So, I won these LED buttons presumably made by Sanwa recently through a Brook Gaming holiday contest. Very grateful for winning, BUT I’ve run into an issue; what do these things hook to???
I’ve looked at some PCBs and I just don’t see where they might hook up for function. I’ve asked Brook Gaming about it, and they simply told me to enjoy them??? I made a post in the Question and Answer discussion, but no one replied. I asked Paradise Arcade, and other than requesting a picture of the bottom of the button, they haven’t responded for a few days.
So, unless I’m tragically overlooking something, which I very well could be doing, I don’t know if I have use for these. I would LOVE to use them as I’ve been planning a build for a few months now and this could fancy it up a bit, but not if they just don’t work with current PCBs. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? It would be fantastically appreciated and would give my brain some peace!
That’s what I was thinking on it’s wiring too. And thank you for pointing that setup out though because I really didn’t know for sure. The question now then is what PCB accepts the type of connection that they have? I’ve usually seen where the two sets of wiring go to two different boards, but these are designed to go to one board from what I can tell, possibly without the need for an LED controller board. (***Reference picture 1 and the single connector at the end of the wiring.***) The only board I’ve seen that MIGHT be right for them is the Brook Universal w/ headers???
Keep in mind that the connectors are just… there. You’re never restricted to simply what’s provided to you, and you can always find/make/commission some mating pins/headers to adapt the connector that you have to whatever PCB you want to use, or just simply cut the connectors off and solder in whatever you need.
So what I’m reading is if I want to use these, I have work to do and an extra LED controller board to buy. Lol, I do appreciate everyone’s input on the matter though.
If you just want the lights to always be on you only need to wire the LED pins to VCC (with a resistor) and ground. You don’t need to buy an LED controller unless you want some sort of light show.
Also cutting off a connector and stripping the wires is literally GGEZ.
Okay, cool. So now I just need a wirecutter/stripper and appropriate soldering for basic stuff. Would a push-to-illuminate function require a LED board as well? Sorry, my electrical/PCB knowledge is limited to when I soldered buttons to a Paewang Revolution board which was pretty easy too.
The idea is to add these to the stock board in either a Qanba Carbon or, more than likely, the Mayflash f500 along with a crown 307. I’m just really budget minded so I don’t want to go crazy on spending since I already have a build in mind. These buttons kinda of turned the build in a slightly different direction as now I don’t know if I can do Cherry MX in these either. I’m thinking no with the led being inside.
Nope.
Simply doing a on-when-pressed doesn’t need a specialized LED board; all you need is a Hex inverter (if you’re only doing 6 buttons) or two (for 8-12 buttons).
I drew a diagram a couple of years ago for this:
In your case, the LEDs are housed in the pushbutton, but the theory still stands.
Hmm, daunting to me, but I think I get the jiat of this. Button to board, board to hex, signal passes through hex to led to tell it to activate. This could be far more doable than swapping everything a universal board and soldering every single thing.
Lol, I do appreciate everyone’s input on the matter though.
