Questions tagged [switches]
Devices to interrupt or route a signal or power one of several ways.
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Wiring of body terminal in a network of MOSFET switches
I am trying to design a set of switches in a cmos design.
The switches are supposed to control a number of capacitors and I want to implement them as single NMOS or PMOS transistors.
Based on my ...
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I need to connect a 12V device to Raspberry pi
I need to connect a 16mm press Push Button Switch flat round Latching Self-locking 1NO 1NC with 12V rating to Raspberry pi3. (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/16mm-Metal-brass-Push-Button-Switch-flat-...
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How can I make/find very small on/off 3x3x3 mm switches? [on hold]
I'm looking for very small on/off switch that fit in a 3x3x3 mm bounding box. The application is a tiny figure and all the electronics need to be contained within the body. There is an LED, coin ...
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Arduino: Programmable on/off switch [on hold]
I am working on a project that needs a programmable on/off switch. I have been unable to find a switch where I could toggle a pin high or low to turn something on or off using an arduino. The switch ...
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Typical break time of an input power loss of a DC-DC buck chopper
For my graduation project I am using an LM2596S-ADJ module to power a raspberry pi 3 (power consumption 5V 2A). I want a rough idea of how long it would take to cut off the power to the pi if the ...
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Audio jack detection to turn on device without power loss
I'm trying to make simple headphones amp and I wonder - is there any way to use stereo jack connector with N-C switches like this:
to turn on the amp so the battery is mechanically disconnected?
I ...
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Can i use an AC 15A 250V / 30A 125V rocker in place of a 15A 125V / 10A 250V one?
Amazon sent me the wrong replacement switch so i am wondering if i can use it?
Original switch is AC 15A 125V / 10A 250V
new one is AC 15A 250V / 30A 125V
can i use it without damaging the ...
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Wireless Switch [closed]
The switches of the lights of an area are far from that area. I was wondering how to set up wireless switches that can work in a distance of nearly 30 meters from the original panel(switches). (They ...
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Timer activated by Reed on AC solenoid
Let me start by saying thank you for taking the time to read this - I really appreciate it!
To the point: I am trying to create a 2-digit timer that resets and then starts at the activation of an ...
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How to get a 24 V signal generated when the input circuit state changes?
So I'm an IT guy with no electrical experience trying to figure this out.
How do I set up a circuit that puts out a 24 V signal for a short time or puts out a continuous 24v signal that quickly turns ...
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Switched circuit being set to off, triggers door bell, why? [migrated]
We are having an issue what seems like the off command being send or received by a bathroom extractor fan, causing the door entry system door bell to ring.
In / around the vicinity of the bathroom we ...
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High current low voltage MOSFET help
I am wondering if I have a 75 amp @7.4v source, obviously it's gonna be hard to find a switch with a 12 mm thread to handle that power, so I would obviously need some kind of MOSFET. My question is, ...
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How to control two separate circuits with one switch? [duplicate]
I have two separate circuits with different types of diodes. One circuit draws 3,5V and the other draws 9V. How can I wire this up so that one switch can turn both circuits on or off? As far as I ...
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LED Circuit design (4 switches, 1 potentiometer)
I need to design an LED circuit that acts as a switching system. It must meet these specifications.
Case 1(Press Button 1): LED 1 ON, LED 2 ON, LED 3 OFF
Case 2(Press Button 2): LED 1 ON, LED 2 OFF,...
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Hook up an automatic transfer switch with two phases only
We have a house in Haiti connected to the shore line. The shore line isn't always working so we bought a generator. I wanted to ground one of the two phases to create one neutral, one phase and a ...
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Op Amp as a simple switch
I want to build a little voltage switch that switches on a buzzer and a relay when a certain voltage is reached. Please have a look at the schematic.
I use a trim potentiometer to set up the switch ...
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Change PCB-mounted switch
I have this Bi-Direction Switch:
(Image source - front of switch)
(Image source - back of switch)
I want to change the Button/Switch (I don't know the exact English word) to this one, for style ...
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Fan speed switch: why OFF :: HIGH :: MED :: LOW?
Many AC fans, including inexpensive floor models, have a rotary speed control which rotates from OFF to HIGH to MED to LOW. Since the switch does not rotate 360°, you have to rotate it backwards to ...
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Power source select with push buttons
For my project I have 2 power sources and 2 push buttons.
What I try to achieve is if I push on button #1, power source 1 connects to the circuit. If I push on button #1 again OR on button #2, power ...
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Using a switch instead of a router, any issues? [migrated]
I am living in an on-campus apartment. These apartments have one ethernet port that we can connect a device to and we are not allowed to connect a router to it, we are to use campus wifi. If we are ...
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Is there an IC like the ULN2003A but for high side switching? [closed]
I'm looking for an IC to switch multiple ground-connected loads but having trouble finding a suitable chip. Is there anything kind of like a reverse ULN2003A but with a common collector and multiple ...
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LEDs driven by GameBoy sound
My circuit does not work as I thought it should and I'm really confused now.
What I want?
Two LEDs which will pulse to audio LEFT and RIGHT channel separately.
And same for display BACKLIGHT, but ...
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A Switch With Momentary and Latched States
I'm looking for a switch, toggle or rotary, which has momentary action up to a certain degree and then latches (in both directions). I guess in the switch lingo it would be ...
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Why does this microswitch datasheet specify a minimum load current? [duplicate]
The Omron VX series datasheet mentions on page 6 that "Using a model for ordinary loads to open or close the contact of a micro load circuit may result in faulty contact.", and shows that their micro ...
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Is there any way to reduce negative voltage below -3V when the switch FET open?
I got a problem below circuits.
