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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 ...

This push-button fan switch design includes a timed automatic shut off, connections to the mains, and other minor changes from previous Design Ideas. ... This is an improved version of Anthony Smith’s ...

32 thoughts on “ Ditch The Switch: A Soft Latching Circuit Roundup ” Alexander Wikström says: ... (10k to ground on a button push)? Report comment. Reply. rubypanther says: June 25, 2019 at 2 ...

There’s a fairly common frequency counter circuit for radios, using a PIC 16F628, that uses just one button to scroll through the possible offset values (local oscilator) – short push scrolls ...

There are latching types with thresholds at ±2mT, ±7.5mT or ±15mT, then unipolar parts with thresholds at 18 ... often used for position sensing, like for push buttons. Bipolar switches are a ...