After the successful certification of the 10-inch version, the M2Smart^® HMI10, last summer, the 5-inch version, the M2Smart^® HMI5, has now also been officially tested, certified and approved for sale by TÜV SÜD. With the certification of our M2Smart^® HMI5 and the M2Smart^® Gateway o, our HMI family is now complete!

The mobile and wireless M2Smart^® HMI5 is the most compact HMI in our M2Smart^® HMI series. With its handy design and a display in the 5-inch smartphone form factor, we have managed to transfer the familiar operating philosophy of a consumer smartphone to the operation of machines and systems in an industrial environment. One factor that helps users to find their way around intuitively from the outset when using the HMI is that we use Android^™ as operating system for our HMIs. To ensure that Android^™ can be used for operating machines and systems in industry, some modifications to the operating system are required. ACD Elektronik has even gone one step further and developed its own extra secure Android^™ version, Android^™ Industrial+. In this version, all external services and accesses have been removed from the source code so that no data can be unintentionally transferred to third parties. In addition, the entire code is hosted on ACD Elektronik servers in Germany. To ensure that the M2Smart^® HMI5 is not only intuitive to use but can also be worn and used for long periods of time with as little fatigue as possible, the mechanical buttons required for industrial applications, such as the illuminated emergency stop and enabling button, have been ergonomically integrated into the device. For example, during the design of the device, attention was paid to ensuring that the enabling switch can be operated easily with the right thumb or the left index finger, depending on which hand the device is held.