Micro Switch SD Series

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Micro Switch SD Series

Manufacturer	Micro Switch
Inventor	Everett A. Vorthmann Joeseph T. Maupin
Supersedes	Micro Switch SW Series
Switch type	Linear, Tactile
Sense method	Hall effect
Rated lifetime	Tested up to 30 billion (extremely long)
Peak force	45 g to 320 g[Citation needed]

History

Honeywell Hall Effect switches are advertised and tested to be a switch with an incredibly long lifetime, and designed with reliability in mind. There are both three and four pin designs of the switch, depending on the type of sensor. The four pin sensors are +5, GND and dual open-collector outputs, allowing wired-or of the X, Y keyboard matrix. The switches are naturally bounce free due to the sensing method.

The Honeywell Hall Effect switch is well-known for it's use on some Symbolics keyboards, as well as the Space-cadet keyboard.

The last accessible reference to SN and SD series on the Honeywell website is from the 22nd of February 1999. The products list at this time were:

• Hall-Effect Keyboards Sales Sheet (02509_a.pdf)
• SD16 Keyswitch Modules Product Sheet (02503_0.pdf)
• 63SD30-4 Microcomputer-based Keyboard Product Sheet (02504_0.pdf)
• 26SD1-2 Point-of-Sale Keyboard Product Sheet (02506_0.pdf)
• 12SD/16SD Numeric Keyboards Product Sheet (02607_0.pdf)

The PDF documents were not archived. Later that year, Honeywell redesigned their website such that it could no longer be crawled (product data was accessible through form submission), so it is not clear when SD and SN series were phased out.

Features (as per Honeywell)

Details for switch Model 4A3A which should be consistent across all models, except for operating force:

• Total Travel - 0.160 in (4.1 mm) nom.
• Force at operating point - 2.8 oz. (78 g) nom.
• Pretravel - 0.090 in. (2.3 mm) nom.
• Release point at 5 VDC and 75°F (24°C) (With respect to free position) - 0.040 in. (1.0 mm) min.

Note that according to the 1998 1001SD Series Chart 2 (listed within Micro Switch SD16 Keyswitch Modules, below) this should be 0.695 N/2.5 oz, so the specifications may have changed over time.

Part Numbers

Micro Switch and Honeywell switches typically have the series name within the part number, which was apparently notably not the case for SD Series. According to the 1998 1001SD Series Chart 2, the part numbers are of the form 1001SDnnnn, where the four-character "identification code" is all that is printed on the switch, for brevity.

As a regular expression, the models can be shown as shown below. Descriptions given in italics are observations not corroborated with Micro Switch documentation.

According to the datasheet, "sloped" switches have upright stems: the description refers to how a tilted keyboard the keycap top surfaces will be sloped. Angled stem switches are called "stepped" due to the presentation of a staircase profile in a tilted keyboard.

([A-Z])?([0-9]+)([A-Z])([0-9])([A-Z])

1. ([A-Z])? Sensor variant? (All sensor PCBs with this code have this printed on it)
   • D - ?
   • Q - ?
   • R - ?
   • T - ?
2. ([0-9]+) Switch variant
   • 1 - Unknown (white stem)
   • 4 - Momentary action (black stem)
   • 5 - Alternate action (black stem)
   • 6 - Support (short black stem)
   • 10 - External latching, used on both caps lock and shift on some keyboards.
   • 11 - Black stem, tactile
   • 12 - LED keycap stem
   • 16 - Alternate keyboard mount
3. ([A-Z]) Stem type
   • A - Sloped (non-angled)
   • B - Stepped (angled)
   • F - No keycap stem
   • G - Flat top
   • H - Flat-stepped
   • K - Narrow bar stem
   • S - Sloped
   • T - Stepped (ridged housing)
4. ([0-9]) Switch weighting (hard to read in the datasheet; some figures are best guesses)
   • 1 - 0.362 N/1.1 oz
   • 2 - 0.556 N/2.0 oz
   • 3 - 0.695 N/2.5 oz
   • 5 - 0.973 N/3.5 oz
   • 6 - 1.668 N/6.0 oz
   • 8 - 2.224 N/8.0 oz
   • 4 - No spring (use with three unit button)
5. ([A-Z]) Switch output
   • A - Sink level (4 pins, 2 redundant sense lines)
   • B - Sink pulse
   • C - Source level
   • E - 3 pins, 1 sense line
   • K - Timed repeat (4 pins, 2 redundant sense lines)
   • S - Logic scan (4 pins: +5, OUT, IN, GND)
   • D - None

Known Variants

Variants are listed in order of part number. The extra character found at the start of some part numbers is treated separately for the purposes of sorting; for example D1K3S is listed after 1K3S.

