Keyboards : the best man-machine interface
- Reactivity
- Quality
- From the prototype to mass production
- Low cost equipment (digital cutting)
- Membrane keyboard :
o flat
o with tactile domes or snap discs
o with or without embossing
o with integrated LEDs
o with electroluminescent areas
- Rigid keyboard :
o they substitute the front panel
o can include electronics on the back side
o with tactile domes or snap discs
o with or without embossing
o with integrated LEDs
o with electroluminescent areas
- Active keyboard :
o rigid type
o low number of connections
o connection with board to board bus or with communication bus (CAN I2C and industrial buses)
o can include electronics on the back side
Adapted materials
- Polycarbonate (good transparency, behaviour not so good during embossing time)
- Polyester (flexible, good resistance to chemical agents, ideal for thermoforming)
- Polyurethane (flexible and with good resistance to chemical agents) except for keyboards with tactile domes.
Automatic placing of components
- Placing of snap discs
- Placing of a range of ultra flat LEDs and of all kinds of SMC components (Surface Mount Components)
- Adaptable, deals well with both small and big series.
Keyboard test and control
- ISO9001 :2000 certified process
- Single unit electric control and test
- Endurance test on request
Setting
- Set male or female contacts, golden or tinned
- Wide range of cases with or without locking mechanism
- Making of jumper flexible cables depending on client’s specifications
Thermoforming
- Patented machine, designed for keyboard thermoforming
- Most tools made in-house (reactivity and cost reduction)
- All types of embossing such as domes, pincushions, finger-guides…
Research office
- R&D service for the integration of new technologies in keyboards
- Electronic research office for the development of all or part of integrated electronics
- Mechanic and design research office for the development of graphic front panels