SKY-TDM will professionally offer you a high-performance 2.1 inch circular touch display solution. This module features a 480x480 resolution and IPS wide-angle technology. It has a compact overall size. We provide in-depth product customization services, including touch screen size, protective glass, interface configuration, and complete coating processes. Please come for consultation!
This is a 2.1-inch circular touch screen specifically designed for smart home appliances and compact control panels. SKY-TDM can customize the display touch screen according to the actual structure of your equipment and the human-machine interaction (HMI) requirements.
This 2.1 inch circular touch display solution has a resolution of 480x480 and an approximate size of 56.18 x 59.71 x 2.26 millimeters. It is compact in structure. It uses the ST7701 driver IC and supports RGB interface (which can be customized as MIPI interface).
We provide customized display solutions to meet your core needs and help you seamlessly integrate display components into the overall industrial design of your equipment.
Why Circular Displays for Smart Appliances?
Round displays are increasingly replacing traditional square screens in smart home appliances.
Seamless Industrial Design: Circular displays eliminate the visual conflict between a rectangular screen and the curved, cylindrical forms common in coffee machines, air purifiers, and smart speakers. The screen integrates into the product silhouette rather than breaking it.
Knob Replacement: Many appliances still use physical rotary knobs for temperature, speed, or mode selection. A circular touch display can replicate the knob's function digitally with dynamic icons, adjustable sensitivity, and no mechanical wear, while offering more information than a printed dial.
Better Use of Compact Space: In small control panels, a circular layout avoids the wasted corner areas of rectangular screens. The 480×480 square pixel array maps naturally to a round viewing area, making full use of the available display region.
Stronger Visual Focus: Circular interfaces draw the user's eye to the center of the control panel, which is ideal for primary functions like start/stop, temperature adjustment, or mode selection in smart coffee machines and kitchen appliances.
Consistent Aesthetics Across Product Lines: Appliance brands can standardize on circular display modules across multiple products: coffee machines, air purifiers, washing machines creating a unified design language while simplifying procurement and inventory.
Touch + Display Integration: Combined with optical bonding and PCAP touch, a circular display becomes a sealed, easy-to-clean front panel, critical for kitchen appliances exposed to moisture, grease, and daily cleaning.
Why Choose Optical Bonding?
For smart home appliances, compared to traditional air-gap structures, optical Bonding delivers a more integrated display effect, highlighting the premium feel of the product.
By seamlessly bonding the touch panel to the display, this solution effectively minimizes visible light reflections caused by the air gap and prevents moisture ingress in varying humidity levels. It creates a much cleaner front surface, making it particularly ideal for home products with demanding aesthetic requirements.
This technology can be widely applied across various appliance designs, such as smart coffee machines, air purifiers, kitchen appliances, washing machine control panels, and smart ovens.
Compact Display Solutions Tailored for Space-Limited Products
Featuring an extremely compact mechanical footprint of just 56.18 × 59.71 × 2.26 mm, 2.1 inch circular touch display solution is perfectly suited for applications with strict internal space constraints. Its 480x480 resolution delivers a square user interface that seamlessly integrates into the assembly of compact control panels.
We can discuss customized solutions with our clients based on the following workflow:
Different projects may require varying screen dimensions, aspect ratios, mounting structures, or touch solutions tailored to specific use cases. Therefore, we highly recommend integrating custom development into the early design stage of your product. Through in-depth communication regarding your specific needs, we can provide superior customized solutions.
Flexible Interface Options
This 2.1 inch circular touch display solution assembly supports an I2C touch interface, allowing the touch function to be seamlessly integrated with the customer’s master control system.
In terms of display performance, the screen features a brightness of 300 cd/m² and an 800:1 contrast ratio. It offers wide viewing angles of up to 80° in all directions, and provides options for both RGB and MIPI display interfaces.
MIPI Interface:
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RGB Interface:
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These outstanding characteristics lay a practical foundation for the interactive interfaces of compact home appliances, fully meeting users' human-machine interaction (HMI) needs.
Flexible Customization for OEM & ODM Projects
Every customer device features a unique display interface and distinct industrial design. To serve our diverse customer base, we provide comprehensive OEM and ODM customization services. We can discuss tailored solutions based on your specific requirements, such as custom touch panels, custom cover glass, various interface options, customized FPC cables, logo silk-screen printing, and customized brightness and optical parameters.
In addition to our reference 2.1 inch circular touch display solution, we also offer integrated display driver board customization services, including options like serial port boards.
Customization Workflow
1.Requirement Confirmation: Share your display size, resolution, touch function, and installation space.
2.Solution Design: We propose touch panel, cover glass, and interface configuration.
3.Sample Development: Prototype assembly for your mechanical and electrical validation.
4.Design Verification: Joint review of fit, touch performance, and optical effect.
5.Mass Production: Stable batch supply with full inspection before shipment.
Early involvement is recommended: we can adapt the display assembly to your industrial design rather than forcing your design around a standard module.
Application Areas
Our display solutions are widely applicable to various smart home and appliance products, including:
Smart Coffee Machines: Touch controls provide a modern and interactive user interface.
Air Purifiers: Compact touch display assemblies allow for quick adjustment of various functions.
Smart Kitchen Appliances: For products such as rice cookers, ovens, and range hoods, we offer touch displays with rotary knob functionality.
Washing Machines & Dryers: Displays enable quick selection of washing and drying programs, while providing an intuitive view of the operating status.
For all the appliance categories mentioned above, we can meet your specific specification requirements.
FAQ
Q1. Do you only have 2.1-inch circular touch display solution?
No, we offer a wider range of options. In addition to the 2.1-inch assembly, we also provide 1.6-inch, 2.7-inch, 5-inch, and other sizes. The specific choice depends on your product requirements.
Q2. Can the 2.1 inch circular touch display solution be customized?
Yes. Touch panels can be fully customized to meet your needs, including the outer shape, special surface treatments for the cover glass, FPC cable design, and more.
Q3. Can the circular LCD module be supplied separately?
Yes. We can supply the LCD module or the touch panel separately. We also support a solution where only the cover glass is laminated, without the touch panel.
Q4. Can this display be used in smart home appliances?
Yes. This type of compact touch display is suitable for applications such as smart coffee machines, air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and other intelligent control terminals, subject to the final application requirements.
Q5. Do you support OEM and ODM projects?
Yes. Customers can discuss customized requirements with us, including display size, touch panel, cover glass, full lamination, interface type, and mechanical integration.
Q6. What information should we provide for a customized display project?
Ideally, please provide the required screen size, resolution, touch function, cover glass dimensions, installation space, interface requirements, operating environment, and estimated quantity. Additionally, providing product drawings or 3D housing files would be highly beneficial for our mechanical evaluation.
Get a Custom Display Solution
If you are developing a new home appliance, we would be more than happy to get involved at the very beginning of the design phase to comprehensively evaluate your overall product requirements.
SKY-TDM can work closely with our customers to assess specific needs, including display size, touch solution, cover glass, and custom driver boards. This collaborative approach helps create a flawless finished product, avoiding the need to compromise the overall design just to accommodate an unsuitable standard structure.
Please feel free to contact us at any time to discuss your upcoming projects.
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