For all our customers who’s products are manufactured or contain components sourced offshore, please factor in these upcoming Far East Holidays when thinking about order placement:

Mid Autumn Day Holiday – 15th to 18th September 2016

National Day Holiday – 3rd to 7th October 2016.

Our offshore partners will either be closed or running a skeleton crew so shipping dates may be extended during this period.

Our Sales Team are more than happy to confirm current lead times and availability. Please don’t hesitate to call us on +44(0)1329 281 091 or e-mail: sales@membrane-keyboards.com

Autotype Soft Touch (ST) is a specially textured PET film from MacDermid Autotype. Designed to look like Silicone Rubber but with the performance properties of Polyester Graphic Overlays, Autotype Soft Touch is an exciting option for new design concepts. Autotype Soft Touch also delivers the same formability, flexibility, chemical and abrasion resistance which its sister products offer too. The new matte finish is compatible with Windotex and can produce excellent clarity display windows, whilst the surface chemistry minimises dust contamination compared to some other soft touch finishes.

MKC are delighted to offer Autotype Soft Touch for Membrane Keypads and Graphic Overlays & Labels. Keith Murray, Managing Director, comments “Autotype Soft Touch allows us to offer an alternative interface which combines the performance of a Membrane Keypad with the aesthetic look and feel of Silicone Rubber. Furthermore, we can help our customers lower their set up costs, particulary where a Silicone Rubber Keypad is employed in low volume requirements, by utilising Autotype Soft Touch”.

To find out more about how MKC and Autotype Soft Touch can improve your product, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail via sales@membrane-keyboards.com or Telephone +44(0)1329 281091 .

 

 

 

MKC can offer custom or catalogue displays as component items or assembled as part of complete interface solution. MKC offer a wide range of LCDs, from colour TFT to newer technologies such as OLED.

If you’re looking to develop Graphical and Touch input for a front panel user interface, we can integrate a graphic co-processor within the display or front panel electronics for smaller colour TFT’s such as 3.5″ and 4.3″ diagonal. High level drawing and button handling commands for buttons and sliders are then used to create your display graphics.

This is particularly suited to applications where a touchscreen or small colour display can be used to update traditional mechanical key or rotary control inputs. This approach is suited to smaller displays in QVGA and WQVGA resolution.

Typical example sizes below:

3.2″ 240 x 400 pixels (portrait).

3.5″ 320 x 240 pixels

4.3″ 480 x 272 pixels

4.7″ 320 x 240 pixels

Features:

*On display Graphics Co-processor.

*Touchpanel & Button handling handled by GPU.

*Local Audio decoder plays sound effects or files.

*Fast SPI (30Mhz max) or I2c 4 wire serial interface Reduced overhead for Host.

*Micro, ideal for 8bit processors Buttons and sliders drawn by GPU.

*Compressed JPEG image data decoding with GPU.

*Vector drawing for shape creation.

*Character fonts and sizing with precise positioning.

*LCD Backlight brightness control.

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Our Internal and External Sales Team are on hand to discuss your project requirements. Please call us on +44(0)1329 281 091 or e-mail: sales@membrane-keyboards.com 

Are you thinking of incorporating a Membrane Keypad or Silicone Rubber Keypad into your next project? Do you require a little more technical information?

MKC are pleased to have launched our latest range of Data Sheets which are now available to download in our Capabilities section.

You will be able to find generic information on everything from the difference in life cycle between non-tactile and tactile Membrane Keypads through to the elastomeric properties of Silicone Rubber Keypads.

There’s also an outline of the custom features which can be incorporated into your design and some of the key markets we supply into.

Of course every product is unique and our internal and external Sales Teams are on hand to discuss your requirements.

If you need any further information then please do not hesitate to call us on +44(0)1329 281 091 or e-mail sales@membrane-keyboards.com