Category: Products
Dead Front Panels: Expectations vs. Reality
One of the most common and useful graphic overlay components is the dead front panel. A fully customizable and versatile user interface solution, dead front panels can be printed to accommodate virtually any type of design supported by backlighting, embossing,…
Mastering Design for Wearable Devices
Wearable technology devices have become an integrated part of everyday life. From smart watches to health monitors, devices worn on the body can gather important biometric data for further use and analysis. The FDA has approved a wide variety of devices…
What You Need to Know About Military Membrane Switches
As you may know, products built for the military carry a range of unique and highly demanding design, production, and performance requirements. There is simply no room for error when it comes to these applications. That’s why the membrane switches…
5 Questions to Ask Your Membrane Switch Manufacturer
Membrane switches offer tremendous flexibility, allowing engineers to design and implement a very precise customer experience that can be refined to fit most any industry. Parameters they can consider include physical design, the graphic overlays, visual and tactile feedback, surface…
How Can I Make My Membrane Switch More Durable?
By Ken Boss I’ve come across many design engineers who underestimate the durability of membrane switches. They tend to prefer mechanical switches, most likely because mechanical switches can feel heavier and more physical than a typical membrane switch. But there…
Why I Love Graphic Overlays (and You Should Too)
Let me start with how I define a graphic overlay. At its essence, it is a printed plastic material. First, we start with a clear material – typically a polycarbonate or polyester. Then we print on the backside (sub-surface). Finally, there’s…
