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The DIP switch package also has socket pins or mounting leads to provide an electrical path from the switch contacts to the circuit board. Although circuits can use the electrical contacts directly, it is more common to convert them into high and low signals. In this case, the circuit board also
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DIP switches offer 6,561 (3) combinations/codes compared to 8 pole binary switches' 256 (2) combinations/codes. This makes them especially suitable for encoding devices such as a remote controller.
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needs interface circuitry for the DIP switch, consisting of a series of pull-up or pull-down resistors, a buffer, decode logic, and other components. Typically, the device's
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SIP switches are also available, which only have one row of pins instead of the two rows of pins in DIP packages. This saves on pins and space. One of the pins is a common.
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in the 1980s and early 1990s to enter game settings such as difficulty or the number of credits per coin. DIP switches were very commonly used to set security codes on
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691:Kill switch
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288:video cards
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851:Thermostat
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