The 5-Position Switch is a normally open contact switch. It has a nice snappy feel, and returns to the center/un-pressed position immediately when it is released. By monitoring the input state of five pins, it’s easy for any Parallax microcontroller to detect whether the switch is in the up, down, left, right, or pressed position. It is possible for more than one position to make contact at a time, such as pressed+right, left+down, or pressed+right+down, for a total of 18 output states.Key Features: Provides 18 input states for your project Two 4-pin SIP headers are perfect for bread-board friendly projects No external circuitry required for easy interfacing Simple communication with any microcontroller Multi-position selection (i.e. pressed+right, left+down or pressed+right+down) Application Ideas: Video game input Robot control Menu selection for emdedded projects
