Range unites interface technologies

HMI Technology Solutions range includes novel products from established manufacturers such as Omron, Nikkai NKK, Apem, EAO, Arcolectric and Osram.

RS Components has brought together an expanded human machine interface portfolio to create its HMI Technology Solutions range.

HMIs provide a crucial link between man and machines enabling effective two-way communication and monitoring of processes in markets as diverse as industrial control, waterproof/public-domain machinery, medical equipment and portable handheld devices.

The RS HMI Technology Solutions range includes novel products from established manufacturers such as Omron, Nikkai NKK, Apem, EAO, Arcolectric and Osram.

It includes over 400 carefully selected keypads, joysticks, switches, encoders, indicators, touchscreen monitors, OLED displays, printers and cardreaders to ensure that RS has a solution for the most challenging of HMI applications.

As HMIs continue to advance and provide added functionality, end users are investing in improved HMI solutions.

Being more efficient, easy to install, operate, and maintain, these systems allow companies to focus on more value-added operations such as speed to market, reliability and the capability to produce new products.

Continued technology advances in HMI design is likely to promote growth in this mature market over the next few years.

Capacitive touch sensing technology, for example, is growing in white goods, building controls and consumer electronics as a durable replacement for mechanical switches.

No moving parts remove constraints on the aesthetic design of a product and mean a reliable, long and trouble-free service lifetime.

Available from RS, Omron's new B6TS touch sensor IC family offers complete freedom in human machine interface (HMI) designs.

Touch keys can be produced using any flat or curved nonconductive panel material including wood, rubber, plastic, marble and glass.

The user simply touches the panel to create a trigger event.

This shift away from pushbuttons and knob systems to easy-to-use and more flexible solutions that can be easily connected into communication networks is projected to expand.

With its wide range of technology solutions including displays, solid state lighting, wireless, power supplies, embedded computing and now HMIs, RS is an ideal position to advise on the latest technologies for emerging applications.

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