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shayvidas:

hi,

regarding my last post (the people here were great ! and gave me all i needed to know)
i want to do a swich this one >

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARBON-FIBER-RED-LED-LIGHTED-TOGGLE-ROCKER-SWITCH-12V-20A-ON-OFF-Car-Truck-/321225934854?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4aca8ec806&vxp=mtr

that will turn the all my LED BUTTONS on and off,
the thing is i understood i will use my pc power source to run my lights which means i'll daisy chain all my LED's to my pc, on one side, and again daisy chain all my LED's to my pc on the other side, and put the swich
just after the last daisy chain before it connects to the pc right ?
that's all great but,

the thing is if i want to use, LED-Wiz™ 32-port, which i under stood can be wired in such way it gives 12V, then it means i'll have 14*2 individual wires running from my buttons to the board, where do i put the swich to turn them on and off then ?

i looked in this video >



but he doesn't explains it there...

thanks for all the answers !!!!  :cheers:  this is a great FORUM !! :cheers:  :cheers:



ohh, and b.t.w.

did someone had any expiriance with these buttons ?
i'm about to order them (not from this seller though...), would be nice to get a second opinion about em...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-Arcade-LED-lights-push-button-Illuminated-Lighted-8-Liner-Cherry-Master-Mame-/190921830441?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c73d3f029



shayvidas:

anyone ? pls ?


blacketj:

When using something like the LEDWiz you will still be daisy chaining either all the ground wires or all the power wires.  I haven't used that board so I'm not sure which.  So you'll have individual wires going out to all the LEDs, but you can have just one daisy chained all the way back.

So you could install the switch between the daisy chain and the LEDWiz board.  It won't matter if that is the power or the ground.

wxforecaster:

Why do you want a switch to power on/off all your LEDs? Why not have them powered on with your computer, in which case an LEDWiz or similar controller works great. The 5V feed driving the LEDWiz comes from your computer's power supply. You turn the computer off (it's power button, power strip, etc...), the LEDs turn off.

If you still want a button as your go between (not sure why), then simply wire the switch between your 5V source and the LEDWiz controller. Assuming your 5V source is powered on, your switch will either complete that circuit or not, depending on its state.

If you purchase a button/switch with it's OWN LED, you have seperate tabs on the back of the switch. Some tabs control the switch itself, and the others the LED state. This LED will need to have a power source as well (and could also be your computer's power supply (5V or 12V depending on the LED and what its expected supply voltage)

shayvidas:


--- Quote from: blacketj on October 16, 2013, 05:07:11 pm ---When using something like the LEDWiz you will still be daisy chaining either all the ground wires or all the power wires.  I haven't used that board so I'm not sure which.  So you'll have individual wires going out to all the LEDs, but you can have just one daisy chained all the way back.

So you could install the switch between the daisy chain and the LEDWiz board.  It won't matter if that is the power or the ground.

--- End quote ---


thank you sooo much this was soo helpful !:)

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