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News Release from: Design LED Products | Subject: Printed lightguides
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 08 February 2008
Guides shed light on capacitive switches
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Illuminating capacitive switches has traditionally caused problems to designers as the electric field from the light source affects the operation of the switch.
Design LED Products and IGT Industries announce the successful integration of thin printed lightguide technology with embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) into capacitive switches Typically 1mm thick, the switches include the capacitive switch sense pad, light-guides with integral LEDs and outer graphic and are used with QTouch sensor chips
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)