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Kremmit:

--- Quote from: RayB on December 24, 2005, 10:35:58 am ---NONE of those come with an LED. You have to install lights yourself.
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The DreamArcades ones come with a light.


--- Quote from: whatzcrackn on December 24, 2005, 10:08:57 am ---Leaf buttons (FXbuttons)  I know the hole sizes have to be bigger.

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FXbuttons does not sell leaf buttons, they sell (and were the first to sell) the translucent microswitch buttons.

Translucent leaf buttons can be had from www.centsibleamusements.com or, if you're really brave and don't mind your order being late and screwed up, www.wicothesource.com.  Wico is NOT reccomended, but others have managed to get buttons from them.

Tahnok:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on December 26, 2005, 11:17:03 pm ---Translucent leaf buttons can be had from www.centsibleamusements.com or, if you're really brave and don't mind your order being late and screwed up, www.wicothesource.com.  Wico is NOT reccomended, but others have managed to get buttons from them.

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Just be sure that you don't get the plain Translucent Buttons from centsible, as they are convex. I'm not sure about the leafs (convex or concave).

DreamArcades:
The Dream Arcades buttons come with the LED. They are built-in, so you do not have to figure out how to modify the button to add them. They even have the Resistor included so you don't have to worry about blowing them out if you get the polarity wrong.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: DreamArcades on December 27, 2005, 03:39:17 am ---The Dream Arcades buttons come with the LED. They are built-in, so you do not have to figure out how to modify the button to add them. They even have the Resistor included so you don't have to worry about blowing them out if you get the polarity wrong.

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You won't "blow out an LED if you get the polarity wrong".  LEDs are diodes, light emitting ones per the abbreviation.  If you hook a diode up backwards, it simply does not conduct.  Or in the case of the LED, illuminate.

The inclusion of the resistor is only beneficial if you are using the voltage the resistor was intended for.  If you want to drive it with 5v and it's designed for use with 12v, the resistor causes a problem unless you can swap it out easily.

There are calculators all over the Internet for figuring out the proper resistors to use with LEDs.  If one takes a minute to look them up, they are dead simple to use.

RandyT

whatzcrackn:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on December 26, 2005, 11:17:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: RayB on December 24, 2005, 10:35:58 am ---NONE of those come with an LED. You have to install lights yourself.
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The DreamArcades ones come with a light.
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