	Number	Action	Keystem	Weight	Signal	Known usage
	1A3A	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	Sink level	Micro Switch 68SD15-1-E
	1A3B	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	Sink pulse	Micro Switch 68SD15-1-E
	1A3S	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	Logic scan	TI Telex 58SD17-2-B, TI Silent 700 Model 745 (63D17-3-B)
	1A8S	Momentary	Square, sloped	8.0 oz	Logic scan	TI Telex 58SD17-2-B, TI Silent 700 Model 745 (63SD17-3-B)
	1B3S	Momentary	Square, stepped	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Nokia MikroMikko 1 keyboard
	1F5A	Momentary	None	3.5 oz	Sink level	UGC-74 Keyboard
	1K3S	Momentary	Bar	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Bunker Ramo ADMIN 20211322
	D1K3S	Momentary	Bar	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Bunker Ramo ADMIN 20403025
	2K3S	Momentary	Bar	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Bunker Ramo ADMIN 20403025
	4A1A	Momentary	Square, sloped	1.1 oz	Sink level	Honeywell 26SD1-2-H
	4A1E	Momentary	Square, sloped	1.1 oz	?	Burroughs TP110, Burroughs TP130, Burroughs RIII
	T4A2B	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.0 oz	Sink pulse	Wang 271-1126 (Meaning of T is unknown)
	4A2K	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.0 oz	Timed repeat	Wang 271-1126
	4A3A	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	Sink level	Bud Keypad 83959, Honeywell 26SD1-2-H
	Q4A3B	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	Sink pulse	Wang 271-1126 (Meaning of Q is unknown)
	4A3E	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	?	Burroughs TP110
	R4A3E	Momentary	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	?	Burroughs TP130 (Meaning of the R is unknown)
	4A8E	Momentary	Square, sloped	8.0 oz	?	Burroughs TP110, Burroughs TP130
	4B1D	Momentary	Square, stepped	1.1 oz	None	Convergent 64-00164, Telex 278
	4B1E	Momentary	Square, stepped	1.1 oz	?	Space-cadet, Telex 278, Burroughs RIII
	4B1S	Momentary	Square, stepped	1.1 oz	Logic scan	Convergent 64-00164
	4B2E	Momentary	Square, stepped	1.1 oz	?	Burroughs RIII
	4B3E	Momentary	Square, stepped	2.5 oz	?	Symbolics 3600 Rev D, Space-cadet, Telex 278
	4B3K	Momentary	Square, stepped	2.5 oz	Timed repeat	Wang 271-1126
4B3S	4B3S	Momentary	Square, stepped	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Intergraph 2710
	4T3S	Momentary	Stepped	2.5 oz	Logic scan	Convergent 64-00164
	5A3E	Alternate	Square, sloped	2.5 oz	?	Burroughs TP110, Burroughs TP130
	6A1D	Support	Square, sloped	1.1 oz	None	Convergent 64-00164, Burroughs TP110, Burroughs TP130, Burroughs RIII
	6B1D	Support	Square, stepped	1.1 oz	None	Convergent 64-00164, Space-cadet, Honeywell 26SD1-2-H, Telex 278, Burroughs RIII
	9B3B	Momentary	LED support	?	?	SD-16073
	12B3S	Momentary	LED support	2.5 oz	?	Convergent 64-00164
	10B2E	Momentary	Square, stepped	2.2 oz	?	Burroughs RIII
	16B3E	Momentary	Alternate, stepped	2.5 oz	?	Sun 32SD38-4-E

Availability

SD Series appear to have gone out of production circa 1999 or 2000. Keyboards with the switches occasionally appear on auction sites such as Ebay, but it is not always obvious. Nearly all keyboards using Microswitch SD require a converter. The last known keyboard with these switches was made in mid 1996 for Sun Microsystems. Further research has shown that Honeywell has been using their "dual magnet" design to make backlit switches for industrial keyboards as recently as 1999.^{[Citation needed]}

Electrical Characteristics

Controller Sensing Characteristics

Switch Dimensions

Documentation

• Micro Switch SN/SD Series
• Micro Switch SD16 Keyswitch Modules (with 1001SD Series Chart 2)

Keyboards

• Burroughs RIII
• Burroughs TP110
• Burroughs TP130
• Convergent Technologies CT 64-00164
• Datagraphix 132B
• Some Intel MDS 220
• Merchandiser Q-6M
• Micro Switch SD-16255
• Nokia MikroMikko 1
• Pertec XL40
• Selenia Tina 270 78
• Space-cadet keyboard
• Some Symbolics 364000
• Telex 270
• Texas Instruments TI Silent 700 Model 745
• UGC-74
• Wang 271-1126

Typewriters

• Honeywell 70SD22-4 typewriter module (Tactile)

Keypads

• Bud 83959
• Sun 32SD38-4-E

External Links

• dork_vader_exe — Hall Effect Switch Compendium switches Retrieved 2016-02-14.
• dork_vader_exe — Hall Effect Switch Compendium keycaps Retrieved 2016-02-14.
• Google — Honeywell Keypad Datasheet Retrieved 2015-07-27.
• MouseFan — SUN 32SD38-4-E USA — Last known manufactured Honeywell Hall Effect switch (Japanese only). Last updated 2004-05-02. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
• Honeywell.com — Technical document on Honeywell Hall Effect switches Retrieved 2015-07-27.