Electric switch

An electric switch having digital switch position detection and redundant analog switch position detection, the switch comprising:

• individual digital code tracks, each digital code track having switch contacts, each switch contact of a digital code track being associated with a respective switch position;
• a slider movable with respect to the digital code tracks to move between the switch positions, wherein in each switch position the slider contacts a different set of the switch contacts of the digital code tracks such that each contacted switch contact set is digitally representative of a respective switch position;
• an evaluation unit connected to the switch contacts of the digital code tracks by respective tap lines for receiving a digital signal indicative of the contacted switch contact set, the evaluation unit determining the digital representation of the switch position based on the digital signal;
• and
• a level track having track contacts, each track contact being associated with a respective switch position, each track contact being connected to the evaluation unit by a different electrical resistance;
• wherein in each switch position the slider contacts a respective track contact such that an analog signal having a voltage dependent upon the electrical resistance connecting the contacted track contact to the evaluation unit is received by the evaluation unit, the voltage of the analog signal being indicative of the switch position associated with the contacted track contact, the evaluation unit determining an analog representation of the switch position based on the analog signal.