gundamaniac
06-13-2007, 01:32 PM
Alrighty, upon Novastar's recommendation, I'm moving my questions about momentary vs. latching switches to a new thread.
To rephrase the question, I'm wondering whether or not it's possible to use a latching pushbutton (specifically, the one that Tim sells) with a Hasbro soundboard. By my limited understanding, the Hasbro boards use a momentary, which sends a bit of electricity to the board to activate it. So what would prevent me from using a latching and double-clicking to achieve the same ends? I understand that for some boards, like Erv's, a momentary is necessary and that a latching switch will not work period, but for the Hasbro board, in which only one function is triggered by the switch, won't a latching do?
And also, would the board come to damage if I continually applied current to it via the switch? IE, if I had a momentary in place, would it come to damage if I just held down the switch, or if I had a latching in place would it come to damage if I accidentally clicked it only once? The reason I ask this is I figure that the amount of time people hold down the momentary to activate the Hasbro toy sabers must differ from person to person right? And I don't want to destroy my board with the latching version. Like Nova, I prefer the latch to the momentary so if i can get this hooked up with a latching switch then so much the better.
Input, replies, and advice everyone! :D
To rephrase the question, I'm wondering whether or not it's possible to use a latching pushbutton (specifically, the one that Tim sells) with a Hasbro soundboard. By my limited understanding, the Hasbro boards use a momentary, which sends a bit of electricity to the board to activate it. So what would prevent me from using a latching and double-clicking to achieve the same ends? I understand that for some boards, like Erv's, a momentary is necessary and that a latching switch will not work period, but for the Hasbro board, in which only one function is triggered by the switch, won't a latching do?
And also, would the board come to damage if I continually applied current to it via the switch? IE, if I had a momentary in place, would it come to damage if I just held down the switch, or if I had a latching in place would it come to damage if I accidentally clicked it only once? The reason I ask this is I figure that the amount of time people hold down the momentary to activate the Hasbro toy sabers must differ from person to person right? And I don't want to destroy my board with the latching version. Like Nova, I prefer the latch to the momentary so if i can get this hooked up with a latching switch then so much the better.
Input, replies, and advice everyone! :D