New England Keyboard, Inc.

New England Keyboard’s custom flat panel membrane switches, with special solvent resistant textured overlays, will stand up to the harshest environments. They are suitable for most applications and can be manufactured to your exact specifications. They can be supplied as complete turnkey assemblies that incorporate custom electronics and LED indicators and can be packaged in standard or custom enclosures. NEK’s membrane panels are currently used in diverse applications such as Military and Industrial Equipment, In-the-Vehicle applications and commercial kitchens. Membrane keypads manufactured from etched Kapton® feature solid copper traces for high current carrying capacity, 0.5mm connector pitch, and extremely high temperatures. Surface mounted components and connectors can be solder attached using conventional reflow techniques.

New England Keyboard, Inc. designs and manufactures terminals, stand-alone products, and higher level subassemblies utilizing all of the following technologies: membrane, Kapton®-membrane, elastomer rubber, full travel switches, discrete switches, and touch panels. These more complex products are typically panel-mounted or in enclosures. Low profile sealed laptop style keyboards are available with or without backlight or a sealed, embedded pointing devices such as a mouse touch pad. Into all of these products NEK can incorporate an almost unlimited combination of the following features:

New England Keyboard’s full travel keyboards are rugged, reliable, and designed to meet the most demanding applications and environments. Available with either a linear feel or tactile feedback (mechanical “click”), NEK’s sealed keyboards will stand up to liquid and solvent spills, dust, contamination, and extreme temperature. Our waterproof full travel products feature a unique water tight “sleeve” under the keycaps to seal the bearing surfaces from water. Combine with a water resistant trackball or sealed rubber pointing device to create a complete waterproof high speed data input device. Inexpensive EMIRFI shielding can be easily incorporated.

New England Keyboard, Inc. manufactures rugged Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) and Liquid Crystal Modules (LCMs) for a variety of demanding applications. Our products are “on the battlefield” in tens of thousands of military radios all around the globe. We build displays with wide temperature range fluids and shock absorbing inner layers. Products incorporate integral heaters for operation to -45C. NEK offers many products with NVIS (Night Vision Compatible) backlighting. LCDs can be incorporated onto customers’ controller card for cost savings.

Kapton® cables, assemblies, and FFCs from New England Keyboard, Inc. help you to reduce assembly costs, reduce weight, meet dynamic flexing requirements, and eliminate connectors, thereby increasing reliability and repeatability. NEK’s on-shore design and engineering support coupled with our off-shore manufacturing provides you the ideal combination of service and price.

New England Keyboard’s rugged, short stroke, custom silicone rubber keypads offer substantial design flexibility. Choose keypads only, complete assemblies, sub-assemblies with display, LED indicators, bezels, custom electronics, and many other features. Customer specified key dimensions (size, height, and shape), color, legend, and layout. The design flexibility of our Silicone Rubber Keypads is almost limitless.