Debouncing Switch Inputs

Any mechanical contact will actually make and break many, many times on each closure. This is because the mass of the moving contact, combined with the spring inherent in all metals, will make it literally bounce off after the initial strike, and several times thereafter.

Debouncing Inputs with PICs

Debouncing Inputs with SXs

See also:

• Scott Dattalo: Tweaking a PIC for debounce,

Archive:

• List post "My First Original Circuit!" A Lockout to allow only the first switch pressed to send a signal. +

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