Toggle, slide, push-pull, push-push, tactile, rotary, etc. The list of available switch styles goes on and on (and off?). Naturally, as mechanical complexity goes up, so (generally) does price. Hence ...

A gate turn-off switch, also known as a gate-controlled switch (GCS) or gate turn-off thyristor (GTO), is similar to an SCR but can be turned off by a negative signal on the gate terminal. GTOs ...

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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 ...