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Carbon pads
Gideon:
--- Quote from: bluGill on February 09, 2004, 10:52:39 pm ---... it [carbon] is enough to trigger a button push event.
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Okay, so carbon is running a connection between the common and hot wires. Is this correct? Please do well in convincing me, as I seem to have two intelligent gentlemen giving contradictory information.
bluGill:
Turn your meter to the ohm setting and see what happens. Logicly I don't see how carbon can stop a signal, but I'm not good enough with words to convince you of anything. For that matter you can design buttons many ways, and not knowing exactly how your button is designed I don't want to make any statements that a latter look at the design would disprove.
Carbon is a conductor, but not a particularly good one.
Spaced Invader:
I've hacked many pads...If you hook it up normally closed your button will be on until you press it. So, the carbon pads DO conduct the current; through what dark occult magicks they occomplish this I don't know. ;)
Gideon:
--- Quote from: Spaced Invader on February 10, 2004, 10:24:48 pm ---I've hacked many pads...If you hook it up normally closed your button will be on until you press it. So, the carbon pads DO conduct the current; through what dark occult magicks they occomplish this I don't know. ;)
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Thank you. That settles it for me.