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Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls
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.
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Re: Buttons
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
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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. 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.
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Re: Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls
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
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Re: Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls
Here's a good place to scrounge around:

http://www.mpja.com

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Re: Buttons
radioshack sells buttons and switches.
other than that try digikey.com
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Re: Buttons
Radioshack and a place called Electronic Parts Outlet.

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


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Re: Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls
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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.
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Re: Push Button and Switch Suppliers for OI controls
Jameco is good souce.

Two State:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/sto...duct Id=76523
Three State:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/sto...duct Id=21910

I have found the last site reseaching aracde buttons but have never ordered from them.
http://www.centsibleamusements.com/i...PROD&ProdID=99
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