C&K introduces the industry's first NanoT switch family

     C&K, a leading manufacturer of high-reliability electromechanical switches,  announced the launch of its new family of Nanotouch (NanoT) switches. It is the smallest solution on the market and is primarily used for complex applications powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including smartwatches and medical wearables such as health monitoring trackers and hearing AIDS.

     Advances in technology have led consumers to demand smaller sizes so that they can easily carry their purchases wherever they go. This is especially true for athletes who need to use portable devices to monitor their on-field performance, and for patients whose quality of life would improve if the devices they wear (due to heart problems, hearing loss, and other conditions) took up as little space as possible. As products get smaller, the switches needed to turn the power on and off also need to get smaller.

     NanoT offers the smallest switch size, giving designers of medical and wearable devices the freedom to design as small a size as they want without sacrificing product quality and performance. The 2.2 x 1.70 x 1.65 mm package size gives designers room to add additional features to their devices or reduce their PCB size.

     Jerome Smolinski, Senior Product Manager at C&K, said: "As wearables and medical devices continue to get smaller, it is vital that the switches used to keep them functioning are suitable for emerging size requirements. NanoT is the smallest light-touch switch on the market today. This technological leap not only keeps pace with market demands for complex products that require smaller components, but also provides our customers with easier and smarter design capabilities."