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trying to wire an arcade button to the power button on my pc

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RandyT:

--- Quote from: katuuuz on December 17, 2010, 08:50:18 pm ---Dudes, I have conquered.

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Congrats :)


--- Quote ---(Also, I'm pretty sure I need to only solder 2 wires, so my guess is I'll need my DMM for finding out which of these 4 pins to solder to?)  

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Nahh, see how the points on the left two pins are connected and the two pins on the right are also connected?  Well, the idea of a switch is to connect two of it's terminals together at one point or another, and the only combination that is left is any of the left being connected to any on the right.  So one wire from your momentary switch goes to either pin on the left and one goes to either pin on the right.  Make sure you get a good solder joint, but don't overheat the pins.  You don't want to melt the switch in case you still want to use it later.

RandyT

katuuuz:

--- Quote from: RandyT on December 17, 2010, 09:57:18 pm ---
Nahh, see how the points on the left two pins are connected and the two pins on the right are also connected?  Well, the idea of a switch is to connect two of it's terminals together at one point or another, and the only combination that is left is any of the left being connected to any on the right.  So one wire from your momentary switch goes to either pin on the left and one goes to either pin on the right.  Make sure you get a good solder joint, but don't overheat the pins.  You don't want to melt the switch in case you still want to use it later.

RandyT

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Cool.  I have to pick up some wire tomorrow, so I can't try just yet.  I drew wires on that pic just to verify I follow what you just said...

DillonFoulds:
Errr... nope. See that green line between them? it means your connection would be fruitless.

Put on lead to that pair, and the other lead to the other pair.

katuuuz:

--- Quote from: DillonFoulds on December 17, 2010, 11:14:53 pm ---Errr... nope. See that green line between them? it means your connection would be fruitless.

Put on lead to that pair, and the other lead to the other pair.

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ok so move the bottom wire to the top left pin then, correct?

RandyT:

--- Quote from: katuuuz on December 17, 2010, 11:25:35 pm ---ok so move the bottom wire to the top left pin then, correct?

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Yes.  Like I wrote above, Left and Right.

(Jeez, I just re-read what I wrote......I should have just posted the photo I had half-done.  It would have been a lot clearer.  :P)

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