When a switch closes, the contacts do not close instantly and finally. The contacts close, then bounce open, and this cycle repeats for a period, depending on the switch-manufacturing technology. The ...

Among other interface problems, contact bounce complicates the connection of mechanical contacts or any noisy digital input signal to a microcontroller. Although designers have proposed a variety of ...

If a newcomer to the electronics engineering community were to ask me to pick a topic that would follow them around throughout their career -- popping up when they least expect it like a surreal ...