Types+of+Switches

= Types of Switches =

Much of the information on this page comes from an article titled "Alternative Input: Assistive Technology For Young and/or New Switch Users" by Nancy Marshall, OTR, Assistive Technology Consultant with Michigan's Assistive Technology Resource Center. I don't remember when I retrieved it from the Web but I cannot find access to it any longer to give you reading this a link to the article itself.

__**Mechanical Switches**__ are devices that turn ON and OFF the current flowing along a conductor such as wire using mechanical mechanisms.


 * Plate switch provides a flat surface that is depressed to activate the switch. The surface is a membrane switch.