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« on: January 26, 2008, 03:49:25 PM »

I've recently decided to take on making a ir pen for myself, and it seems that 99% of discussion in this part of the forum, is on the LED's themselves. But one thing i havnt seen get talked about at all, is the switches that people use to turn their pens on. i really want to make a nice slimline pen, but i have yet to find for myself an inexpensive and really small pushbutton switch.

I know i've seen some peoples pens on here with really small buttons, and rather then posting on each one asking what kind of switch they used, i thought that i could try asking everyone at once. So, what have you guys found to be a good, super small easy to wire switch?
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2008, 08:38:56 PM »

when i was looking at radio shack for switches, i found some really small micro momentary switches at radio shack. the ones i noticed were called tact switches. look up product# 275-004 (only 6.2mmx6.2mm), product 275-002 is a little thicker (5mm) but has the same foot print, and product 275-1547. i hope this helps. i'm in the process of trying to make my first pen also. let me know how your pens is coming along.
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2008, 10:19:23 AM »

Hi,

This is what I used in my pen design.
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=B3F-1000virtualkey65300000virtualkey653-B3F-1000

My pen: http://www.wiimoteproject.com/ir-pens/my-ir-pen-finally-complete-t537.0.html
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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2008, 12:49:34 PM »

I use this version as it is really easy to use with the big lever...
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