At 10:26 AM 1/21/02 -0500, Andy Meng wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am at the hardest part of a project (in my opinion): the packaging. I am
>making a small handheld timer for a friend of mine (a one-off thing) and I
>want to make a nice "user interface." It needs three pushbutton switches to
>talk to PIC inputs. I am having a problem finding switches that feel the way
>I like.

There is a series of push buttons that mount in a bezel: Unimec switches,
buttons, bezels.  They require a square hole but you CAN mount them in a
panel without any other hardware or holes necessary.  They have proven to
be quite reliable and have 2- NO and 2- NC contacts per switch.  The
company also manufactures a series they call Multimec - these have a single
NO contact and are available with long buttons but don't have bezel
hardware available.  The company is called MEC - do a search.

dwayne




Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
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