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iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad
Designed for industrial and mobile environments, the iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad offers compact, reliable input with both wireless Bluetooth and wired USB connectivity. Its impact-resistant ABS polycarbonate housing and industrial silicone rubber keys meet IP67 and NEMA 4X ratings, ensuring dust and water resistance ideal for harsh field conditions. The keyboard supports continuous operation with red LED backlighting and includes an integrated touchpad for precision control in low-light or confined spaces.
It withstands MIL-STD-810G shock and vibration tests and operates across 0°C to 60°C, making it suitable for a wide range of industrial deployments. Mounting options like VESA and AMPS add flexibility for vehicle or fixed installation. This sealed keyboard resists corrosive agents and offers a key lifespan exceeding 10 million actuations, supporting long-term heavy-duty use in logistics, manufacturing, and medical fields.
BT-870-TP-SLIM Features
- Dual Connectivity
- Fully Sealed IP67 and NEMA 4X
- Red LED Backlighting
- Ultra Slim Profile
- 75mm VESA and 1.188” x 1.5” AMPS mounting
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Product Type
Manufacturer
Certifications & Standards
CE, IP67, MIL-STD-810G, NEMA 4X, RoHS
Ruggedness
IP Rating
Mounting Format
Country Of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Backlight
Red
Case Material
ABS Polycarbonate
Certifications
CE, RoHS compliant
Custom Options Products
Keyboard Layout,Keyboard Language,Cable Type,Cable Length,Interface
Dimensions
11.193" x 7.098" x 0.850" (lwh)
Housing Colour
Black
Humidity
100% Humidity Resistant
Cable
A MicroUSB cable is included to recharge the keyboard and turn it into a wired USB keyboard when necessary.
Compatibility
USB: All Windows and Macintosh OS
Function Keys
10 Keys
Key Feedback
Tactile with Mechanical Snap
Key Material
Industrial Silicone Rubber
Key Switch
MATERIAL: Industrial Silicone Rubber LIFE: Greater than 10 Million Cycles Travel: 0.055in.
Lifespan
>10 Million Actuations
No. Of Keys
87
Pointing Device
Touchpad
Product Weight
1.56 lbs +/- 0.010 lbs
Shock
3 x 11 ms Pulses of 50g on each of 3 Axes
Switch Force
200g (+/- 30g)
Switch / Key Travel
0.055 in (1.4mm)
Vibration
POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY .04G/HZ FREQUENCY RANGE: 20Hz-2Khz DURATION OF TEST PER AXIS: 3 hours
Shock
3 x 11 ms Pulses of 50g on each of 3 Axes
Temperature Rating
STORAGE: -40°F TO +149°F (-40°C to +65°C). OPERATING: 32°F to +140°F (0°C to +60°C)
The iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad is designed and engineered for use in demanding environments where reliability, durability are essential. The BT-870-TP-SLIM supports a wide range of industries and operational applications.
Common deployment industries include: Defence And Military, Food And Beverage Processing, Healthcare And Medical, Industrial Manufacturing, Logistics And Supply Chain, Warehousing.
Across these sectors, the BT-870-TP-SLIM is typically used in applications such as Cold-Store And Freezer Operations, Health, Safety, And Compliance Inspections, Industrial HMI And Machine Interfacing, Mobile Workforce Operations, Process Control And Shop-Floor Monitoring, Proof Of Delivery And Last-Mile Logistics, Vehicle-Mounted Computing (MDTs / VMCs), Warehouse Picking And Put-Away.
These examples demonstrate the versatility of the BT-870-TP-SLIM across both industry sectors and real-world operational use cases. Its suitability extends well beyond the scenarios listed above, making it a flexible solution for a broad range of requirements.
For further information, or to assess whether the BT-870-TP-SLIM is appropriate for your specific application, please contact us.
The iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad comes with a 3 Year Rtb Warranty against defects in workmanship and materials, effective from the date of shipment (unless otherwise agreed in writing).
To receive service under this warranty, the eligible product, iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad, must be presented to RUGGED in the United Kingdom.
For more information about the iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad or to arrange repairs and services not covered by the warranty, please visit the warranty section on our website.
Do you need further details about the iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM Bluetooth Rugged Keyboard With Touchpad, or would you like to discuss a customised solution or demonstration?
At RUGGED, we recognise that every project has its own unique demands. If you have any questions about the iKey BT-870-TP-SLIM or need a custom Rugged Keyboard solution designed specifically for you, our team of technical experts are ready to assist you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Rugged Limited provides a range of rugged keyboards designed to withstand challenging industrial environments, including those found on forklifts and heavy machinery. These keyboards are built to be extremely durable, offering resistance to liquids, dust, and extreme temperatures, which are common conditions in such operational settings.
The design of many rugged keyboard models includes features that facilitate easy integration into various industrial setups. This often involves robust casings and adaptable mounting solutions, ensuring a secure and stable fit even with vibrations or impacts inherent to machinery operation. Their resilience makes them a reliable interface for data entry and control in demanding applications. Rugged Limited’s extensive experience ensures these keyboards meet the rigorous demands of industrial use.
