Almost OT: Pushbutton switch latching

[woodelf]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 5 Dec 2007 at 16:35, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> 
>> The main thing I'm trying to achieve is simplicity.
>> Nothing fancy. No PIC's, no microcontrollers, etc. I
>> initially thought of using flip flops and a bunch of
>> inverters to reset all the non-selected flip flop, but
>> couldn't work out in my head a good way to do it... I
>> hadn't taken switch debouncing into the equation - but
>> aren't flip flops commonly used to debounce switches
>> anyway?
> 
> How about an 8-position rotary switch?
and skip the FF's ... all manual :)
> Cheers,
> Chuck