C&K Components has developed a 14-function navigation switch in what it says is the smallest package available on the market. The SensoNav switch combines sensitive touch and tactile functions in a package size measuring only 9.9x11.3x2.0mm. “The SensoNav switch was developed as an alternative to touch pad technology, and because it utilises a combination of switch signals to the software in one device rather than adding another switch, pad or component, a significant amount of space is saved,” says Jerome Smolinski, senior product manager for C&K Components. “The switch also employs the same driver that drives the keyboard in significantly less space, so not only is space minimised and design simplified, but cost is reduced.”
While typical navigation switches employ either a 5-way switch or pad, the SensoNav switch combines these technologies in the only 14-function navigation switch currently available on the market.