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New Product Development: 21 Designers, Developers and Engineers Share the Top Challenges of Developing New Products (and How to Overcome Them)

Leave a Comment / By Angela Stringfellow / August 25, 2015 February 14, 2017

Designing and developing a new product is no simple feat, as any engineer, product designer, or developer knows too well. Challenges range from understanding the target customer’s preferences, to developing products that balance functionality and simplicity, and even considering how a product might connect to the Internet and what security risks this poses to end users. Weigh …

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50 Top Product Design and Product Manufacturing Conferences and Events in 2017

Leave a Comment / By Trey Hooper / August 11, 2015 April 20, 2017

As the Internet of Things and wearables are set to make an even bigger splash in consumer and enterprise products than ever before, innovative organizations and companies organize conferences and events to join together the brightest minds in the industry and academia in order to promote collaboration, forward thinking, and product feedback. These conferences, workshops, …

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Carbon Tactile Keys: What are They, What do They do?

Leave a Comment / By Shelly Stazzone / August 5, 2015 March 29, 2017

A Definition of Carbon Tactile Keys Silicon rubber keypads are very popular in consumer and industrial electronic products. These keypads are low cost and mostly reliable. A typical silicone rubber keypad involves creating angled webbing around a switch center. When the switch is pressed, the webbing deforms and produces a tactile response. As soon as …

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How to Design and Manufacture a Hardware Product: 50 Awesome Resources for Advice, Information, and Tips on Building Hardware Products

Leave a Comment / By Shelly Stazzone / July 30, 2015 March 3, 2017

Some are calling it the Hardware Revolution. As the Internet of Things and wearables take off, hardware is seeing a resurgence similar to the software boom of ten years ago. Some software developers are even jumping into the hardware design game, as they are designing specifically for hardware products. Whether you’re new to hardware product …

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Guide to Protective Coatings for Rubber Keypads

Leave a Comment / By Trey Hooper / June 23, 2015 February 14, 2017

A Definition of Rubber Keypad Protective Coatings Protective keypad coatings are important for many electronic products, as they can enhance the value of the product. The protective keypad coatings also offer superb tactile operation and multiple finishing techniques. Rubber keypad protective coatings help to increase a keypad’s lifecycle by enhancing wear resistance. They also can …

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Rubber Metal Dome Keypads: What are They, and What Do They do?

Leave a Comment / By Trey Hooper / June 15, 2015 February 14, 2017

A Definition of Rubber Metal Dome Keypads A hybrid of a flat-panel membrane and mechanical-switch keyboards, dome-switch keyboards bring two circuit board traces together under a rubber keypad. When a key is pressed, it collapses the dome, which connects the two circuit traces and completes the connection to enter the character. These keypads use metal dome …

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Membrane Switch Adhesives: What are They, What do They do?

Leave a Comment / By Shelly Stazzone / June 8, 2015 February 14, 2017

A Definition of Membrane Switch Adhesives Membrane switch adhesives are used to mount membrane switch assemblies to the application. These adhesives are positioned on the mounting surface of the membrane switch, although in some cases, membrane switch assemblies containing more than one circuit layer will also include an adhesive spacer, or adhesive separator, between circuit …

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The Top Printed Electronics Resources: 50 Awesome Articles, Videos, Tutorials and Much More on Printed Electronics

Leave a Comment / By Shelly Stazzone / June 4, 2015 May 5, 2017

Printed electronics refers to the application of printing technologies for fabricating electronic circuits and devices. Increasingly, printed electronics also encompasses flexible plastic or paper substrates. Printed electronics originated in conductive patterns printed as part of conventional electronics to form flexible keyboards and antennas, and then evolved to include fully printed testers on batteries, electronic skin …

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How to Choose the Proper Adhesive for Your Membrane Switch Assembly

Leave a Comment / By Trey Hooper / May 19, 2015 January 6, 2017

Choosing the proper transfer adhesive for your membrane switch is one of the more critical decisions you can make during the design process. Achieving a satisfactory bond between your membrane switch and the surface to which it is mounted is vitally important to reducing field failures and ensuring the long-term reliability of your product. This …

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The Top Printed Electronics Blogs: 51 of the Best Blogs, Online News Sources and Publications on Printed Electronics Technologies

Leave a Comment / By Shelly Stazzone / May 13, 2015 May 31, 2017

While new advancements in printed electronics take place nearly daily, printed electronics as a whole is a fairly new field within the electronics industry. One of the best ways to learn about this field is to read materials from those who are working to advance it. That’s why we at Pannam have compiled our list …

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