Patent ID: 8913006

Claim:
A non-destructive inspection and testing instrument comprising: a user interface including: a housing, a first panel with a first type input to be assembled onto the housing, or a second panel with a different, second type input to be assembled onto the housing, wherein the first panel includes a first circuit, and the second panel includes a second circuit, a first GUI module for the first panel implementing a function upon an actuation of the first type input; a second GUI module for the second panel implementing the same function upon an actuation of the second type input; and a controller configured to query one of the first or the second panels which is installed on the instrument and identify the panel by either the first or the second circuit and the controller is further configured to select the first GUI module when the first panel is associated with the instrument and to select the second GUI module when the second panel is associated with the instrument, wherein the first panel includes a first keypad physical interface assembly transmitting a first mechanical move on the first panel to a first corresponding electronic contacting event and the second panel includes a second keypad physical interface assembly transmitting a second mechanical move on the second panel to a second corresponding electronic contacting event.