Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls

[Goldberg204]

Hey guys, does anyone knwo where I can get some push buttons or switch buttons to use on our control panel this year? Any help would be appreciated.

[Robo_Coyote]

We buy them at radio shack and then solder them on to a competition port which we plug in port 3 and then our programmer does something to make them work sorry I just manufacture

[Stuart]

radioshack sells buttons and switches.
other than that try digikey.com

[Pavan Dave]

Radioshack and a place called Electronic Parts Outlet (http://www.epo-ecp.com/).

If you need more help and more specifics and I will see if I can help you.


Pavan.

[Greg Marra]

We buy them at radio shack and then solder them on to a competition port which we plug in port 3 and then our programmer does something to make them work sorry I just manufacture

If you are interested, The Blue Alliance did an episode about custom controls (http://www.thebluealliance.net/2006/12/28/episode-2-custom-controls/). The show notes do a pretty good job explaining how to wire up your own custom controls and adjust your code to take the input from them.

[Robo_Coyote]

ya sorry i didn't know the specifics of our code. Im not fluent in the C++ our programer (who is a sophmore i might add) uses

[EricS-Team180]

Here's a good place to scrounge around:

http://www.mpja.com

Eric

[Dave K.]

Hey guys, does anyone knwo where I can get some push buttons or switch buttons to use on our control panel this year? Any help would be appreciated.

Mouser Electronics http://www.mouser.com/ is another catalog component distributor with a good on-line parts ordering system with no "next day" premiem's other than the actual cost of shipping.

[Phalanx]

Jameco is good souce.

Two State:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&pa=76523CG&productId=76523
Three State:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&pa=21910CG&productId=21910

I have found the last site reseaching aracde buttons but have never ordered from them.
http://www.centsibleamusements.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=99