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Silicone Rubber Keypads
Electronic Contact
- Features
- Conductive Rubber Keypads: Silicone rubber keypad with a pre-molded conductive pill or pad on the backside
- Non-Conductive Rubber Keypads: Silicone rubber keypad that presses against a metal dome switch
Description
Electronic Contact is a small conductive pill placed on the base of a key in an elastomeric keypad. Once the key is pressed, the conductive pill comes into contact with a PCB below. The conductive pill/link is typically made of either carbon or gold depends on the development budget and functional specification.
Application
- Medical devices
- Consumer electronics
- Computers /calculator
- Communications equipment
- Electronic test equipment
- Security monitoring systems
- Portable terminals
- Office & business equipment
- and more
Four types of conductive rubber keypads material
| Gold plate pill | Nickel pill | Carbon pill | Screen print | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image |  |
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| Contact Resistance | Max. 1Ω |
Max. 5Ω |
Max. 100Ω |
Max. 500-1,000Ω |
| Life Cycle | 5 x 106 | 5 x 106 | 5 x 106 | 1 x 106 |
All the standard size of any kind of conductive pill are available. Please contact our engineering department for more information. If you demand non-standard size, a special tooling charge is required.