MTS 102 footprint

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Can someone please direct me where to find a footprint for this component - MTS 102?

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Thanks!

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That switch is not designed for PCB mounting

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I would like to know how to identify whether the switch is suitable for mounting on a pcb? Is there an external identification mark or should it be written in a certain place?

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Parts intended for through hole PCB mounting have pins. The example you showed has tabs intended for wire to be passed through those little holes and soldered.
This is a PCB type

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Does the switch you attached have footprint ready yet? If so where can they be found?

Thanks!

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Sounds like YOU have a little work to do learning some of the software basics. Please check out a few of the tutorials available.

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Also the screw thread and nut suggest that the switch is meant to be mounted in a circular hole on a panel. Of course a PCB could be a panel with a mounting hole of the right size, but then you would still have to connect the switch with wires to the solder tags so a footprint isn’t relevant here.

Grumpy old cat mode: In the good old days we used to open up equipment and see how parts were used. It’s not quite the same reading through Internet part catalogues.

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Although that switch is not designed for PCB mounting, I have been using them soldered to a PCB for decades. Originally with round holes, and more recently with oval holes. They require a bit of finesse to solder straight with the round holes, but with the oval (rounded rectangle), they solder perfectly.
And, the panel-mount switches are much, much more widely available than the PCB-pins versions.

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I use them quite often. I posted Footprint and 3Dmodel Step file here

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This is the best advice, learning from the Internet just doesn’t give you the “hands on” experience you will get from seeing and holding real assembled parts

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Very nice! :ok_hand:Love more people like you who help and less give unhelpful criticism like some above…

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Unequivocal. In a rather long wandering in component stores on the Internet, I almost never found the switches in the PCB mounting version, but mainly the ones I attached in the picture.

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That is because most users mount their switches on the front panel and connect with wires down to the main board, maybe using a pin header and socket strip there. Mounting more than one switch on a PCB can require a jig when soldering to keep everything exactly lined up

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