Input Devices
What is Illuminated Technology?
Do you know how important the illumination Keyboards are?
When you’re working on a keypad or keyboard and the power goes out abruptly, placing you in a gloomy environment with trouble seeing the keys on your keyboard. This is really annoying, especially if you are working on anything essential and everything grinds to a standstill because the keypad or keyboard is not visible. Similarly, it is difficult to the users to operate the machines who are working in dark settings like deep trenches in the military or gloomy rooms in the navy.
What is Printed Electronics and how it works?
Printed electronics is a branch of electronics that involves the printing of electronic components, circuits, and systems using specialized printing techniques. It is a form of additive manufacturing that allows for the creation of electronic devices by depositing...
What is Tactile and Non-tactile Membrane Keypad Switches?
Protolab has spent more than three decades innovating and designing engineering HMI Input Touch Devices Design. It is the core of our business, we do productions in-house through all processes quality solutions, and deliver on time. Protolab is a global leader in the...
What is embossing?
Embossing is the process of making an impression on a substrate to create a raised effect from the original surface. It adds shape (key, text, icon, or border) and purpose to the design of the keypad graphics and emphasises a printed component location for actuation...
What is a Graphic Overlay?
Graphics Overlays are thin films printed as an item’s top layer. They are periodically used when embellishing an item and assist with giving a feeling of usefulness to an item. They are usually connected to the top, seeing the surface, and they are periodically used...
How does a Touch Switch work?
Touch Switches are a common sight as they can be seen virtually everywhere and in appliances. They serve as a pillar for controlling electronic devices, and manipulating a device might pose difficulty when they develop a fault. It can be likened to the human body in...
What is a capacitive switch (a complete guide)
A capacitive switch is a kind of touch-controlled electrical switch that works by estimating a change in capacitance. It works similarly to an ordinary capacitive cell phone: when you contact the surface — given that you are not wearing gloves — a little electrical...
What is a Flexible Keyboard?
Many electrical gadgets, like computers, rely on keyboards for their operation. Using a keyboard instead of a touchscreen allows users to enter instructions and operate the connected device. A flexible keyboard is one of the most recent innovations in keyboard design....
How important is backlit keyboard?
Have you ever had difficulty seeing the keys on your keyboard in a dark setting? This may not be very pleasant if you attempt to write anything essential. When looking for a new laptop, it's easy to get caught up in the key specifications and overlook the keyboard's...
How Silicone Rubber Keypads Are Made?
An inorganic Si-O backbone is combined with organic functional groups to form silicone rubber. High-temperature resistance and flexibility across a broad temperature range are owed to the silicon-oxygen connection. Using either peroxides or polyaddition curing, the...