A smart screen can be defined as a human-machine interface (HMI) that uses interactive graphics displays on a touchscreen to offer users control of an underlying embedded system.Smart screens come in many shapes and sizes, and can be used for a wide variety of applications, from ticket kiosks to factory control systems. The common denominator is the manner in which people interact with the applications. In contrast to the mouse-driven “point and click” familiar to desktop users, smart screens let users work directly on the screen.

As part of our Industrial Automation program at QNX Software Systems, we have evaluated different strategies and tools for building smart screens for embedded industrial applications on systems running the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS. We have found that Adobe Flash Lite meets all the requirements we identified as essential to our industrial smart screen development
strategy.