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LCD panels middleware

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LCD panels middleware is combination of programs and services working together with device drivers to control the LCD panels on PC peripherals.

macOS

MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro has inbuilt Touch Bar. The Touch Bar is a small multi-touch-enabled OLED strip that was introduced in 2016 as an alternative to function keys on MacBook Pro models. It was phased out of the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in October 2021. However, the 13-inch MacBook Pro that was announced in June 2022 still retains the Touch Bar.[1]

When typing, the Touch Bar shows predictions and fonts. More specific functions can be enabled in apps that support the Touch Bar.
The Touch Bar received a mixed reception and some complaints over its effect on battery life. After limited adoption by 3rd-party developers, Apple decided to reinstate classic tactile function keys on larger MacBook Pro models in 2021.
How to use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro at Apple Support
List of Touch Bar Applets

Vendor specific middleware

Logitech G

In-game Map displayed on Logitech G19 GamePanel.
In-game Map displayed on Logitech G19 GamePanel.

Devices with LCD game panels:

  • Monochrome applets support: Logitech G15, Logitech G15 (v2), Logitech G13, Logitech G510, Logitech G510s, Logitech Z-10 2.0.
  • Color applets support: Logitech G19, Logitech G19s.
  • Smartphone support: Logitech ARX for Android, Logitech ARX for iOS.
Logitech released official SDK for creating own applets.

Logitech G GamePanel LCD Supported Games

Supported games Notes
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Native support
America's Army Native support (v2.8.2)
Arma: Armed Assault Plugin
Battlefield 2 Native support (Needs patch)
Battlefield 2142 Native support (v1.25)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Native support
Blacklight: Retribution Native support
Borderlands Native support
Borderlands 2 Native support
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Native support
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood Native support (Needs patch)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Native support
Sid Meier's Civilization IV Native support (Needs patch)
Sid Meier's Civilization V Native support
City of Heroes Native support (Needs patch)
Crysis Native support (Needs patch)
Crysis Warhead Native support (Game Panel Software 2.02.101)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Native support (v1.05)
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Native support
Commandos: Strike Force Native support
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Native support
Counter-Strike: Source Native support
Dragon Age: Origins Native support
Duke Nukem Forever Native support
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Plugin
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Native support
Entropia Universe Native support
EverQuest II Native support (GU43)
Eve Online Plugin
Evolve Native support
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force Native support (Game Panel Software 2.02.101)
Falcon 4.0 [Plugin]
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Native support (Single Player Demo)
Garry's Mod Plugin
Guild Wars Plugin
Guild Wars 2 Native support
GT Legends Native support (Game Panel Software 2.02.101)
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game Native support (Game Panel Software 2.02.101)
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game Native support (Game Panel Software 2.02.101)
Hellgate: London Native support
League of Legends Native support
Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne Native support
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Native support
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Native support
Minecraft Plugin
Neverwinter Nights 2 Native support
Prey Native support (Works with Steam edition)
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Native support
rFactor Native support
Rise of Legends Needs patch
Serious Sam 3: BFE Native support
Sid Meier's Railroads! Native support
SiN Episodes: Emergence Native support
Skulltag (Doom / Doom II: Hell on Earth) Source port
Star Trek: Online Native support
Star Wars Battlefront II Needs patch
Star Wars Galaxies Native support (Chapter 4 update)
The Talos Principle Native support
TimeShift Native support
Tom Clancy's The Division Native support
The Witcher Native support (Enhanced Edition)
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne Plugin
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Native support
Unreal Tournament 2004 Needs patch
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Native support
Vendetta Online Native support
War Front: Turning Point Native support
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Native support
World of Tanks Native support (v0.7.1)
World of Warcraft Native support (v1.11)
X³: Reunion [Plugin]

Razer

Stats and skills displayed on SwitchBlade UI.
Stats and skills displayed on SwitchBlade UI.

Razer Blade Pro and Razer DeathStalker Ultimante have Multi-touch LCD Track-panel.

SwitchBlade User Interface details.

