Let’s bounce over and have a look at a variety of switches! Let’s bounce over and have a look at a variety of switches! My faithful readers (all two of them) will remember my dilemma when Max asked me ...

The momentary contact separation that is made when a mechanical switch is closed. The contacts actually touch and then bounce away and then touch again dozens of times in less than a millisecond. When ...

There are many different types of switches that are intended to address different design requirements, deployment environments, and usage scenarios. I’m always amazed how one thing leads to another.

Switch-contact bounce is an unavoidable mechanical phenomenon and complicates the task of measuring contact resistance; this circuit uses a current source and classic analog peak-detector circuit to ...