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C&K Components (Newton, MA, www.ck-components.com) recently announced that for applications in the automotive, consumer electronics, medical, marine, and other industries, they will be supplying the complete module including the switch and fully decorated face surface with painted and laser-etched buttons and company graphics, in addition to the wire harnessing. This will allow designers to easily develop complete solutions while increasing flexibility in design, improving efficiency and reliability and and decreasing costs.

As an example, in the consumer electronics area, C&K has developed a complete module for a satellite-navigation software company consisting of four tactile switches with uniform backlighting, with one of the switches recessed to prevent accidental actuation. The end product included a device with a fully decorated face surface, including painted and laser-etched buttons and company logo graphics, with a wire harness to plug into the receiver box, thus providing a complete module and solving a major challenge for the customer.

In the medical and marine industries, C&K has developed complete modules for electronic staple-counting mechanisms and a solution to replace a mercury float switch that included a connector and gasket in a sealed module, respectively.