A button odyssey

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Coming soon, from Adafruit – A button odyssey.

Filed under: random — by adafruit, posted February 13, 2013 at 9:41 am


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7 Comments

  1. Would make a wonderful Hal Eye… I have an idea…

    Comment by Michael — February 13, 2013 @ 1:58 pm

  2. I’ve recently discovered that some of the younger folks at my job have never heard of this movie. It’s a scary thought. Thank you for remembering it.

    Comment by Will Ware — February 13, 2013 @ 2:07 pm

  3. I might need a few of those!

    Star Trek buttons would be nice too!

    Comment by A.J. — February 13, 2013 @ 2:08 pm

  4. I would like some as well!

    Comment by Gregg — February 13, 2013 @ 4:50 pm

  5. I’ve worked with a couple people who’ve purchased a large number of those giant LED arcade buttons from a different supplier. I’ve noticed that they don’t have a consistent polarity from factory. The first thing I do is pull the switch and light assembly from the button. I then pull the LED assembly and orient it so the visible resistor is on the side nearest the red push-button on the microswitch. That way I know the pole on the same side as the large black switch retaining tab is always + on all the switches I’m installing.

    I think that’s a handy thing to point out when you do a tutorial. I’m sure you’ll note that the light tabs are .250 and the switch tabs are .187 .

    Comment by Eliot — February 13, 2013 @ 8:16 pm

  6. How do I get an alert on it’s availability ?

    Comment by Stanford — February 14, 2013 @ 8:31 am

  7. Available now!

    http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/02/13/new-products-massive-arcade-buttons-with-led-100mm-green-blue-red-white-and-yellow/

    Comment by johngineer — February 14, 2013 @ 11:04 am

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