Autonomous vehicles.
More than just self-driving.
Autonomous vehicles often require very special and innovative HMI Solutions. EAO offers you the requisite know-how and ideal HMI Components.
What our HMIs can do for autonomous vehicles.
HMI design for the next generation.
Your partner for unique operating systems: HMI Components and Systems from EAO impress in autonomous vehicles with their design, individuality and high quality. The diversity of data sources makes the integration of different formats into the vehicle system a complex challenge. As a manufacturer, you benefit from the measurable advantages of EAO HMIs for a wide range of switching, control, and monitoring tasks.
Centre of excellence for HMIs
In our centre of excellence, we develop and produce custom-tailored HMI Solutions for you to use in autonomous vehicles. For maximum safety, we analyse the technical requirements, the environment and ergonomic and economic factors. The result is premium interactive products and solutions.
Solutions with HMI Functions.
Various tools full of individuality.
Push button.
Reliable with premium haptics.
Universally applicable actuators and indicators: push buttons from EAO are the right choice if reliability and first-class haptics are what counts for you.
Push buttons are ideal for mechanical engineering, control engineering, public and private passenger transport, lifting and conveying systems, heavy duty and special vehicles, and the automotive industry.
Advantages
- Intuitive to use
- Excellent haptic feedback
- Large selection of operation areas
- Wide range of colours for lenses
- Wide variety of symbols and markings, including customer-specific options
- Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
- Wide range of minimum and maximum switching ratings
Call for aid push button.
Intuitive. Safe in hazardous situations.
Always on the safe side: Call for aid push button with raised bell symbol is used to activate emergency or assistance systems on public transport and on call for aid terminals.
Advantages
- Extra-large operating area for easy and safe use
- Robust, raised front bezel made of anodised aluminium prevents unintended activation
- Two individually controlled feedback rings
- High IP69K front protection
- Ideal for outdoor use
Illuminated push button.
Worldwide standard from the pioneer.
The unrivalled original: EAO is the pioneer of illuminated push buttons. Since their development in 1958, these modular actuators and indicators are found in many applications and have been in rigorous use all over the world, thanks to their reliable visual feedback.
Advantages
- Intuitive to use
- Excellent haptic feedback
- Large selection of operation areas
- Wide range of colours for lenses and illumination
- Wide variety of symbols and markings, including customer-specific options
- Full-face, uniform, and glare-free illumination
- Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
- Wide range of minimum and maximum switching ratings
Universal switch.
Ideal for vehicle interiors – including for safety-relevant areas.
Universal switches meet your requirements for all E1-required applications, and are also available with an integrated connector recess. Universal switches are ideal for use inside vehicles, particularly for your switch controls in cars, electric vehicles, buses, trucks, and special vehicles.
Advantages
- Ideal for safety-relevant applications
- Wide range of designs and application-specific configuration options
- Ergonomic, modular design with IP5K4 protection rating according to DIN ISO 20653
- ISO 7000 or custom symbols
- Developed and manufactured in accordance with IATF 16949
Keypad.
Durable, functional and safe.
The modules are designed for E1 applications and are suitable for safety-relevant applications in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13849. The CAN bus connection ensures an intelligent and free programmability. The robust, modular design with sealing levels of up to IP6K9K according to DIN ISO 20653 and the ability to customize and individually select and arrange the keypad legends make these high-quality devices ideally suited for harsh use in heavy duty and special vehicles.
Advantages
- Robust, ergonomic and innovative design sealed up to IP6K9K protection
- Suitable for functional safety applications according to DIN EN ISO 13849
- Intelligent HMIs with CAN bus integration
- Programmable 4-segment RGB halo ring illumination for function feedback
- High flexibility due to interchangeable ISO 7000 or customised symbols
Series 09 Protective Shroud
The robust and shock-resistant Series 09 Protective Shroud not only provides reliable protection against unintentional actuation and operating errors, but also serves to comply with specific standards in various areas of application. For example, the EN1501-1:2021 standard requires all control and monitoring units on the outside of garbage trucks to be secured against accidental actuation or contact. The new Protective Shroud of Series 09 separates the individual push buttons. The additional guidance of the fingers makes it easy to operate the desired function even when wearing work gloves.
- Prevention of unintentional actuation
- Finger guidance and separation of the individual push buttons
- Reduced risk of operating errors
LIN switch panel.
For all your buttons.
Intelligent and reliable inside the vehicle: the LIN switch panel is ideal for all your E1 applications. It consists of nine buttons with freely selectable symbols in accordance with ISO 7000 or based on your individual wishes.
Advantages
- Flexible application due to configurable switch assignment
- Intelligent HMI with LIN bus integration developed according to IATF 16949
- Ergonomic and innovative design
- Illuminated ISO 7000 or customised symbols
- Quick and easy installation by clip-in or screw-in mounting
Emergency stop switch.
Protecting people and machines.
EAO's emergency stop switches are designed to reliably protect people from injury and prevent damage to machines, systems or vehicles, even in harsh environments and in tight installation conditions. Emergency stop switches with positive opening function (in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13850 and EN 60204-1) primarily serve to protect people. Emergency stop switches are always foolproof. They are easily recognisable by the red lens with yellow actuator or yellow protective shroud.
Advantages
- 100% switching reliability and foolproof, even in harsh environments
- Low back panel depth
- Large range of minimum and maximum switch ratings
- Illuminated
- Resistant to impact, vibration and shock
- Usable down to – 40 °C
- Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
- Available with standards-compliant protective shroud
Door opening push button.
Standard for safety.
For maximum safety in public transport, you need intuitive and reliable operating elements. To this end, EAO is expanding Series 57 with the new door opening push button for mounting on glass, bringing you the new standard for door opening push buttons on public transport.
Whether front-mounted on door profiles, rear flush-mounted on side walls, or mounted one-sided or double-sided on glass, Series 57 offers you the right door opening push buttons for all applications. They are very user-friendly, as well as impressing with unique optical, tactile and acoustic feedback.
Typical applications
- Public transport: rail vehicles and buses
- Building access: electrical doors and lifts
Advantages
- Extra-large Ø 74 mm operation area
- Raised symbols conform to TSI PRM
- Integrated finding tone for visually impaired persons
- Two unique, independently illuminated feedback rings
- Coherent look and feel of the entire Series 57
Individual advice
EAO will be happy to advice you in connection with the entire Series 57 range, for optimum selection of the right products in accordance with your specifications.
HMI Solutions in Special Vehicles.
Your expert for mixed solutions.
HMI Solutions.
Reliable and efficient.
EAO can develop custom-tailored HMI Solutions for you. These solutions impress through innovative technology, intuitive operation, and reliable functions. You can gain from our expertise in mixed technological solutions of this type, as we deliver benefits from our innovative design concepts through to efficient production and logistics.
Your measurable benefit
- Combinable system-based solutions and expertise
- Global expert knowledge and global service
- Flexible and modular design
- Advantages in terms of cost and time
- Sustainability – including through retrofitting and modernisation
Online product configurator.
Quick and easy to your HMI device.
Select the desired HMI function as well as the product features. Fast, intuitive, and exactly the way you want it.
Contact us.
Globally active – with local points of contact.
Contact: Do you have questions about EAO, our products and our solutions? We will be happy to help – after all, we know that working closely with our customers alongside excellent service are key to our success.
