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Only a few months ago, after over 10 years of poking screwdrivers at FP headers, it finally occurred to me that, since it's all standard sizing, I could just cu
by franga2000 7y ago
Only a few months ago, after over 10 years of poking screwdrivers at FP headers, it finally occurred to me that, since it's all standard sizing, I could just cut one of the 100s of dupont jumper cables I have lying around the EE lab and solder a push button to it.
It took a whole 3 minutes of work (including waiting for the iron to heat up) and I have no idea why it never occurred to me before...
- nkrisc 7y agoHuh, that might be fun to make a giant, novelty "ON" button to put on my desk. I guess I never really thought about it, but the power button really just bridges the two power pins, right? Pretty obvious but never gave it a thought. You can probably guess I don't do much work with electronics.
- OJFord 7y agoYep, it's a 'momentary push-to-make' if you want a couple of search terms. i.e. after press it returns to its previous state (momentary), and on press it 'makes' (as opposed to 'breaks') the circuit, or 'bridge' between pins as you said. Which is why my screwdriver works - I momentarily hold it across the pins, making a connection between them.
- OJFord 7y agoYeah, I really should - I even bought one for it all those years ago that I was working on this thing. But, y'know, it's not hard enough to pick up the screwdriver and poke (I do keep it right there, solely for that purpose) that I've bothered.