Overview - IEC TR 63340-1:2025 (Electronic displays for special applications - Part 1: General introduction)
IEC TR 63340-1:2025 is a Technical Report from IEC TC 110 that provides an informative, high-level framework for future standardization of electronic displays for special applications. Rather than setting normative requirements, this TR gathers background, rationale and possible strategies to identify and prioritize application fields that may need specific standards. It clarifies the difference between application‑based standardization and technology‑based standardization, and explains how to harmonize measurement and test methods across sectors.
Key topics and technical focus
- Scope and purpose: Overview of display application domains and the intent to support future standards development across those domains.
- Application vs technology approaches: Discussion of standardization driven by use‑context (what users need to adopt) versus by new display technologies (how to measure new features).
- Significance of application standardization: Why harmonized requirements matter for industry, trade and user safety-especially where displays form critical HMIs.
- Threshold values and evolution: Principles for stipulating performance thresholds (e.g., visibility, luminance, colour, constancy) and mechanisms for updating requirements as technology advances.
- Measurement and test method harmonization: Guidance on aligning test methods between function‑based and technology‑based standards to avoid conflicting procedures.
- Collaboration models: How IEC TC 110 can work with related technical committees (TCs), joint working groups (JWGs) and application‑specific TCs (for example, medical imaging committees).
- Inventory and prioritization method: Use of inventory tables to extract and evaluate candidate applications; five prioritized application candidates are presented as examples.
- Strategies for standardization: Possible flows and schemes to propose and develop application‑level standards.
Practical applications and intended users
This TR is useful for:
- Standards developers and technical committees (IEC TC 110, related TCs)
- Display manufacturers and component suppliers
- System integrators and OEMs in automotive, medical, security, gaming, education and industrial automation
- Regulators and procurement bodies seeking harmonized performance criteria
- Test labs and certification bodies preparing harmonized test protocols
By clarifying contexts of use, threshold‑setting approaches and collaboration practices, the TR supports consistent, application‑focused standards that improve product interoperability, safety and market clarity.
Related standards and references
- IEC 63340 series (other parts addressing specific applications)
- IEC/TC 110 - Electronic displays (parent committee)
- Example liaison: IEC/TC 62/SC 62B (medical imaging) and ISO/IEC Guide 2 (definition of standardization)
Keywords: IEC TR 63340-1:2025, electronic displays, display standardization, application-based standardization, measurement and test methods, threshold values, human–machine interfaces, medical displays, automotive displays.
