Foremost Electronics, the Essex based specialist distributor of electromechanical components, has been serving the electronics industry for 25 years and is typical of the many small to medium sized companies across the uk that have grown over the years by specialising in certain areas of the market place.

Whether it is in semi-conductors, passive components or electromechanical products, the industry needs the services of these specialists to secure the right products for new designs and supply for production requirements. Foremost supplies switches, keypads, connectors, 19” Racks and enclosures, joysticks, handles and knobs. The product ranges fulfil both high specification and commercial grade commodity requirements.

The latest product to be launched from Foremost is the new OLED Display Full Screen Colour Pushbutton.

The full screen design allows larger displays to be assembled from a number of switches providing an interactive video + HMI display and control panel. The OLED display interface uses SPI Protocol enabling high-speed synchronous communications.

Key features include the world’s smallest class of OLED with 96 x 64 display dots, 50,000 hour lifetime, smooth and positive tactile response in operation, a richly expressive 16-bit 65,536 colour display, multiple units can be combined to form one screen for flexibility in sizes and layouts, highly-reliable dust-proof gold-plated twin contacts with life expectancy up to 1,000,000 cycles. In addition, the terminals are sealed with epoxy to prevent flux from entering the body of the switch during board assembly. The epoxy seal also helps to eliminate slack in the terminals, for greater contact stability. Temperature operation rated at -20c to 70c.

The vibrant OLED display’s output can be configured easily in IS Colour Editor for Windows, an image creation and editing tool supplied by NKK. The switch’s display may be controlled via a serial peripheral interface.

Features:

·         Single-pole, single-throw configuration

·         50,000-hour lifespan (OLED display)

·         1.8mm button travel.

·         Life 1,000,000 button operations (minimum)

Applications:

·         Professional broadcasting and audio equipment

·         TV editing suites

·         Emergency services vehicle dashboard control equipment

·         Medical electronics devices

·         Air Traffic control systems