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Galvanic Reaction: Protecting Your Devices from Corrosion

Galvanic reaction is a fascinating phenomenon in materials science that…

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Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), it’s shocking!

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is what causes you to feel a shock when you…

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Looking Ahead to 2022 with Bob Hartline

With almost 2 years of COVID under our belts, we have a lot to reflect on…

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Flex Edge™ Sensors Used for Bezel-Less Design

Regardless if the touch screen is getting bigger or smaller, companies are…

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Hybrid Touch Screen

In a previous post we talked about Hybrid Interfaces, where you can have…

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HMI Screen Printing

Screen printing is a meticulous process; whether you're screen printing…

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What is Functional Printing?

Ever walk up to a screen and touch it thinking it is or should be a touch…

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Die Cut vs. Laser

Each layer of an HMI assembly is typically created in sheet form and then…

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Touch Sensor Assembly

Whether you've designed a touch sensor before or this is a brand new…

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Safety First: 2400 Days!

August 4, 2021 marks 2400 days without lost time injury! In other words,…

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You Asked, We Answered: “How long does it take to get a quote?”

"How long does it take to get a quote?" This is a great question, many…

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How to Prevent ESD in Electronic Devices

What is ESD? Have you ever walked across carpet and then been zapped by…

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Printed Smart-Tags Can Help Combat Administration of Counterfeit Covid Vaccines

Many articles have recently come out about counterfeit Covid vaccines,…

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The Tools of our Design Engineers

Have you ever wondered how design engineers transform your ideas for a…

Anti-(fill in the blank) Material for Interfaces

Anti-glare • Anti-fingerprints • Anti-scratch • Anti-smudge Is it possible…

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Interface Design: Can vs. Should

Everyone loves a good fashion faux pas. It's like a train wreck. You can't…

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Has COVID Made You Reconsider Your UI Strategy?

COVID-19 has changed how people interact with and touch things; we are…

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Finding the Perfect Fit: Sealed Switches

Designing a membrane switch requires a lot of considerations, and like…