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News Release from: Wasp | Subject: LED stautus indicating membrane switches
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 November 2001
LED cuts out expensive LCD on membrane
panels
Switch status on membrane control panels is normally indicated by a remote LCD elsewhere in the unit, but Wasp has developed a switch activated LED situated in the corner of the switch
Switch status on membrane control panels is normally indicated by a remote LCD elsewhere in the unit This in itself creates an expensive extra, complicated even further when multiple switches need to be activated at the same time
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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To overcome this, Wasp has developed a switch activated LED situated in the corner of the switch which illuminates when it is in the 'ON' position.
Available for use on any flexible membrane pad, Wasp can either accomodate customers' designs and even change the LED window colours to suit the application requirements, or fit embedded LED's into the flexible switch or fit more conventional LEDs into a rigid PCB backed membrane switch.
Whichever the option selected, the eventual user will be able work in complete confidence and safety by being able to see instantly which switches have been activated on the control panel.
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