Illuminated keyboard switches offered with and without 'click'

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 customised using legends, while 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 1million operations minimum.

Suitable for applications such as audio/video switchers, telecommunications, POS systems, instrumentation and test and measurement, the noise-free "no click' option is a feature desired by many professional audio and broadcast equipment manufacturers.

Claire Childs, Live Electronics MD, comments: "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."