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How VCC Helps Electr...

How VCC Helps Electr...

Electrical Engineers Face Many Challenges — Here’s How We HelpThis year has been another painful one — from cargo backlogs and semiconductor shortages — in addition to what feels like a neverending pandemic. Electrical engineers of all experience levels feel the...

VCC’s Problem-Solv...

VCC’s Problem-Solv...

VCC Featured in US-Tech for Innovative Emergency LEDFor years, bulb manufacturers have tried to solve the long-standing industry challenge of creating a better emergency backup lamp… One that could work seamlessly from the grid to the battery or generator without...

How Cap Touch Button...

How Cap Touch Button...

One Sensor. Two Functions. Countless PossibilitiesFor designers, balancing form and function can be an ongoing challenge. To address this issue without skimping on quality, we developed the CSM Series backlit illuminated sensor displays. These capacitive touch buttons...

Crisis ColLAB &...

Crisis ColLAB &...

Crisis ColLAB & Coronavirus: One Year, Many ContributionsIt’s still hard to believe and accept that it’s been a year since the COVID 19 pandemic changed our lives forever. As painful as the last 12 months have been, it’s important to reflect on some of the great...

How to Select the Ri...

How to Select the Ri...

Choosing the Best Material for My DesignProper Optoelectronic design requires attention to every detail. Luckily, designers have many illuminated component options to provide more flexibility in how status indicators work on the back end. These are also known as light...

What is LED Light Bl...

What is LED Light Bl...

Light Bleed: Here’s What You Need to Know Light pipes are essential for moving light from Point A to Point B in electronic devices and machines. But, when they aren’t optimized, a majority of the light traveling through them could literally miss the mark — your HMI...

Meet the Only Bulb Y...

Meet the Only Bulb Y...

Emergency Lighting Can Be So Much More Global pandemic aside, 2020 has been an unprecedented year when it comes to natural disasters. From a record-breaking hurricane season in the Southeast to the worst fire season ever in the West, it seems just about every day...

Interview with Regal...

Interview with Regal...

Interview with RegalixTV: Using Visual Elements to CommunicateSannah Vinding, our Director of Product Development & Marketing shares insights on the importance of effective visual communication.

Light Pipe Design: H...

Light Pipe Design: H...

Light Pipes & TIR: The Combo for Optimum PerformanceAs you’re likely painfully aware, light pipes seem simple, but in all actuality, they are pretty complex. So many decisions that can impact how well (or not so well) a light pipe performs — from the brightness and...

Nearshoring Win: How...

Nearshoring Win: How...

What Happens When a Key Supplier Disappears Into Thin Air? Before coronavirus was ever an issue, one traffic signal infrastructure supplier found itself in a similar predicament many OEMs recently found themselves in due to COVID-19 — a total standstill of...

The Pandemic & ...

The Pandemic & ...

State of Manufacturing:Expert Panel on COVID Response for OEMsCOVID has been a wake-up call in just about every aspect of manufacturing, forcing OEMs around the globe to become more agile and resilient.  We’re nowhere near the end of this pandemic, with infection...

Smart Homes Require ...

Smart Homes Require ...

Smart Homes Are Even Smarter with Innovative Indication Thermostats and other home devices have evolved over the last few years, getting not only smaller, but smarter and more connected. The consumer demand for simple, convenient products that make their lives easier...

VCC’s COVID-19 Res...

VCC’s COVID-19 Res...

VCC’s COVID-19 Response Featured in Forbes Manufacturers from across the globe are collaborating to provide critical supplies for combatting COVID-19, including VCC’s Crisis ColLAB initiative. In a recent Forbes article about the pandemic, “200 Manufacturers Form...

Manufacturing in the...

Manufacturing in the...

What the Future of Manufacturing Looks LikeCOVID-19 has greatly impacted life as we know it in many ways. To combat the virus itself, many OEMs and manufacturers are joining forces to quickly produce PPE, respirators, and other life-saving equipment. Even companies...

VCC’s Efforts Agai...

VCC’s Efforts Agai...

Interview with Our CEO: How VCC is Fighting COVID-19A few weeks ago, we launched Crisis ColLAB, our initiative to help medical providers develop solutions to battle the coronavirus pandemic. VCC is committed to helping by offering free design and rapid prototyping...

3 Ways to Push Your ...

3 Ways to Push Your ...

Lighting Design, Meet Limitless Possibilities Good news! Designers and engineers have even more ways to push the envelope on their next lighting design project with VentoFlex. VCC’s award-winning VentoFlex modular lighting system eliminates design constraints while...

VCC is seeking medic...

VCC is seeking medic...

VCC Creates Crisis ColLAB Initiative to Fight Coronavirus Free Design and Engineering Services for Medical Equipment Providers   SAN DIEGO, CA (March 30, 2020) Visual Communications Company (VCC), a recognized global leader in the illuminated electronics market with...

