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| SirPoonga:
Hmmm, bad information. momentary buttons are just that, momentary. You can push the button down for as long as you but it will only make contact for a moment. |
| JustMichael:
There are two types of buttons: Toggle Push the button turns it on and it stays on until you push it again to turn it off. These are often used for things like light switches. Momentary When you press the button the switch makes contact for as long as you hold down the button. You determine how long the "moment" will last by how long you hold down the button. Arcade button microswitches are a great example of momentary switches. |
| Hoagie_one:
so there really is no difference in the momentary switch adn the standard arcade pushbutton save that teh pushbutton has a switch that is external while the momentary switch has a built in switch |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 12, 2003, 02:02:07 pm ---so there really is no difference in the momentary switch adn the standard arcade pushbutton save that teh pushbutton has a switch that is external while the momentary switch has a built in switch --- End quote --- um, like I said, an arcade cherry switch is not a momentary switch. you can hold down an arcade button and it will register the entire time you hold it down. A momentary switch won't. At least that's what I know. Unless the switches that don't continuously make contact are also called momentaries. when I think momentary switch I think the ones that you push but won't make constant connection. |
| IIOIOOIOO:
You are wrong, Sirp. |
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