OLED SMARTSWITCH AND SMARTDISPLAY

NKK Switches, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of innovative electromechanical switching devices, today announced the availability of its new OLED SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay high resolution programmable switches. These switches offer many advantages over conventional LCD programmable switches; including higher contrast and more brilliant pictures, 180 degree viewing angles, full colors, lower power consumption, faster response times and no backlighting requirements.The OLED SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay are programmable pushbutton switches and displays that feature a programmable and changeable OLED module with 65,536 colors in 16 bit mode, and 256 colors in 8 bit mode. Both devices are capable of displaying full-motion video.“OLEDs are still in their infancy as a switch technology, and will increase both longevity of display area and resolutions,” said Hassan Sajadi, senior engineer at NKK Switches. “With NKK’s reputation of providing consistently high quality switches, our customers can rely on the new technology as it continues its adoption with our expertise.”The OLED SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay are emissive devices operated by commands and data supplied via the SPI communications protocol. The switch is capable of 64RGB x 48 pixel resolution and the display 52RGB x 36. The wide viewing area of the switch is 15.5mm x 11.6mm (horizontal x vertical) and the display is 12.9mm x 9.9mm (horizontal x vertical).NKK’s OLED SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay are suited for a wide variety of applications requiring a graphical user interface or real-time sequencing. The OLED SmartSwitch and SmartDisplay product line simplifies and improves complex multi-decision operations in string-dependent switching systems. Applications include audio-video broadcast workstations, industrial control panels, medical equipment and communications systems.