Eh... thats kinda what I'm after.. and I really thank you for your input.. but it doesn't really fit in well with what I'm trying to do unfortunately. What i'm looking for is a 33 x 1 switch (doesn't need to be that exact number, i can stack multiple devices to reach that number) and I'm looking for this in a DIP package.
Couldn't find a crosspoint switch IC that does just that. Guess I'll probably just go on and buy the analog multiplexer IC's since looking at the schematic for it seems like it may the best choice. Or maybe i'm totally wrong and will fail miserably. Oh well. Maybe what I'm talking about doesn't exist. My current job doesn't depend on it. I just want to put the guy from the vendor's mechanical switch box to shame just to show off and maybe get a job with these guys. I'm not too worried if the values are off by a few ohms due to the IC's circuitry being in the way since we aren't interested in the exact value, just whether or not it's within the ranges specified.
I've only had 9 months of formal electronics training at a lame tech school. I'm not very far out of high school. This is not nearly enough to get a real job in electronics so I've been looking into electronics engineering at Eastern Michigan University so I can play on the big playground with the big kids.
Thank you all for your help anyways!
Edit: This device would have to be used by unskilled parts sorters, (i am one of them!) so what I was trying to build was a 1 button solution.. press the button, it advances the switch position and they read the ohm value, the switch position is on the 7 seg led, then hit the button and see the next value, until it gets to the end then resets to 0. Then they plug into the next trans and do it all over again for 8-10 hours a day Seems simple enough haha...
no it really isn't i've found out.
Edit 2: Here is the pdf datasheet on the IC i kind of had in mind or something similar:
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2010/12/dg406b.pdf
The DG406B is what I was looking at. Wondering if I'd be able to read my ohms through it, I have some good ol 74ls157's that I know will not work because they only show whether the input is high or low. Can you see how much of a dummy I am on this subject
Edit 3: I'd be using a 74ls193's binary up/down counter to count on the multiplexer. Also to run the 7 seg with 74ls47's to drive it. Some 4017 decade counters to select the different connections on the 4016 bilateral switches. Maybe i'm already showing that I'll be a horrible engineer with my awfully complex design. But I love this stuff! Its fun!
Edit 4: I'm using whatever parts I have on hand that I got to learn with from that tech school and whats available at my local electronics store. Wish I had a scanner to show my schematic so far, all I'm missing is a way to hook up the ohm meter to it.