Audiomaker
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Sean
Can anyone identify this aftermarket electrical part?
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jphilipson
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It's a dip switch.
Audiomaker
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LOL... yes it is. But why is it in a Hayabusa?
I also thought it might be some speedo-healer prototype or something.... hoped someone would recognize it.
Sean
I concur with these fellas.
Do any of your neighbors garage doors open when you push the button?
Pretty sure that is a early version speedohealer
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There are many different kinds of dip switches. Some of the most common are the rotary, slide, and rocker types.
Rotary dip switches contain multiple electrical contacts, one of which is selected by rotating the switch to align it with a number printed on the package. These may be large like thumbwheels, or so small that a screwdriver must be used to change them (although there are also small potentiometers of this type).
The slide and rocker types, which are very common, are arrays of simple single-pole, single-throw (SPST) contacts, which can be either on or off. This allows each switch to select a one-bit binary value. The values of all switches in the package can also be interpreted as one number. For example, seven switches offer 128 combinations, allowing them to select a standard ASCII character. Eight switches offer 256 combinations, which is equivalent to one byte.
The dip switch package also has socket pins or mounting leads to provide an electrical path from the switch contacts to the circuit board. Although circuits can use the electrical contacts directly, it is more common to convert them into high and low signals. In this case, the circuit board also needs interface circuitry for the dip switch, consisting of a series of pull-up or pull-down resistors, a buffer, decode logic, and other components.[3] Typically, the device's firmware reads the dip switches when the device is powered on.
[edit] Applications
Dip switches were used extensively in ISA architecture of PC expansion cards to select IRQs and memory addresses. They were also often used on arcade games in the 1980s and early 1990s to store settings before the advent of cheaper, battery-backed RAM, and were very commonly used to set security codes on garage door openers as well as on some early cordless phones. This design, which used up to 12 switches in a group, was used to avoid RF interference from other nearby door opener remotes or other devices. Current garage door openers use rolling code systems for better security.
These type of switches were used on early video cards for early computers to facilitate compatibility with other video standards. For example, CGA cards allowed for MDA compatibility.
Recently (since the late 1990s), dip switches have become less common in consumer electronics. Reasons include the trend toward smaller products, the demand for easier configuration through software menus, and the falling price of non-volatile memory. However, dip switches are still widely used in industrial equipment because they are inexpensive and easy to incorporate into circuit designs, and because they allow settings to be checked at a glance without powering the system on.
Dip switches are still used in some remote controls to prevent interference; for example, to control a ceiling fan (and its light fixture) that was retrofitted to a single-circuit junction box. The dip switches set a different radio frequency for each transmitter/receiver pair, so that multiple units can be installed in different rooms of the same house, or different units of the same apartment building, without unintentionally controlling each other.
Rotary switches are also used in X10 home automation to select house and unit numbers. Rotary switches are also used in some radio transmitters (particularly VHF and FM broadcast) to select the DC bias used to set the voltage-controlled oscillator, which determines the center frequency of the carrier wave output.
I am in the process of changing my belt in HP Plotter now i know what the words DIP S means.
There are many different kinds of dip switches. Some of the most common are the rotary, slide, and rocker types.
Rotary dip switches contain multiple electrical contacts, one of which is selected by rotating the switch to align it with a number printed on the package. These may be large like thumbwheels, or so small that a screwdriver must be used to change them (although there are also small potentiometers of this type).
The slide and rocker types, which are very common, are arrays of simple single-pole, single-throw (SPST) contacts, which can be either on or off. This allows each switch to select a one-bit binary value. The values of all switches in the package can also be interpreted as one number. For example, seven switches offer 128 combinations, allowing them to select a standard ASCII character. Eight switches offer 256 combinations, which is equivalent to one byte.
The dip switch package also has socket pins or mounting leads to provide an electrical path from the switch contacts to the circuit board. Although circuits can use the electrical contacts directly, it is more common to convert them into high and low signals. In this case, the circuit board also needs interface circuitry for the dip switch, consisting of a series of pull-up or pull-down resistors, a buffer, decode logic, and other components.[3] Typically, the device's firmware reads the dip switches when the device is powered on.
[edit] Applications
Dip switches were used extensively in ISA architecture of PC expansion cards to select IRQs and memory addresses. They were also often used on arcade games in the 1980s and early 1990s to store settings before the advent of cheaper, battery-backed RAM, and were very commonly used to set security codes on garage door openers as well as on some early cordless phones. This design, which used up to 12 switches in a group, was used to avoid RF interference from other nearby door opener remotes or other devices. Current garage door openers use rolling code systems for better security.
These type of switches were used on early video cards for early computers to facilitate compatibility with other video standards. For example, CGA cards allowed for MDA compatibility.
Recently (since the late 1990s), dip switches have become less common in consumer electronics. Reasons include the trend toward smaller products, the demand for easier configuration through software menus, and the falling price of non-volatile memory. However, dip switches are still widely used in industrial equipment because they are inexpensive and easy to incorporate into circuit designs, and because they allow settings to be checked at a glance without powering the system on.
Dip switches are still used in some remote controls to prevent interference; for example, to control a ceiling fan (and its light fixture) that was retrofitted to a single-circuit junction box. The dip switches set a different radio frequency for each transmitter/receiver pair, so that multiple units can be installed in different rooms of the same house, or different units of the same apartment building, without unintentionally controlling each other.
Rotary switches are also used in X10 home automation to select house and unit numbers. Rotary switches are also used in some radio transmitters (particularly VHF and FM broadcast) to select the DC bias used to set the voltage-controlled oscillator, which determines the center frequency of the carrier wave output.
I am in the process of changing my belt in HP Plotter now i know what the words DIP S means.
lil charlie
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Itsa dip stick...no, wait...that would be Bots!
card16969
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if you do and you hit 88 mph you will go straight to the future
Audiomaker
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I think you go back to the future
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Ok, I guess I'll just leave it. It goes straight into a large wiring harness... a real pain to trace.
The Big Red One
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Yep I have the original version speedohealer on my busa....it looks diff then that, mine has a top speed recall button and the molex connector. I might pop my seat and double check, that does look like a very early speedohealer tho.......maybe their was an even earlier version then I have?
card16969
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I think you go back to the future
(sigh)
Ok, I guess I'll just leave it. It goes straight into a large wiring harness... a real pain to trace.
yeah well if it doesnt work you will already be in the future and every time you think about it it will be the future again
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