When the source of M1(n-channel FET) got a short to gnd, Massive current would flow through the M1.
A circuit would recognize the massive current and make M2 switch ...
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8PST switches, do they exist? (not 8SPST DIP Switch) [duplicate]
I'm looking for a switch that can connect/disconnect 8 signals at a time with one button/lever/slide whatever. Power requirements are very low. I do not want to use analog switches due to interference ...
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How can I use a transistor (2n2222) to act as a switch with this 12V momentary switch? [closed]
I have a garage door setup that is basically like the following:
All I want to do is add a new remote switch into the system.
I basically want to add a circuit into the previous schematic in the ...
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Understand limit voltage and current
It could sounds odd but I am trying to find a switch for my inverter that is an isolator.
My batteries are 12 V and my inventer can do over 5 KW, but I found a switch at 48 V, rated 300 A.
If I use ...
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Can I use an NPN BJT transisor as a standard switch?
Is is possible to use a NPN transistor as a normal switch?
If I put 5 V on the transistor base the switch is closed and if there is 0 V on the base the switch is open.
Does the transistor need to ...
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Bimetallic temperature switch not turning off circuit
I recently bought a bimetallic temperature switch (linked to amazon here). It's for an engineering project for school where we're supposed to use diodes and a temp switch connected to a DC power ...
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Designing an PCIe ethernet NIC with built in ethernet switch
I am trying to design a ethernet network card that will plug into a PCIe slot and have 2 etherenet ports visible to the user that are connected by a unmanaged layer 2 switch.
My architecture ...
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High AC voltage on Touch Sensitive Switch
I recently got a 120V/240V On/Off Touch Switch kit (ZIJIA P12-L56). They are a cheap way of adding Touch Lamp functionality to a standard lamp. It works great and I immediately started poking ...
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Use both manual switch and WiFi Smarth switches together
I have Sonoff Basic WiFi Smart Switch that I would like to connect to my lamp and control it via phone. However if something will go wrong, or there would not be ...
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A voltage-controlled electronic equivalent of an SPST switch using MOS/BJT/Diodes
In order to use a close equivalent to ideal SPST switch for basic circuit simulations, I had been using a four-terminal voltage-controlled switch available in Ltspice simulator with quite less rise ...
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Radio activated on/off switch
TL;DR: I want to know if there is anything, That on which when a radio frequency falls, and it turns on an LED. Basically an on off switch but controlled when radio waves hit it.
What I hope to ...
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PNP Transistor switch circuit
I have been learning about transistors a lot lately. Following that I have managed to design a simple circuit that uses PNP transistor as a switch. Basically this is going to be a door alarm where if ...
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Relays vs. thyristors: What is best for swiching 230 V lights on and off rapidly (~ 5 Hz)?
I am building my own disco/party lights. 230 V/60 W bulbs, and ideally I would like to switch them on and off at 5 Hz.
I was planning on a simple setup with an Arduino controlling the lights. My ...
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NPN transistor as switch (actual voltage readings)
I started learning Transistors with this tutorial from the Sparkfun website. The tutorial is good and pretty easy to understand. So I decided to put my learning to the test and assembled a simple NPN ...
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Problem with signal edge in schematics containing high speed IC switch
I am trying to design the following schematics:
There are two kOhms resistance which are connected serially. One is load and another is device resistance. I need to apply the voltage in a the ...
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Sonoff Touch Wall Switch Electric Connections
SONOFF Touch WiFi Wireless Remote Control Wall Timing Switch
https://www.gearbest.com/access-control/pp_1588267.html?wid=1433363
I have the above switch and it comes with three connectors behind (...
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How to build a simple transistor switch?
How to build the following:
A simple Transistor turn-OFF switch.
A simple transistors circuit that has its own power source, but when I apply a second alternate power source then it will switch to ...
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Add a relay to an existing switch
I want to add a relay or transistor, what fits the need best, to a simple switch, so I can control the switch by a micro computer but also keep the already installed switch so I can still operate the ...
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Turning on PC PSU with current or bridging PS_ON and COM/GND?
I really hope title is specific enough.
What I am trying to achieve is that using a SATA Extension Cable to PS4 you can plug in a 15mm 2.5" Laptop Drive or 3.5" Desktop Drive and the issue is that ...
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switches- What type of switch is S1 here?
S1 - Is it just a single push button switch on one side as shown on the symbol, and an open connection on the other side?!
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How to switch 7 wires with a single on/off slide switch
I am working on a project, where I want to build a raspberry pi into a nintendo 64 console, and be able to switch between with a single switch. By that I mean, I want to be able to use a single slide ...
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What could cause impulse noise on switch closure
I have a simple SPST NO Tact switch which is creating a noise pulse in a very sensitive receiver. Moving the switch, shielding etc is not possible.
I need to understand how the switch is creating ...
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What is the actual ratings of this limit switch?
I'm going to use this microswitches as the limit cut off for motorized locking system for sliding door of my store room under the stair case.
Upon checking it properly, the Indonesian made Omron ...
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Why do some toggle switches have terminals of different color?
I sometimes see three terminal rocker/toggle switches, and one terminal is a different color than the other two.
Here is an example:
(Image from ebay.com)
What does the colored terminal indicate?
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Can I use Cat6 ethernet cable to connect switches to Fibaro binary sensors
The Fibaro binary sensor ( https://manuals.fibaro.com/binary-sensor ) is capable to handle two potential-free inputs and is powered by 9-30V DC.
Can I use Cat6 ethernet cable from four double ...
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Voltage controlled switch always closed in simulation
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I have made the above (useless) schematic in LTspice. This after running into issues with a full schematic. The idea is to let e pulse ...
