How are these pushbutton in a row called?

[myleftear]

Hi friends
Out of curiosity, I was looking for a source selector made of a row of push-buttons, you know, where the previously selected is released when you push another one …
Like, for example, in the NAD 3020.
I realized I don‘t even know what they‘re called!
They‘re a bit out of date, but so am I.
Thanks for hints!
David

 

[Mooly]

Latching switches or switch banks. These used to be bought individually along with the bar/bracket and you could make your own combinations up of releasing when another is pressed and some that just work as on/off or even push to hold. Haven't seen them advertised for years.

Search eBay for "latching switch bank audio" to get you started.

 

[myleftear]

Great, spot-on!
A first lookup returned a website „toneluck“. I‘ll look into ebay later.
thank you mooly!

 

[Mooly]

Your welcome 🙂

I can remember the adverts for them from the likes of Maplin and so on but you just never see them now.

 

[russc]

Replaced by momentary contact switches & a microcontroller to remember which was pressed last.

 

[myleftear]

I kinda like them…
Not sure wether I‘ll rebuild (or start a new one ) a pre for it.
@russc : yeah, microcontroller, HA. Pandora’s box…

 

[mickeymoose]

Drucktastenaggregat

 

[quadtech]

https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/SW095APD/Gang+Switch+8+Position+Push+Button+4PDT+PSC84422.html

I see these being referred to as "gang switches", "interlocked switches", "dependent switches", "band switches".....

You could probably build a circuit around a CD4017 to sequentially turn on relays via a single momentary push button, if you don't want an microprocessor.