Ever since touchscreens started finding their way into cars around 20 years ago, interior designers have been trying to figure out what to do with all the switches, buttons and knobs. Take them away, ...

It isn't easy being an electrical or electronics engineer in the automotive industry. Mechanical engineers that focus on cams, compression, and horsepower are more the norm, and often times electrical ...

There seems to be nothing a 555 can’t do. We’ve seen it before, but [electronzapdotcom] reminds us you can use a 555 and a few parts to make a reasonable touch switch in this video, embedded below.

In a welcome move, the crowdfunded smart home brand is rethinking its business model at CES 2018, and showing off new "TouchSwitches," too. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

Take a quick look at most older appliances, consumer products, and even medical devices of just a few decades ago and you’ll see their user front panels are covered with traditional, protruding ...

Is there anything more annoying than holding a button down for several seconds while your windows roll down? Sure, plenty. But this is a small problem that'd be easy to solve. In 2019, almost every ...

Mechanical switches are pretty easy to understand—the contacts touch, the current flows, and Bob is, presumably, your uncle. But what about soft switches? Well, they’re not that difficult to ...

With no moving parts and insensitivity to liquid spills and other contaminants, the rugged, touch-sensitive switches in ITW Switches' ActiveMetal series have a virtually unlimited life span (see ...

Camden Door Controls announced that SureWave CM-336 Series battery-powered wireless switches and CM-333 Series battery-powered relay output touchless switches can now be surface mounted utilizing ...