Help Me Find This Component

[+FarmerPotato]

I want to start a thread where we can help each other find obscure parts.   It can be a fun game, maybe you even need the part for a project.

 

I will get it rolling:

 

Who made these colorful slide switches, and where can you get them now?

(IC included for scale.)

 

 

Seen on Madge Networks 1987 Token-Ring network card (ISA). Made in the U.K.

 

[+khanivore]

I have a couple of 8-way ones here.  Really old,  30+ yrs at least.  It looks like you can still get something similar from Newark / Farnell ? https://www.newark.com/erg-components/sds-8-014/dip-switch-8-spst-co-slide-1a/dp/08WX5542

[+acadiel]

I see them here:  https://www.itweba.com/en/product/spectra-c-023-jumper-switches-dip-switches.html - though this is an "inquire" site.  It'll get you some part numbers.

 

Here too:  https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dip-sip-switches/0321105

 

Here:  https://www.newark.com/erg-components/sds-6-014/dip-switch-sds-series-spst-through/dp/08WX5540

 

And lastly found them here:  https://www.radwell.com/Buy/ITW/ERG COMPONENTS/SCS-8-023?redirect=true

 

 

[+FarmerPotato]

Noticed them on Stuart's photo collection!  

[matthew180]

Wow, I have never seen anything like that, they sure are cute, but VERY expensive.  I would only use these if I were making a one-off board for myself, and if I *really* wanted that aesthetic.  Otherwise, there are colored DIP jumper shunts of all sorts that will work just as well.

[+FarmerPotato]

Thanks @acadiel  . So it's an Erg. Seems they have the category to themselves. And a minimum of $3 per switch is pricey. 
 

 

[+FarmerPotato]

I browsed slide switches at TEDSS.com: page 5 shows an ERG 10-DIP for $10.

 

Website says that they "cater to hobbyists" and "hard to find parts". For this pricing, there is a minimum $20 per line item (so two switches) and $40 minimum order. 
 

I could see using a color 2-switch in place of 2 jumpers. For instance BlackIce has a DFU mode jumper next to a serial port enable jumper--not labeled. 

[atrax27407]

How about a source for Dupont female to female 5 CM jumpers?

[+OLD CS1]

10 hours ago, FarmerPotato said:

And a minimum of $3 per switch is pricey.

But the kawaii factor is immeasurable!

[+FarmerPotato]

18 hours ago, atrax27407 said:

How about a source for Dupont female to female 5 CM jumpers?

I last got wires from Pololu

 

 

They only have 7.5 cm female to female

But other kinds are in sizes down to 5 cm

 

 

 

 

 

[atrax27407]

Thanks - ordered.

[Kchula-Rrit]

On 4/1/2024 at 9:12 AM, khanivore said:

I have a couple of 8-way ones here.  Really old,  30+ yrs at least.  It looks like you can still get something similar from Newark / Farnell ? https://www.newark.com/erg-components/sds-8-014/dip-switch-8-spst-co-slide-1a/dp/08WX5542

Has anyone noticed that the switch colors correspond to the digits for resistor color codes?  Could be handy...

Don't know about number 7; that looks more like dark blue than violet.

Could have been great for customer-service types, back when computers used DIP switches.  "Turn the green switch on, leave all the others off."

K-R.

Edited April 3 by Kchula-Rrit

[+FarmerPotato]

20 hours ago, Kchula-Rrit said:

Has anyone noticed that the switch colors correspond to the digits for resistor color codes? 

I didn't notice on my own, but Erg titles it "EIA Colors" so there you go.