5 Ways to Reduce Sup...

5 Ways to Reduce Sup...

5 Benefits of Nearshore Electronic ManufacturingLet’s face it. Every link in your supply chain comes with a certain amount of risk. Unfortunately, many OEMs are feeling the pain left by production disruptions caused by COVID-19. Prioritizing the safety of workers,...

Industrial applicati...

Industrial applicati...

Meet the Workhorse Indicator You Can Count on for Nearly Any Application In most circumstances, having a go-to PMI for all upcoming projects wouldn’t be the best idea. However, there is one hard-working indicator that has the versatility, voltage, and rugged options...

Choosing the Right L...

Choosing the Right L...

Deep Commitment. Wide Selection. No two products are exactly alike, from the environments where end-users will operate them to the size constraints of the control panel. That’s why VCC boasts one of the largest selections of PMIs available. Finding the perfect fit in...

HMI Design in Harsh ...

HMI Design in Harsh ...

When it comes to choosing the right PMI for the job, several questions come to mind. And if your device will be operated anywhere other than a dry, pristine work environment, protecting it from exposure to a range of contaminants is a top priority. Harsh Environments...

VCC Engineered LED S...

VCC Engineered LED S...

James Christian's Bright Idea MBTA saves $1.7 Million Using LED Lamps It's not something one really thinks about as they wait for the signal to change before they drive across tracks, or when the subway stops in a tunnel and then...

Retrofit Meets Futur...

Retrofit Meets Futur...

With the invention of the light bulb, the lighting industry became synonymous with innovation. Many advancements have been made since then, most born out of necessity. As efficiency and sustainability remain top priorities for industrial facilities — even during...

IoT Product Design: ...

IoT Product Design: ...

To say IoT is everywhere would be an understatement. According to Gartner research, internet-connected things will outnumber humans by 4-to-1 by 2020. Consumers expect IoT technology to add convenience to their lives, but unless it’s secure and simple, they won’t use...

A 21st Century Take ...

A 21st Century Take ...

VCC Illuminated Capacitive Touch Sensors It’s not unreasonable to say that our modern world wouldn’t be possible without a way for humans to control the electronics that power everything from computers, to small gadgets, to the cars we drive. Until...

Vertical Markets &#8...

Vertical Markets ...

An Overview of the Most Common Design-ins using our broad range of illuminated components VCC is a recognized global leader for illuminated electronic components including the aerospace, food service, people movers, transportation, medical, telecom and...

When seconds count: ...

When seconds count: ...

Is your medical monitoring device design optimized to save more lives? While human-machine interfaces and control panels on all types of equipment should be designed to keep users and operators safe, when it comes to medical monitoring devices,...

How Small Design Twe...

How Small Design Twe...

Indicators Can Show You the Way to Efficiency When it comes to food processing equipment design, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to balance several priorities while remaining innovative and competitive: Designing equipment for ideal use, cleaning and...

How to Design Indust...

How to Design Indust...

Get more from what meets the eye Interfaces in industrial equipment have come a long way from the simple on/off switch. But there is still much more to be explored in order to provide a safer, more productive user experience. Why should more thought go...

Broadest Range of LE...

Broadest Range of LE...

LED Panel Mount Indicators With the largest offering of LED, incandescent and neon panel mount indicators in the market, VCC enables designers and engineers to quickly design-in the exact solution to meet their requirements. Choose from panel-mount, rear...

Custom Shaped Light ...

Custom Shaped Light ...

Custom Light-Pipes Deliver LED Illumination Where Needed for Panel Indicators and Displays LEDs have become the light source of choice for many indicator applications in control panels, automotive in-dash electronics systems, consumer electronics devices,...

Where to Use Light P...

Where to Use Light P...

Lightpipes in Retrofit Applications Today’s economic environment has driven a need for retrofitting equipment, signage and other electronic devices to meet new production requirements instead of replacement. The goal of redesigning is to keep the cost at a level that...

CE Marking for Elect...

CE Marking for Elect...

Case Study CE Marked Panel Mount Indicators for Electrical and Electronics Toys   Application Characteristics CE Marking for Electrical and Electronic Toys with Operating Lights per the European Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. Background All toys...

Incandescent Lamp Ap...

Incandescent Lamp Ap...

Introduction Whenever miniature Tungsten filament lamps are used in a system, their function is always important and often vital. However, there is usually far less thought given to the correct selection of lamps than to most other system components. As a...

Neon Application Inf...

Neon Application Inf...

Lamp Construction The basic construction of neon lamps is shown in figure 1. The bulb is made of glass sealed in two areas, the pip and the pinch. In the pinch area, the leads protrude through one end of a glass tube and the glass is heated and pinched...

Selecting the Perfec...

Selecting the Perfec...

What are Light Guides and What Do They Do For Me? A Light Guide is a device that allows light to travel from a source as large as the sun or as small as an LED, to a point at some predetermined distance. In a successful light guide application, this is...

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