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News Release from: C+K Components | Subject: HDT Series detect switch
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2008
Switch detects mezzanine card insertion
With an extended temperature range and long electrical and mechanical life, the HDT Series detect switch is ideal for Advanced Mezzanine Card applications.
C+K Components has developed a microminiature surface-mount detect switch that sits just 3.5mm off the PC board and is designed for both top and side actuation According to David Webber, Worldwide Product Manager for C+K Components: "With an extended temperature range and long electrical and mechanical life, the HDT Series detect switch is ideal for Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) applications"
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This detect switch is currently implemented as a reference design for the handle mechanism on AMC cards".
AMC product standards are designed to support ATCA and MicroTCA systems that are being increasingly employed in telecommunications, server, medical and military applications.
The HDT Series microminiature detect switch features a long operational life of 100,000 cycles.
Maximum actuation force is only 0.34N.
Pretravel is 0.30mm with overtravel of 0.75mm.
Maximum contact resistance is 500mohm, with a maximum contact rating of 1mA at 5V DC.
Operating temperature ranges from -40 to +85C.
The switches are pick-and-place compatible and available in tape and reel packaging.
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