The K8 Series illuminated tactile switch offers several unique features and design elements, including a constant illumination cone. A series of illuminated tact switches from C&K Components combines ...

Swiping and tapping on flat screens is something we’ve learned to deal with in smartphones, tablets and other touchscreen gizmos, but it doesn’t come close to the ease of typing on a hardware keyboard ...

Interacting with flat touchscreens through swiping and tapping has become a normal part of using smartphones or tablet devices. However, it still cannot compare to the convenience and ease of typing ...

The big picture: Data entry on early mobile devices was done exclusively via physical buttons. This method certainly had its advantages but also consumed a large amount of real estate. Touchscreens ...

PIC, AVR, and Arduino are ubiquitous in projects these days and a lot of the time it’s easy to over-complicate things with their use. In this case, [Tod] wanted to use a momentary tactile switch to ...

Rachel Plotnick, an Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington and something of a “button guru,” has been studying this tactile resurgence for years. As the author of Power Button: A ...