Mechanical switches play an important role in many microcontroller and microprocessor applications. These types of switches are simple, inexpensive, and easy to install. But, the perceived simplicity ...

What causes a switch to bounce, and how many times will a switch bounce? Methods of debouncing a switch. What is NoBounce technology? Most people, especially non-engineers, tend not to think about ...

Switches can do some really odd things. Most engineers learn this dirty little secret soon after connecting a switch or a relay to a digital system. Switches don’t make and break cleanly on the time ...