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Shorten Those Links!
how exactly does a button work without a spring?

Ginsu Victim:

Removed by Ginsu Victim, since the link didn't work originally, and my response was dealing with microswitches, not leafs.

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--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 28, 2008, 11:05:57 am ---Link is messed up. You can use a pushbutton without a spring, relying on the microswitch to bounce the button back, it's just not recommended.

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its a leafswitch button.

CheffoJeffo:

Same principle as what Ginsu is talking about -- depending on the game, I'll pull the springs on a leaf button to reduce resistance and my Asteroids actually came that way.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 28, 2008, 11:05:57 am ---Link is messed up. You can use a pushbutton without a spring, relying on the microswitch to bounce the button back, it's just not recommended.

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Why is it "not recommended"?

This little trick has been known around here for quite some time.  It is "highly recommended" that people try doing this with their buttons if they feel that they are too stiff.  This especially holds true with some of those "non-Cherry" switches out there that require high actuation forces. 

If you don't like it,  then it's not for you.  But more than one person has decided not to put the springs back.


RandyT

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