Re: gEDA-user: spdt, spst

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 19, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> > > But there can be spdt with 2 positions (ON-ON) and with 3 positions
> > > (ON-OFF-ON)
> > > how is this distinguished?
> >
> >   Within the standard nomenclature like "SPST" and "DPDT", they can't
> > be distinguished.  Generally, in catalogs, parts lists and such, the
> > "on-off-on" type would be referred to as something like "SPDT with
> > center off", for example.
>
> So is the "1x on-off-on" notation also widely accepted?
> It seems to be notated this way here in CZ.

  I can't say I've seen that notation around very much, but it does 
seem to be pretty clear.

          -Dave

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