keyboard switches, PS011, Live Electronics

Illuminated keyboard switches with ‘no click’ operation

News Release from:
22/01/2008

Live Electronics, the specialist electromechanical distributor, is releasing the PS011 series of illuminated keyboard switches which are optionally available with tactile feedback or silent 'no click' operation. The high-brightness PS011 range also features: three button cap size options; single or bi-coloured LED illumination; and long (4.5mm) travel. 12, 15 or 17.4mm² caps can be customized using legends, whilst the on-board PCB real estate requirement is a compact 15 x 15mm. The operating temperature range is -20 to +70degC, and the life is 1 million operations minimum.

Whilst suited to applications such as audio/video switchers, telecommunications, POS systems, instrumentation and test and measurement, the noise free ‘no click’ option offered by the PS011 series is a feature desired by many professional audio and broadcast equipment manufacturers.

Claire Childs, Live Electronics MD commented, “The PS011 illuminated, PCB-mounted push-button switch series has taken benefits from designs in automotive applications and made them available, in a compact package, to the wider market in general - especially the professional audio and broadcast equipment environments.”