There are many different types of switches that are intended to address different design requirements, deployment environments, and usage scenarios. I’m always amazed how one thing leads to another.

Switch makers have long been at the forefront of innovation, due in large part to the constant demand for ever-smaller devices for both consumer and industrial markets. However, changes to ...

I was puzzling over tilt switches, which, in these mercury-free days, tend to be a ball bearing in a metal tube with a contact at one end. Tilting the tube lets the ball bearing roll down and short ...