What is Sensofoil®? In our last blog post, we answered the question, “What is a membrane potentiometer?” Today, we’re going to talk about Sensofoil®, the Hoffmann + Krippner brand of membrane potentiometers, and how it differs from others. The name...
Potentiometers have long served as key components of electrical controls as well as position sensing. However, their size and expense make traditional potentiometers inappropriate for many applications, such as flat-screen touch input devices. As the name suggests,...
“I was so scared,” Juana Melara, a housekeeper in Southern California, told The New York Times when recounting an incident where a guest pursued her from his room into the hallway with his genitals exposed. “The rooms were empty – there were a lot of...
More and more municipalities and states are passing laws imposing new safety requirements on hotels to protect their workers. Similarly, hospitality unions are increasingly pressing for the distribution of panic buttons or other safety devices to be written into...
Membrane switches are amazing tools for product designers looking for a cost-effective yet highly functional means of interaction between user and device. We discussed how membrane switches are constructed here. In brief, membrane switches work much like mechanical...
Hoffmann + Krippner has a simple but powerful business philosophy: apply world-class German engineering and design to the creation of high-quality products. Simultaneously, we are always looking for ways to apply that philosophy in innovative ways that will benefit...
