Heusinkveld unveils the innovative DisplayDash

The Idea Behind the Dis­play­Dash
At its core, the Dis­play­Dash fol­lows a clear prin­ci­ple: phys­i­cal inputs should always remain under­stand­able, con­text-aware, and flex­i­ble. Tra­di­tion­al but­ton box­es offer many input options, but usu­al­ly rely on sta­t­ic labels or stick­ers. These are inflex­i­ble, often hard to read, and need to be changed when­ev­er you switch vehi­cles or sim­u­la­tors.
The Dis­play­Dash address­es this issue deci­sive­ly. Above each con­trol ele­ment, the cur­rent func­tion name, sta­tus, or val­ue is shown direct­ly on the inte­grat­ed dis­play. This way, the dri­ver always knows which func­tion is assigned and in what state it is—without men­tal remap­ping, with­out labels, with­out com­pro­mis­es.

But­ton Box and Dash­board in One Device
Tra­di­tion­al­ly, but­ton box­es and dash­boards are two sep­a­rate com­po­nents in a sim rig:

• But­ton box­es pro­vide quick access to aux­il­iary func­tions such as wipers, lights, hybrid modes, or the pit lim­iter
• Dash­boards dis­play dri­ving data like gear, RPM, fuel lev­el, or warn­ing mes­sages

The Dis­play­Dash com­bines both worlds in a sin­gle, com­pact device. The upper sec­tion fea­tures a freely con­fig­urable dig­i­tal dash­board area, while below it sits a row of high-qual­i­ty con­trol ele­ments that are direct­ly linked to visu­al infor­ma­tion.

Inputs with Dynam­ic Con­text
The Dis­play­Dash offers an impres­sive range of input options:

• 12 push rotaries
• 4 push but­tons
• 1 sev­en-way switch

Each of these ele­ments can be indi­vid­u­al­ly assigned. The real high­light, how­ev­er, is the dynam­ic con­text: depend­ing on the sim­u­la­tor, vehi­cle, or cur­rent assign­ment, the dis­play direct­ly above each ele­ment shows the rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion. In addi­tion, the inte­grat­ed RGB LEDs can be freely con­fig­ured, includ­ing col­or changes or puls­ing effects for sta­tus feed­back. Stick­ers or fixed labels are there­fore a thing of the past.

Full Inte­gra­tion with SimHub
The Dis­play­Dash is ful­ly com­pat­i­ble with SimHub and can be exten­sive­ly con­fig­ured through it. Both the visu­al­iza­tion of the con­trol ele­ments and the upper dash­board area can be cus­tomized indi­vid­u­al­ly. The entire screen is also touch-enabled, open­ing up addi­tion­al inter­ac­tion possibilities—such as page switch­ing, pre­sets, or extend­ed dis­plays.
Thanks to SimHub inte­gra­tion, the Dis­play­Dash dynam­i­cal­ly adapts to the capa­bil­i­ties of the respec­tive sim­u­la­tion and the vehi­cle being used.

Thought­ful Hard­ware for Sim Rac­ing Rigs
On the hard­ware side, Heusinkveld stays true to its phi­los­o­phy: func­tion­al, high-qual­i­ty, and prac­ti­cal.

• Con­nec­tion via a sin­gle USB cable
• No HDMI or Dis­play­Port con­nec­tion required
• Stan­dard­ized 100×100 VESA mount for flex­i­ble rig inte­gra­tion
• Inte­grat­ed 2‑port USB hub on the rear
• Com­pact dimen­sions of approx­i­mate­ly 265 × 150 mm

This allows the Dis­play­Dash to be mount­ed either above the wheel­base as a clas­sic DDU or in oth­er posi­tions with­in the cock­pit.

Form Fol­lows Func­tion
As with the Heusinkveld One steer­ing wheel, ergonom­ics are clear­ly the main focus of the Dis­play­Dash. The lay­out of the con­trol ele­ments is designed for fast, intu­itive oper­a­tion with­out dis­rupt­ing the driver’s rhythm. Every input should be reach­able blind­ly, and every piece of infor­ma­tion should remain under­stand­able at a glance.

An ini­tial pro­to­type has already been shown at Sim For­mu­la Europe in the Nether­lands. Even though this is not yet the final pro­duc­tion ver­sion, the direc­tion is already clear: mov­ing away from sta­t­ic solu­tions toward adap­tive, con­text-sen­si­tive con­trol con­cepts.