NanoT Switches: IP67-Rated Tactile Switch Now Available
January 6, 2023
NanoT Switches Designed for wearable consumer electronics, including hearing aids, headsets, and portable IoT devices
IP67-rated tactile switch is now available. Littelfuse, Inc has announced the new C&K Switches NanoT product line, a series of miniature, surface-mounted, very low profile, waterproof tactile switches.
Smart wearables, health monitoring devices, and other battery-powered IoT devices are driving the need for a higher density of active components integration, seamless rounded screens, and additional functions in increasingly smaller spaces. The result is a demand for the switch interface to be smaller and smaller. The new NanoT switch series is the smallest tactile solution on the market today. It gives product designers room to build additional functionality into their design or reduce their printed circuit board (PCB) size.
Expanding on C&K’s Switch IQ, with a focus on Innovation and Quality, they have created the world’s smallest tactile switches, the NanoT series. The NanoT switch is the latest of advancements in C&K’s full line of micro miniature tactile switches designed for sophisticated applications powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including smart watches and medical wearables such as health monitoring trackers and hearing aids.
The NanoT IP67-rated tactile is ideal for use in a wide range of wearable and portable consumer electronics, including:
- hearing aids,
- health-monitoring devices,
- smartwatches,
- portable IoT devices, and
- headsets.
“We are excited to release the NanoT switches, the world’s smallest tactile solution currently available for high-end portable, wearable consumer and medical applications,” said Daisy Liu, Global Product Manager at C&K Switches, now part of Littelfuse. “They provide the smallest size, IP67 waterproof tact switch available. They use the surface-mount technology (SMT) reflow process for the top version and Pin-in-Paste (PIP) reflow process for the side version. As a result, this product addresses the market’s demand for smaller components while providing our customers with the ability to deliver high quality and high performance in their latest designs.”
The NanoT switch offers these key benefits:
- Ultra-compact size enables designers to add functionality or reduce PCB size, providing significant space-saving over other solutions on the market.
- Side-actuated package (2.2 x 1.70 x 1.65 mm) saves 35%.
- Top-actuated package (2.1 x 1.65 x 0.55 mm) saves 20%.
- PIP or SMT edge-mount versions allow excellent resistance to shock and shear testing, improving equipment lifetime while reducing layers of protections.
- Life cycles up to 300K offer greater reliability, reducing the chance of costly repairs.
- IP67 provides end-user customers with the high reliability of waterproof functionality.
- Operation force options of 100, 160, and 240 gf provide the most common versions required by the market.
Availability
The NanoT are available in tape and reel format in quantities of 8,000 pieces for the top version and 7,500 for the side version. Place sample requests through authorized Littelfuse distributors worldwide. For a listing of Littelfuse distributors, please visit Littelfuse.com to find a location near you.
More Information
Additional information is available on the NanoT product page or learn more about the NanoT and C&K IQ: Innovation & Quality, please visit ckswitches.com
Littlefuse completed their acquisition of C&K Switches in mid-July of 2022. Read Littelfuse Completes Acquisition of C&K Switches for more details on their partnership.
