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Rotary Controls, Joysticks etc
News Release from: InPlay Technologies, Duraswitch Division | Subject: Thincoder-PB
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 August 2006
Rotary switch takes pushbutton onboard
The Thincoder-PB offers a pushbutton selector function in one simple switch that is easily incorporated into a membrane switch panel or used as a discrete switch.
Duraswitch has added a pushbutton encoder to its Thincoder rotary switch product line The Thincoder-PB offers a pushbutton selector function in one simple switch that is easily incorporated into a membrane switch panel or used as a discrete switch
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Duraswitch has recently completed testing of its Thincoder rotary switch technology with copper-on-flex circuits.
"Like all of the options in our thiNcoder line, integration is a key benefit of the new Thincoder-PB".
"Thincoder is the only rotary switch technology that can be integrated directly on flex circuit", stated Tim Kuhn Vice President, Business Development, InPlay Technologies.
Typical encoders are attached to the housing in a secondary assembly process.
thiNcoder is a noninvasive rotary switch, incorporated directly into the layers of a membrane switch.
Thincoder saves time and component costs by eliminating secondary assembly steps.
Thincoder enables an integrated panel that is environmentally sealed by eliminating through-holes.
Not just for membrane switch integration, the new Thincoder-PB can be designed as a discrete switch so that it snaps directly into a plastic housing making it ideal for any type of switch panel.
"The Thincoder-PB combination switch opens significant new opportunities for us and our licensees".
"Customers in some of the top markets for the Duraswitch technologies such as medical devices and industrial controls see this type of switch as a core component in their rotary switch product line", Kuhn continued.
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