Momentary AV switch for stunt saber

[Maroon]

Greetings,

I planned to build a stunt saber with an AV illuminated switch only to find that I purchased a momentary instead of a latching switch. I'm a complete idiot it seems..

After searching through the forums for a solution, it seems that you can still use a momentary switch in a stunt saber with the inclusion of a Pololu board? Or at least this is what I've understood.

Can someone explain how one would go about this? I'm not too keen on the idea of continually holding down the switch in order to keep the blade on.

Any help and suggestions is much appreciated

Thanks

[clahey83]

what I have seen before is people getting the little keychain LED lights and using the boards in those to change a momentary switch into a latching switch.

[Sevinzol]

Found these pages in about 2 minutes of googling
http://www.pololu.com/product/750/resources

http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-the-Pololu-Pushbutton-Power-Switch/