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Human-Machine Interface (HMI)

Formal	A user-interface is consisting of hardware and software that lets a person send requests/commands to a machine. Typically HMIs are meant to make it as easy as possible for a person to control a machine with little difficulty. Read More
Practical	Typically HMIs are meant to make it as easy as possible for a person to control a machine with little difficulty. A great example here would be a smartphone. With a smartphone, a user would perform various actions in order to navigate to the phone-call application and place a call. Read More
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Formal

A user-interface is consisting of hardware and software that lets a person send requests/commands to a machine. Typically HMIs are meant to make it as easy as possible for a person to control a machine with little difficulty.

Practical

Typically HMIs are meant to make it as easy as possible for a person to control a machine with little difficulty. A great example here would be a smartphone. With a smartphone, a user would perform various actions in order to navigate to the phone-call application and place a call.

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Human-Machine Interface (HMI)