Make in India smartphone component: Tactile switch with side press
Date: 14/08/2022
Vadodara, Gujarat based Pran Electronics is an ISO 9001:2015 certified with 50+ years experience in design, tooling and bulk production of switches and connectors. They make wide variety of switches from tiny tact switches to pushbutton switches for electronics systems applications. We try to feature/share in this article a small tiny SMD tactile switch we picked from their catalogue which can be used for highly portable small size IOT and mobile handset applications.
The part number SMD-MINI-01 is a 3.0x3.5mm Miniature straight press and side press surface mount miniatures tact switch with positive tactile feel for mobile handset applications.
This RoHS compliant switches rated to operate to a voltage up to 12 V DC, and a current rating of 50 mA. It is related to have a contact resistance of 100 milli-ohms. The switch is designed to operate up to 100,000 cycles and require a operating force of 160gf. The operating temperature range of SMD-MINI-01 is -30 to 85 Deg C.
More detailed specifications of the switch is available at:
https://www.pranelectronics.com/pdf/Mini%20smd%20tact%20switch%201,2.pdf