Rugged Limited specialises in providing industrial-grade input solutions, including rugged keyboards, designed to operate reliably in challenging conditions. These keyboards are built to withstand elements such as extreme temperatures, dust, dirt, liquids, and heavy usage, which are common causes of failure for standard peripherals.
By preventing premature failure and reducing the need for frequent replacements or repairs, a rugged keyboard inherently contributes to less operational downtime. Their robust construction ensures consistent performance, enabling uninterrupted work in industries where reliability is paramount. Rugged Limited’s keyboards are engineered for longevity and resilience, giving businesses peace of mind and supporting continuous operations.
Explore Rugged Limited’s range of rugged keyboards to find a solution that meets your specific industrial needs and helps minimise downtime.
Rugged keyboards are an excellent choice for control rooms, where reliability and durability are paramount. These environments often require equipment that can endure continuous use and potential exposure to dust or spills without compromising performance.
Specifically designed with robust materials, a rugged keyboard offers superior protection compared to standard keyboards. This resilience ensures that critical operations in control rooms can proceed uninterrupted, even in challenging conditions. Rugged Limited provides a range of these specialized input devices, built to meet the rigorous demands of such settings, ensuring long-lasting functionality and consistent performance.
Absolutely, rugged keyboards are engineered to be highly compatible and functional with kiosks and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs). These environments often require input devices that can withstand continuous use, potential spills, dust, and even vandalism. Rugged Limited provides a range of rugged keyboard solutions that are purpose-built to meet these stringent demands.
Our rugged keyboards feature durable construction, often including stainless steel or silicone, and are designed to offer protection against liquids and particulates. This makes them an ideal choice for public-access kiosks, industrial control panels, and other HMI applications where standard keyboards would quickly fail. The robust design ensures consistent performance and a long operational lifespan, reducing maintenance needs and improving user experience in challenging settings.
Rugged Limited specialises in providing industrial solutions, and this includes offering customisation options for their rugged keyboard range. We understand that different industries and applications have unique demands, which is why our rugged keyboards can be tailored to incorporate various features.
For instance, standard options like integrated pointing devices, backlighting, and different mounting solutions are available to enhance functionality and usability. Beyond these, Rugged Limited can implement bespoke modifications to ensure the rugged keyboard seamlessly integrates into your specific setup and operational environment. This commitment to customisation ensures that you receive a product perfectly suited to your needs, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.
Rugged Limited specialises in providing industrial peripherals built to withstand harsh conditions, including marine settings. Our rugged keyboards are engineered with features like IP (Ingress Protection) ratings, which are crucial for protecting against water and other liquids commonly found in marine applications. This ensures that the keyboard can endure exposure to moisture, salt spray, and even submersion, depending on the specific IP rating.
Furthermore, the materials used in our rugged keyboard manufacturing are selected for their durability and resistance to corrosion, which is a significant factor in saltwater environments. This robust construction guarantees reliable operation and a long lifespan, reducing downtime and maintenance in challenging marine conditions.
Rugged Limited’s range of industrial keyboards are rigorously tested and certified to meet the demands of challenging environments. Our rugged keyboards are designed to withstand conditions that would compromise standard peripherals.
Key certifications and ratings for our keyboards include:
- IP Ratings: Our keyboards often feature high Ingress Protection (IP) ratings, such as IP65, IP67, and IP68. These ratings indicate resistance to dust, dirt, and liquids, making them suitable for washdown areas and environments prone to spills.
- IK Ratings: Many models also possess IK ratings, signifying their resistance to external mechanical impacts. An IK rating ensures the keyboard can endure significant physical stress without functional impairment.
- ATEX Certification: For hazardous environments where explosive atmospheres may be present, selected rugged keyboard models are ATEX certified. This certification confirms compliance with essential health and safety requirements relating to explosive atmospheres, ensuring safe operation in such critical zones.
These certifications collectively ensure that a Rugged Limited rugged keyboard delivers reliable performance and longevity, even in the most demanding industrial, marine, and outdoor settings.
Rugged keyboards are specifically engineered to withstand various forms of abuse, including vandalism. This resistance is achieved through robust construction using materials like stainless steel or industrial-grade silicone, which can endure impacts, sharp objects, and attempts at key removal.
Features such as sealed casings protect internal components from dust, dirt, and liquids, which can often be part of vandalisation attempts. Additionally, some models incorporate reinforced keys and tamper-proof mounting options to deter and prevent damage. When looking for a durable input solution, a rugged keyboard offers significant protection against vandalism, making it ideal for public access terminals, industrial settings, and other environments where durability is paramount.
Rugged Limited provides a range of these highly durable and vandal-resistant rugged keyboards designed for long-lasting performance in challenging conditions.

