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Top 10 Mame mistakes that keep getting copied from one machine to another.
KenToad:
And they're usually not buttons, they're switches, right? Nothing makes me more uncomfortable than messing than some funky combination of hard to switch switches. ;)
ChadTower:
No, they're buttons quite often. Small buttons.
What is a button other than a way to open or close a switch, anyway?
KenToad:
I guess buttons are momentary, either default on or default off when they're not depressed, whereas a switch, i.e. dips can be either on or off without ever being momentary, or am I confused? :dunno
ChadTower:
You're not confused, that is correct. Standard buttons are over momentary contact switches. There are about as many types of switch as you could possibly dream up a need.
ChadTower:
Just thought of one that should probably be #1 on the entire list:
Building half the cab before the design is finished. So often we see guys still making design decisions 85% of the way into the project and it never fails to make the project more painful and longer than it had to be.