keypads & touch screens

Touch screen?

I thought this was rather expensive. What is the cost of such a screen, say 6"x4"?

Thanks

Larger 15" touch screens can be had for $50. They are not as clear as the ELO stuff, but suffice. Dawar, controllers are extra. 6x4 might be a little cheaper.

What do you pay for membrane tooling?

BTW, touch screens are Glass.

Cheers

Dunno, but if they're too expensive just use a Palm Pilot, iPad, iPhone, or some such as the I/O.

I got a quotation from China for a membrane panel (4x4 keypad with dome switches, 4 LEDs and silkscreen on the face. It was about 12x8 inches. The price quoted for 10 pieces was US$470. I got a quote locally in Australia and it was nearly double this. It did not include the PCB or fitting.

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In my case I have to integrate other electronics with it. I have considered this, and in some applications it is what I will do.

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Buy a palm pilot and gut it.

Not sure your location, but Melrose Nameplate (USA) has, in the past, given us some pretty good pricing on small production runs. Link:

As you've no doubt discovered, the problem is tooling and startup costs. Your $47 per piece price goes down substantially if you bought 100 or

One idea that "might" work for you is to make a keypad with large button sizes, and then make outdoor / UV vinyl stickers for your button legends. That's rugged enough (usually) to get you by... Just a thought. We actually went that route on a project once and it worked out pretty well.

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Thanks for that. I believe the Canadian company is probably AP Circuits?? My problem is that my typical production run is no more than 50 pieces. I often make changes to improve design and so my product life cycle is very short.

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I could be very tempted to buy one of these and have a play!!

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We have one - cheap and very impressive.

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What do you do about warranty returns? Just wondering. This is a problem that plagues all back room inventors, tinkerers, hobbyists, and future millionaires!

I once saw a membrane key overlay where you could insert legends from either the front (anytime) or backside (pre-stick to surface). That might be worth checking into...?