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daillest319:

Anyone have any idea how i would light these. i am a noob in this area i purchased 16 buttons. I placed two links below of the buttons and a power supply i purchased but i have no idea what wires i would need and how i would connect them to light the buttons.

Also for the buttons details i purchased the 75 gram cherry microswitch and voltage for all the buttons is 5v.


http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/230-red-led-convex-arcade-pushbutton.html
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/electrical/4-arcade-switching-power-supply.html


Brian74:

If Im not mistaken, you should be able to tap into the 5v on you molex connector coming from your ps in your pc. I added a picture about what Im talking about.

Nephasth:


--- Quote from: Brian74 on February 06, 2012, 03:17:23 pm ---If Im not mistaken, you should be able to tap into the 5v on you molex connector coming from your ps in your pc. I added a picture about what Im talking about.

--- End quote ---

He's using an arcade switching power supply, not a computer power supply. But all he needs to do (same principle) is put ground to ground and + of the LEDs to the 5V terminal of the power supply.

daillest319:

if i was to use a pc power supply or the power supply i have how would i connect each button to go to the power supply. That is where i am stumped. I am not good any wiring fyi. so what type of wires would i need to buy to connect them all to go to the power supply.
For examply do i have to do anything to the buttons or the wires on the buttons and how do they alll go to that one spot on the power supply.
 Thanks you in advance

Nephasth:

If they're going to be on all the time, you can daisy chain the power and ground from one button to the next.

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