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Monday 15 October 2012

Keypad Testing To Ensure Efficiency

By Lance Buschman


One does not quite know the process involved in determining whether a machine is manufactured to expected standards. Lack of proper testing may lead to frequent breaking down of the machine which will eventually cause problems for the owner of the machine. In different countries you will find that they have boards that carry out the testing of products and one such area of testing is the keypad testing.

This method involves the art of verifying the durability as well as the efficiency of that particular area used for the purposes of typing. The typing pad is especially important for gadgets such as mobile phones or computers as they govern the whole functionality of a machine. This area of the machine is the one that has specific commands that prompt the machine to work.

In this day and age when everything is manufactured to be miniature, it is important to verify that all areas of a machine work to par. This is because the smaller a machine is; the harder the process of data entry is as well. To ensure a hundred percent functionality, every data entry button must be experimented on using a system known as activation force.

This force is absolutely necessary as it allows the designers and manufacturers to profile the buttons in order to determine the amount of pressure that would be required to allow the buttons to work to the level in which they are expected. Determination of this process is the alpha of the determining process and is therefore extremely important.

The manufactures must take caution to ensure that the activation force is just right that is, not too low as to not cause effect or to allow minor accidental accidents to happen and not too much such that the elderly or people that are generally weak cannot use. Minor accidents include accidental dialing or accidental typing of information when the gadget is placed out of sight.

The gadgets that are used in the exerting of force are often not that hard to find especially for companies that manufacture machines that would need to absolutely have them in their reach. They are often conducted by electricity in order to record the varying effects of pressure accurately and later use the results to make future observations.

The electronic machine should also be manufactured in such a way that accuracy of the buttons can be determined without destroying the delicate keys on the pad. Keypad testing is therefore a very delicate process and should be done with utmost care to avoid these damages.




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