Helm Dynamics
Performance vehicle intelligence

Performance HMI and control products for enthusiasts and tuners — built on Riverdi intelligent displays, engineered in Australia.

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Helm Dynamics

The range

Products & projects

Available

Helm Deck 5

A 5-inch touchscreen CAN keypad — replace a console of switches with up to 42 programmable buttons across multiple pages. Speaks Haltech CAN.

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Available first

Helm Commander for GM

A 7-inch performance dash for GM CAN-bus vehicles — tune, log, diagnose and command from one screen. Its own site and owner portal.

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In development

Custom Solutions

One-off builds and works in progress — like the Haltech 7 Dash. Bespoke HMI and control for projects that don't fit an off-the-shelf product.

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The platform

One display platform. Every product.

Every Helm Dynamics product is built on the same family of Riverdi intelligent display modules — automotive-temperature rated, optically bonded, driven by an on-board STM32. It's why a keypad, a dash and a bespoke build all share the same responsive feel, the same CAN-native core, and the same over-the-air update path.

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Instant-on
A real-time processor, not a Linux single-board computer — live and on the bus the moment the screen powers up, with nothing to corrupt when you cut the power.
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CAN-native
Reads and speaks the vehicle bus directly — live data in, real commands out, no scan-tool polling.
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Built to live in the cabin
Automotive-rated displays, optically bonded, readable in sunlight and stable at temperature.
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Updatable in the field
Signed over-the-air firmware and configuration, so a product keeps improving after it's fitted.
Why Riverdi

Quality where you'll see it.

We could have fitted a cheaper panel — plenty do. Instead every Helm Dynamics product uses a Riverdi display with the cover glass optically bonded to the panel: no air gap between you and the image. That bonding is what gives deep, true blacks and vivid colour, kills the internal reflections that wash a screen out in sunlight, and makes the glass tougher with a more solid touch. It costs more — and it shows every time you glance at the dash.

Regular air bonding versus Riverdi optical bonding — colour and contrast
Regular air bonding (left) vs Riverdi optical bonding (right) — richer colour and deeper contrast, with none of the hazy air-gap wash-out.
Regular air bonding versus Riverdi optical bonding — black level
The air gap greys the black and throws reflections; optical bonding keeps the black deep and the screen readable in sunlight.
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Deeper blacks & colour
No air gap to scatter light — blacks stay black and colour stays saturated.
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Readable in sunlight
Bonding cuts the internal reflections that make a cheap panel disappear in daylight.
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Tougher, better touch
The bonded stack is stronger and more responsive than an air-gapped screen — built for the cabin.
About

Built for enthusiasts and tuners

Helm Dynamics is an Australian company building performance vehicle intelligence — CAN-native dashes, keypads and control HMI, aftermarket-proven. Get in touch →

Company
Helm Dynamics Pty Ltd
Products
Helm Deck 5 · Helm Commander
Made in
Australia