iKey is a US manufacturer that specialises exclusively in rugged input devices: sealed keyboards, keypads and pointing devices built for harsh and mission-critical environments. Rather than spreading across many product types, iKey concentrates on industrial-grade human interface hardware, which is reflected in its deep catalogue of desktop, panel mount, mobile mount, rackmount and OEM keyboards. Its products are engineered around sealed silicone rubber keys, reinforced housings and certifications such as IP66, NEMA 4X and MIL-STD-810G. This focus makes iKey a recognised choice for defence, emergency services, industrial manufacturing, marine and offshore, oil and gas, and other sectors where standard keyboards quickly fail.
iKey ruggedises its keyboards through sealed construction and durable materials rather than added covers. Keys use industrial silicone rubber with a dust-sealed overlay, giving tactile mechanical-snap feedback and a rated life exceeding 10 million actuations. Housings are typically ABS polycarbonate or stainless steel for impact and corrosion resistance. Many models are sealed to IP65, IP66, IP67 or IP68 and meet NEMA 4X for protection against dust and liquid ingress. iKey keyboards are also tested to MIL-STD-810G for shock and vibration, with models such as the SL-86-911 withstanding 50g shock pulses and operating across wide temperature ranges. This combination supports continuous-duty use in vehicles, control rooms and industrial settings.
iKey is known for sealed, industrial-grade rugged keyboards and pointing devices designed to keep working where consumer hardware fails. Its reputation rests on durable silicone rubber keys rated beyond 10 million actuations, sealed ABS polycarbonate and stainless steel housings, and certifications including IP66, NEMA 4X and MIL-STD-810G for shock and vibration. iKey is also recognised for its breadth: desktop, panel mount, mobile mount, rackmount, wearable and OEM formats, with options for backlighting, integrated pointing devices and hazardous-area protection. This makes the brand a frequent specification in defence, emergency services, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas, marine and offshore, and similar demanding sectors.
Yes. iKey produces dedicated keyboards for hazardous and explosive atmospheres. The BT-870-TP-EX2, for example, is rated for ATEX Zone 2 and 22 use, sealed to IP67 and NEMA 4X, and tested to MIL-STD-810G. iKey also offers intrinsically safe (IS) models such as the DT-1000-IS, which uses a stainless steel enclosure, optical isolation and separate bulkhead cables and is certified for Factory Mutual Class I, II and III hazardous zones, along with non-incendive (NI) variants. These options suit oil and gas, offshore operations, chemical, pharmaceutical and mining environments. Always confirm the specific certification on the chosen model, as ratings differ between IS, NI and ATEX variants.
Yes. iKey offers an extensive range of backlit rugged keyboards, identifiable by SLK and SLP model families, with backlighting integrated beneath the sealed silicone overlay rather than added externally. Standard backlighting is typically red, and some models such as the SLK-101-8L provide multiple adjustable lighting levels. For night-vision operations, iKey produces NVIS-compatible green backlit models, including the AK-39-NV wearable keyboard, which combines a green NVIS backlight with several adjustable brightness levels. Backlit options span desktop, panel mount, mobile mount and OEM formats, making iKey well suited to low-light control rooms, vehicle cabs, defence and emergency-services deployments where key visibility is essential without compromising the sealed, rugged design.
Yes. iKey has substantial OEM and custom capability and maintains a dedicated OEM range covering panel mount keyboards, keypads and trackballs. Many standard products are also available in OEM versions for integration into larger systems and enclosures. Customisation options recorded across the catalogue include keyboard and keypad layout, language, backlight colour, cable type and length, interface, custom logo, and epoxy or PU key coatings. iKey also produces device-specific snap-on keyboards, such as the IK-PAN-FZG1 series that latches directly onto Panasonic FZG1 tablets, and the IK-SAM-AT for Samsung. This flexibility makes iKey a practical partner for integrators and manufacturers needing input hardware tailored to a specific platform or application.
iKey builds its keyboards from materials chosen for sealing, durability and environment. Most housings use ABS polycarbonate for impact resistance and dust sealing, while models intended for corrosive, wash-down or hazardous settings, such as the DT-102-SS and DT-1000-IS, use stainless steel enclosures. Keys are made from industrial silicone rubber with a dust-sealed overlay, providing tactile mechanical-snap feedback and a rated life exceeding 10 million actuations. Some snap-on models use magnesium alloy housings with carbon-contact key technology. iKey also offers optional epoxy or PU key coatings for additional wear resistance. These material choices underpin the brand’s IP66, NEMA 4X and MIL-STD-810G performance across continuous-duty deployments.
A buyer chooses iKey when a standard keyboard would not survive the environment or the duty cycle. iKey keyboards are sealed against dust and liquids to ratings such as IP66, IP67 and IP68 with NEMA 4X, tested to MIL-STD-810G for shock and vibration, and built with silicone rubber keys rated beyond 10 million actuations. The range covers specialist needs that consumer hardware cannot meet: ATEX and intrinsically safe hazardous-area models, NVIS green night-vision backlighting, wide operating temperatures, and integrated pointing devices such as HulaPoint, FSR, touchpad or trackball. With desktop, panel mount, mobile mount, rackmount and OEM formats plus extensive customisation, iKey gives engineers a single, durable input solution for defence, industrial, marine and emergency-services use.











