No, actually it would be very difficult to calculate this. Those equations deal with ideal situations, what we're dealing with here is real world imperfections. In all of my home-made electronics I have yet to see switch bounce enter as a factor, not have I even used decoupling caps to smooth the supply. Tell me again what the circuit is to do.
mike cosmodrome rocketry
David-
It's clear that you haven't seen an AltAcc 2C, which uses a screw terminal as a switch. The terminal is positioned over an empty(*) pad on the PCB, when the screw is turned in, the point contacts the pad and completes the circuit. It's a very clever alternative use for a common part. The result it exactly what he's looking for, something you could stick a screwdriver through a hole in the altimeter bay.
(*) the pad isn't completely empty, there's a large blob of solder there to provide a "landing zone" for the screw.
-Jeff Taylor
David wrote:
How about
I see, thanks!
That doesn't work either. I think you're going to have to tell us the part number or the search terms.
Make your own real simply.
Take a piece of double sided PCB... Drill a hole.. Solder a brass #6 nut to one side Insert screw.. Solder one wire each side of PCB when screw is turned down circuit will be completed, Just make sure through hole is counter sunk a little on the screw side so the shaft does not touch copper on the screw side...
Lots of different styles to choose from.
THis is a good equivelent to the rotary switch on Bob's site. The original post was looking for the screw switch - not a rotary switch.
I assume you mean 'voila', as the French would say :)
Just checkin'
Good idea BTW..
No, the Frogs say 'wa-la'; they just spell it 'voila' :)
Doug
The french frogs say "voila".
The german frogs just say "kaboom".
I'm not a frog, so I guess that explains that!! :) rib-bit...
Fred
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