit solutions, we expect a big transition in the market with suppliers for cluster systems needing a higher level of collaboration with OEMs in order to stay in the race to provide innovative solutions.

Continental and Visteon hold the majority of global market share and are the leading manufacturers in this sector. Some of the other players are Denso (Japan), Bosch (Germany) and Magneti Marelli (Italy). Qualcomm and Mentor Graphics (US) have been providing software platforms for digital instrument clusters. Pricol from India has been the leading instrument cluster manufacturer for 2 wheelers.

Continental has signed a strategic agreement with Pioneer Corporation to integrate Pioneer’s entire infotainment subdomain for cockpits with the company’s instrument cluster high performance computer. The development of this technology is aimed primarily for the Asian market. The company also recently released the half-yearly financial report for the first half of the year 2021 with the sales worth $23.7 billion which was an increase from the previous year which reported $19.5 billion for H1 of 2020. The sales of the automotive technology department was $9.2 billion for the same term, an increase from the H1 of 2020 which reported $7.9 billion worth sales.

The leading manufacturer of instrument clusters, Visteon recently announced the fiscal results for the second quarter of the year 2021. The company recorded net sales worth $610 million which was a whopping 59% year on year increase from the Q2 of 2020 reporting net sales worth $371 million. The company also announced that Geely Auto’s new Xingyue L flagship SUV will be the first production vehicle to incorporate the intelligent cockpit system developed with Qualcomm technologies and ECARX.

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