Pressure switch solution for high tech sports game

Working with a number of groups and professional organisations in health & fitness, wellbeing, football, athletics and many other sports, they provide consultancy as well as design and manufacture interactive games and equipment that helps all levels of users to get fit and healthy in a fun and engaging way.

Rugged Interactive has chosen Herga Technology’s HPS-500 series miniature pressure switches for its latest game, DodgeAttack, where teams or 1v1 players bounce on trampolines, competing for the highest score of successful shots thrown at large pressure sensitive targets.

The miniature and very responsive Herga switches trigger at a preset pressure level to record successful shots on one metre diameter illuminated targets. Each target hit is then registered on a huge scoreboard complete with timer and sound effects. Rugged Interactive supply and install the game as a complete and colourful court with several targets and trampolines. The game, which typically runs for a two frantic minutes, is easily supervised, very safe and suited for children.

Herga Technology HPS-500 series pressure switches are available in six standard pressure range options from 0.25 to over 1370mbar. The pressure setpoint can be factory set or user adjusted with a tight tolerance that ensures excellent sensitivity and switching repeatability. With Teflon or polyurethane diaphragms these highly reliable switches are packaged in durable glass-filled polyester housings and with no sliding or pivoting parts offer generous proof pressures and a long working life to more than 20 million cycles.

The HPS-500 series is typically aimed at lower pressure/lower current DC or AC switching applications, with Herga Technology’s HPS-600 series available for pressures to over 4000mbar with high current AC switching. Both ranges can suit pressure, vacuum or differential switching and a wide choice of pressure port orientation and form factors make installation straightforward for a wide variety of OEM applications.