SwitchBlade User Interface Supported Games

Supported games Notes
Battlefield 3 Battlefield 3 Trackpad - Go into battle fully prepared with the Battlefield 3 app. Quick-switch between weapons, access equipment, and use context-sensitive controls to attain victory with ease.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike Trackpad - Go, go, go with the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive app. Re/auto buy weapons with a single touch, swap weapons, and even defuse bombs with the intuitively mapped custom controls available on the dynamic, adaptive tactile keys.
Crossfire CrossFire Trackpad - Play CrossFire with a dedicated App that offers key layouts for different game modes allowing critical actions to be executed with a single touch. Intuitively mapped custom controls on the 10 Dynamic Adaptive Tactile Keys give you the unfair advantage.
League of Legends League of Legends Trackpad - The ever-popular MOBA game League of Legends (LOL) now comes to the Razer Switchblade User interface devices. The trackpad application allows you to control your favorite champions, casting their spells and activating the item slots via the dynamic adaptive tactile keys.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Star Wars™: The Old Republic Combat Logger - The Star Wars™: The Old Republic Combat Logger app parses game data like damage, healing, and threat counters of your hero onto the Switchblade UI for easy analysis. Get the in-game advantage when you can fine-tune your skill rotations on-the-fly.
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 Trackpad - Capture the flag, move the payload and back-stab snipers with the Team Fortress 2 app. It is custom-designed to support all classes with their own specific abilities all easily accessible from the dynamic adaptive tactile keys.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim Trackpad - Mod - Slay mighty dragons and explore the continent of Tamriel with the Skyrim trackpad application that provides users quick and easy access to vital commands such as map, perks menu, journal, dragonborn, character menu and many more. Fus-ro-dah to victory.

Corsair

Corsair has iCUE NEXUS Companion Touch Screen which enabling control of your setup with a fully customizable interface including specific games macros.

iCUE NEXUS Companion Touch Screen

Corsair iCUE NEXUS Supported Games

Supported games Notes
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Native support
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Native support

Saitek

Saitek Mad Catz STRIKE7 has V.E.N.O.M. TFT-LCD touchscreen. Supports OS and volume control, macros and launching applications.

Only one known integration is TeamSpeak applet.
Mad Catz released official SDK for creating own applets.

Elgato

Stream Deck is a USB peripheral providing several dedicated, programmable keys. Each key operates as a separate graphics display that can show the key's function, status, or title. The Stream Deck hardware exists in several forms:

  • Elgato Stream Deck with 15 LCD keys
  • Elgato Stream Deck Mini with 6 LCD keys
  • Elgato Stream Deck XL with 32 LCD keys
  • Elgato Stream Deck Mobile is available as an Android and iOS app, Stream Deck Mobile with 15 keys.
Elgato released official SDK for creating own custom actions.
Stream Deck Plugins Library

Elgato Stream Deck Supported Games

Supported games Notes
Minecraft Plugin - Get stats of your favorite Minecraft server live on the Stream Deck.
Monster Hunter: World Tutorial
SnowRunner Plugin
Star Citizen Plugin

Roccat

ROCCAT Power-Grid is a free, fully-customizable remote control touch screen for your PC. Power Grid controls computer, games and applications, keeps an eye on your feeds, monitors computer's performance and more - without having to leave the action. Android application can be download from Play Store.

Users can create own Grids.
Smartphone docks are optional. You can use Roccat Phobo Keyboard wich smartphone dock or independent Roccat Apuri Dock 2.0.

Roccat Power-Grid Supported Games

Optimus Maximus

Quake III Arena layout for Optimus Maximus keyboard. The production model uses the same 48x48 display for all keys including the space bar, unlike this rendering.
Quake III Arena layout for Optimus Maximus keyboard. The production model uses the same 48x48 display for all keys including the space bar, unlike this rendering.

Optimus Maximus is a keyboard developed by the Art. Lebedev Studio, a Russian design studio headed by Artemy Lebedev. Each of its keys is a display which can dynamically change to adapt to the keyboard layout in use or to show the function of the key.

Art. Lebedev Studio released official SDK for creating own profiles.

Optimus Maximus Supported Games

Supported games Notes
Quake III Arena Native support.
World of Warcraft Plugin

Sega Dreamcast

Dreamcast Controller with VMU.
Dreamcast Controller with VMU.
The Visual Memory Unit, or "VMU", is the Dreamcast memory card put into Dreamcast Controller. It featured a monochrome LCD screen, a D-Pad, and two gaming buttons. The VMU could play mini-games loaded onto it from certain Dreamcast games, such as a Chao game transferable from Sonic Adventure. It could also display a list of the saved game data stored on it, and two VMUs could be connected together end-to-end to exchange data.[2]
Bliss-Box Gamer-Pro adapter has the Visual Memory Unit (VMU) LCD read/write support. Allows to save your own image as static wallpaper. See video 1 and video 2.
Bliss-Box API Tool allows to communicate with a DreamCast LCD via the Bliss-Box Gamer-Pro adapter.
Dreamcast Emulators do not use Bliss-Box API yet.

VMU Supported Games

Flydigi

Flydigi Apex 3 controller is equipped with full color LED display for mode setting, configuration adjustment, brightness control and animation interaction. Screen can display the picture and Gif of your own.


References

  1. Apple fandom - Touch Bar - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Dreamcast Accessories - last accessed on May 2023