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Main => Raspberry Pi & Dev Board => Topic started by: PhyerFly on May 12, 2017, 01:12:27 am

Title: Short stem illuminated buttons?
Post by: PhyerFly on May 12, 2017, 01:12:27 am

I've been working on building a bartop arcade from CNC cut kit I bought on Etsy and finally getting to the point where I'm hooking up buttons, but realized that I have a space issue in my control panel.

From this picture you can see that the front panel has three button holes
(http://i.imgur.com/NlgmYCug.jpg)

But after wiring everything up, the front-panel buttons don't fit with the added depth of the microswitches
(http://i.imgur.com/yx8DGS7g.jpg)

Rather than try and recut the control panel myself to make more space for the button stems, I was trying to find some illuminated buttons with a shorter stem

I found these with built-in microswitches, but they won't let me pick the button colors I want - so I'd end up spending $24 for the three buttons I need in order to get two red and one white
https://www.amazon.com/EG-Starts-Illuminated-Buttons-Raspberry/dp/B01N11BDX9/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1494563265&sr=8-3&keywords=led+button+30mm (https://www.amazon.com/EG-Starts-Illuminated-Buttons-Raspberry/dp/B01N11BDX9/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1494563265&sr=8-3&keywords=led+button+30mm)

I looked through the vendors forum here and none seemed to have what I needed.Does anyone know of another shop that sells short-stemmed illuminated buttons like these that will let me buy them loose?

Title: Re: Short stem illuminated buttons?
Post by: PL1 on May 12, 2017, 08:24:37 am

Quote from: PhyerFly on May 12, 2017, 01:12:27 am

Does anyone know of another shop that sells short-stemmed illuminated buttons like these that will let me buy them loose?

28mm/5v - https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-5v-illuminated-button-28mm.html (https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-5v-illuminated-button-28mm.html)

28mm/12v - https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-12v-illuminated-button-28mm.html (https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-12v-illuminated-button-28mm.html)

24mm/5v - https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-5v-illuminated-button-24mm.html (https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-5v-illuminated-button-24mm.html)

24mm/12v - https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-12v-illuminated-button-24mm.html (https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/arcade-world-uk-ultimate-12v-illuminated-button-24mm.html)


Scott