Parking & Pay Stations

Always on. Never down.

As cities move toward smaller, sleeker street furniture and true solar autonomy, the interface can no longer be a compromise. Solid-state touch panels engineered for four design pressures in modern solar-powered public infrastructure: solar autonomy, accessibility compliance, slim form factors, and fortress-level durability.

Key challenge
Battery-neutral solar operation with outdoor reliability and revenue protection
Relevant products
Key technology
<10µA
Below self-discharge
90%
Backlight savings
50M+
Activations
IP69K
IK10+ rated
-40°C
No heaters
EAA
ADA compliant
Four design pressures

Engineered for the realities of solar-powered infrastructure.

Solar autonomy
Under 10 microamps, less than your battery's self-discharge. Zero net impact on energy harvest. Hardware-triggered wake, zero polling. 90% backlight savings. The HMI never dictates your battery size.
Accessibility compliant
Built-in braille, raised icons, embossed surfaces on the metal panel. No external tactile add-ons. 1N force (adjustable below 0.5N). ADA and EAA 2025 compliant.
Street Furniture 2.0
10mm pitch fits full keypads into slim housings where touchscreens cannot. Less volume, less weight. Scratch-resistant printing (17-19 micron) stays legible for years.
Fortress architecture
Metal panel and display behind separate surfaces. Cracked window never disables controls. Machine keeps collecting payments. Zero lost revenue.
RNC 40-button solid-state keypad in a parking meter
The environment

What parking equipment faces every day.

61.5% of new kiosks are solar powered, making energy autonomy a requirement. Centralizing hardware into multi-space kiosks creates a single point of failure where one malfunction disables up to 20 parking spaces.

23% of devices require annual maintenance interventions, mostly related to interface failures: cracked touchscreens, delaminated membrane keypads, and false activations from rain and condensation. Membrane keypads in outdoor meters delaminate as adhesive layers cycle through freeze-thaw seasons. Capacitive touchscreens crack under vandalism and take the machine offline.

Why solid-state

Why solid-state piezo for parking and pay stations.

Maintenance is the largest hidden cost of public infrastructure. Interface failures account for the majority of emergency service calls. Every technology choice either adds to that cost or eliminates it.

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Revenue protection
Damaged display window never disables the controls. Machine stays in service.
Zero-lag wake
Hardware-triggered instant wake. No polling, no false wakes, no perceptible delay.
All-weather reliable
Rain, snow, ice, dirt. Zero false activations. Any glove type. 1N force rejects noise.
No membrane, no touchscreen
Eliminates delamination from freeze-thaw and cracking from vandalism.
Scratch-resistant graphics
17-19 micron printing on aluminum. Legends stay crisp after years of use.
High-density interfacing
10mm pitch fits full keypads where touchscreen stacks physically cannot.
Technical snapshot

Your spec. Our expertise.

Every panel is engineered to your exact requirements: size, layout, graphics, protocol. Deployed across North America and Europe in battery-neutral solar meters operating through harsh winters below -30C, with no heaters, no recalibration, and no field failures.

Production-ready samples in 12 weeks. Design and tooling takes 6 to 8 weeks. Production runs on 4 to 6 week lead times.

Specifications
Activation force~1N (adjustable)
Temperature-40C to +80C
Current<10 µA
Durability50M+ activations
ProtectionIP69K / IK10+
Wake-upZero-lag (instant)
ProtocolsUART, SPI, I2C, RS485
Key pitch10mm minimum
SurfaceStainless / aluminum
Deployed

Proven in the field.

RNC panels are deployed in battery-neutral solar parking meters across North America and Europe, field-tested through Canadian winters at -40C with no heaters and no recalibration. The fortress architecture approach has eliminated touchscreen-related emergency service calls for operators managing thousands of deployed units.

NA + EU
Deployed regions
-40°C
No heaters
1000s
Units deployed
12 wk
Samples ready
Your spec. Our expertise.

Production-ready samples in 12 weeks.

Every panel is engineered to your exact requirements: size, layout, graphics, protocol. Whether you are launching a new platform or replacing a legacy supplier.

1
Requirements review
Mechanical constraints, electrical requirements, communication interface, environmental conditions.
2
Design and tooling
6 to 8 weeks. Custom panel design, graphics, and production tooling.
3
Production-ready samples
By week 12. Fully tested, production-representative units for evaluation.
4
Series production
4 to 6 week lead times. ISO 9001 certified manufacturing. 15+ years of piezo touch expertise.
Parking & Pay Stations
Designing a new terminal?

Whether you are launching a new platform or replacing a legacy supplier, we have helped OEMs reach production-ready samples in 12 weeks.

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Full technical overview of solid-state touch for solar-powered public infrastructure.