SSI Electronics, Inc. | Medical Devices products

Since membrane switches are custom designed to meet specific applications, each product will have its own criteria to meet. SSI has used its’ more than 20 years of membrane switch experience to compile some of the most critical guidelines to designing and specifying our products. The use of these guidelines will help ensure that all aspects of product design are considered as to maximize the aesthetic quality, reliability, and efficiency of the final product.

Since being invented in the early 1970s, touch screen technology has experienced slow but steady embracement by consumer and industrial product designers. The popularity of touch screens has recently experienced unprecedented growth, as they have become the standard input method for smartphones as well as computer tablets. As more and more users have embraced the light touch characteristics of touch screens, many other industries have been exploring whether this technology is well suited for their products. Like all technology, there are many tradeoffs associated with implementing touch screens into your products. This design guide has been compiled to help engineers understand the basic elements of touch screen technology as well as the many respective design considerations.