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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: mike boss on May 22, 2014, 08:22:51 am

Title: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: mike boss on May 22, 2014, 08:22:51 am

I'll soon be working on my next project, a Nintendo Punch-Out! themed bartop.
I'm thinking about trying to use (for the 1st time) LED buttons.
My local seller has 12v buttons. Can I power these from a PC ?

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: Malenko on May 22, 2014, 08:54:44 am

yeah, just tap the 12v from a hard drive molex connector.

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: mike boss on May 22, 2014, 10:31:11 am

So I could buy perhaps some form of splitter of eBay perhaps ?
One connection to the HDD and the other to the buttons.
Then just use the yellow (12v) & black (ground) to power them ?

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: Malenko on May 22, 2014, 10:31:42 am

exactly

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: mike boss on May 22, 2014, 11:09:27 am

Cool, thanks.
I'll look thru my box of stuff tonight (or order off eBay).

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: sollyscomputers on May 29, 2014, 01:00:57 am

or you could just split the yellow and black, solder a set of wires to it.  Connect these wires to a distribution block and go from there.  Many options

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: mike boss on June 05, 2014, 09:04:17 pm

Sweet, thanks all.
Not sure if my newest project will be PC based, or XBOX based.
None the less I wanna use the LED buttons (12V).

Title: Re: Can you power 12V Arcade buttons from a PC ?
Post by: Malenko on June 05, 2014, 10:11:51 pm

the first XBOX's hard drive used a molex connector for power, just tap the 12v rail as described above.