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High Resolution SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay

By Design World Staff | April 24, 2008

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz — NKK Switches announces the availability of the new high resolution SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay. These switches provide design engineers a unique programmable human interface that simplifies how users interact with machines — particularly in fast-paced environments such as broadcast equipment or medical devices — by using a changeable graphical interface.

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The high resolution SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay are LCD programmable pushbutton switches and displays with RGB LED backlighting that operates commands supplied via the SPI communications protocol. Both devices feature a programmable and changeable 64 x 32 pixel LCD module with 64 backlit colors that displays graphics, alphanumeric characters or animated sequences, including four lines of text with as many as ten characters per line.


“With so many distractions facing operators of equipment in today’s fast-paced world, the use of graphical displays on programmable switches helps workers do tasks more efficiently and safely,” said Lou Molinari, Vice President, Product Marketing at NKK Switches. “Design manufactures are increasingly looking at new programmable switch technologies that interact with the complete system or design, provide ease-of-use and simplify multi-decision operations.”


The High Resolution SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay incorporate bitmap display functions with a variable brightness backlight that is variable in eight steps from dark to bright. The integrated liquid crystal display provides a wide viewing angle with high contrast and clarity. The SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay have a FSTN positive black and white LCD mode, with a LED backlight capable of generating 64 colors. Epoxy sealed straight PC terminals prevent entry of solder flux and other contaminants. The SmartSwitch is highly reliable and provides a long life of one million actuations minimum. The wide viewing area of the switch is 15.0mm x 10.8mm (horizontal x vertical), for the display is 13.9mm x 10.6mm (horizontal x vertical).


NKK’s high resolution LCD programmable switches and displays are suited for a wide variety of applications requiring a graphical user interface or real-time sequencing. The SmartSwitch product line simplifies and improves complex multi-decisional operations in string-dependent switch systems. Applications include audio-video broadcast workstations, industrial control panels, medical equipment, and communications systems.

www.nkkswitches.com

::Design World::


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