Autonomous Switching

[ManicMechanic]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

If you want more than 2 modes you can use multiple digital inputs(I like switches more than jumpers but they are essentially the same thing) 1 digital input gives you 2 possible modes, 2 inputs gives you 4, 3 gives you 8 etc.

What do you use for your digital inputs to trigger one mode or another? Limit switches? Bumper switches? And do you use mechanical means to hold them in position (levers that lock the toggles into one position or another)? Or am I making this too complicated?