Product category:
Switches and Keyboards
News Release from: Knitter Switch | Subject: PLSJ-1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2003
Multifunction switch aids menu-based
control
The PLSJ-1 is a side-actuated surface-mount switch designed to enable "scrolling" on menu driven systems with a "push to select" action to activate the desired function.
The PLSJ-1 is a side-actuated surface-mount switch designed to enable "scrolling" on menu driven systems with a "push to select" action to activate the desired function In response to market demands for handheld products the PLSJ-1 is designed to mount on the edge of a PCB as part of an overall ergonomic design
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This is an innovative response to market demands for increased functionality in end product design where more and more functions are required by a limited number of controls in an increasingly smaller space", says Terry Moss, General Sales Manager for Knitter Switch UK.
The PLSJ-1 is available from stock and typical applications include mobile telephones and pagers, PDAs, handheld data loggers, digital cameras, servomotor control, medical and consumer electronics.
The surface-mountable switch has body dimensions of just 9.3 x 11.3 x 2.55 or 11.4 x 11.8 x 3mm depending on solder mounting option.
The maximum contact rating is 10mA at 5V DC, insulation resistance is better than 100Mohm and operating temperature is in the range -20 to +60C.
The contacts are silver-plated phosphor bronze with a giving a minimum lifetime of 100,000 cycles.
Switches may be reflow soldered at up to 240C for a maximum of 10s.
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