32 thoughts on “ Ditch The Switch: A Soft Latching Circuit Roundup ” Alexander Wikström says: June 24, 2019 at 8:50 am The main goals of any switch is: 1. Be able ...

The venerable Stephen Woodward recently published the design idea (DI) “Flip ON flop OFF” that converts a momentary push button to a classic push-on, push-off switch. Figure 1 is an attempt to go ...

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The circuit in Figure 1 shows how you can use a simple, momentary-action, SPNO (single-pole, normally open) pushbutton switch to latch power to a load. Requiring just a handful of common, ...

Push to make switch (PTM) is a momentary switch that closes the circuit only while pressed and is commonly used in doorbells and keyboards. Single pole, single throw switch (SPST) is a latching ...