The reed switch is an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It consists of a pair of contacts on ferrous metal reeds in a hermetically sealed glass envelope. The contacts may be normally open, closing when a magnetic field is present, or normally closed and opening when a magnetic field is applied.
When a magnetic force is generated parallel to the reed switch, the reeds become flux carriers in the magnetic circuit. The overlapping ends of the reed become opposite magnetic poles, which attract each other. If the magnetic force between the poles is strong enough to overcome the restoring force of the reeds, the reeds will be drawn together. In our project laser based tracking system we used the reed switch for mouse click operation. Note : please be careful while bending the Reed Blade, don' t bend it near the Glass capsule, if you do so it will break. Leave about a 1cm gap and bend the Reed Blade.
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Reed-Switch is the best electronic component; very good.
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