{"id":52,"date":"2017-09-30T03:21:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T09:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volksswitch.org\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:16:57","slug":"the-volksswitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/volks-devices\/the-volksswitch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Volksswitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Volksswitch is a switch design with the goal of producing an assistive technology device that can meet the varied needs of individuals with motor disabilities at an extremely low cost.\u00a0 The design will evolve over time as new and better ideas arise.\u00a0 Often it’s impossible to imagine a better way until one is shown that a better way is possible.<\/p>\n

Early Designs for The Volksswitch<\/a>\u00a0– I wasn’t kidding when I said that it’s hard to imagine a better way until you’ve seen that something works, these are my first attempts at designing a flexible, inexpensive switch that doesn’t require soldering.<\/p>\n

An RFID-Based Switch – Proof of Concept<\/a>\u00a0 – What if there was a wireless switch that didn’t need a battery?\u00a0 What if that wireless switch could be produced for a couple of dollars?\u00a0 Can RFID technology make this all possible?\u00a0 I think so!<\/p>\n

Back to this topic…<\/p>\n

In the third edition of Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice<\/em>, Cook and Polgar describe several requirements for a Control Interface – a pressure switch is a special case of a control interface – in particular “activation characteristics” that must be customizable:<\/p>\n