Hi All, I could swear inside my garrage door opener remote the security codes are set using a series of DIP slide switches, each slide with a series of 9 positions... Am I imagining this?

Bottom line is I'm looking for a slide selection switch (6 positions would be perfect) that can be placed on a PC board. I have googled all over createion and found only this single one...

http://www.cascadesurplus.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1053

Are there no other choices? Like the miniture slides in my garage remote...

Any tips?

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Are the contacts made one pair at a time? usually DIP switches are just a collection of 8 SPST switches. If the function is an encoder, you can get 10 (BCD) or 16 (hexidecimal) ones - http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/RS-162/MINIATURE-16-POSITION-ROTARY-SWITCH/1.html

 

This any good?
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=0337532#header

 

Are the contacts made one pair at a time? usually DIP switches are just a collection of 8 SPST switches. If the function is an encoder, you can get 10 (BCD) or 16 (hexidecimal) ones - http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/RS-162/MINIATURE-16-POSITION-ROTARY-SWITCH/1.html

I just have 1 songle INPUT, that can go to 1 of 6 possible OUTPUTs... I'm routing my input to one of six destinations...

Hope this makes sence.

I like the board mounted Rotory switch!

This any good?
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=0337532#header

Not sure. I'll need to look at it in detail. Thanks for the link!

 

Grayhill Inc. makes a very large variety of PCB mount switches. Your garage door opener has a DIP switch in it. You can get DIP switches in a wide variety of configurations.

Try starting with this search on Digikey:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Cat=1114203&k=DIP switch

Then click '6' for positions, and hit the Search button.
Then check the "In stock" box, and hit Search again.
Slowly get more selective until you get the list down to under a few hundred items.