Product Guide: Latching Pushbutton Switch with Brick-Built Housing

Product Guide: Latching Pushbutton Switch with Brick-Built Housing


INTRODUCTION

This guide describes how to connect and use the Brickstuff Latching Button.  We offer this button in two different packs: one as a stand-alone pack with just the button and connecting cable, and one in a pack that includes building blocks to build a housing for the button.

This button operates in a latching on/off configuration: pushing the button once will connect its contacts ("turning on") and pushing again will turn it off.  These buttons are compatible with several Brickstuff boards, mostly power supplies where the button acts as a remote on/off button.  Some compatible boards include:
  1. Our 9V Battery Power Bundle
  2. Our Multi-Voltage Power Bundle (AC/DC 7-30V Input)
  3. Our LEGO® 9V Power Bundle
  4. Our Power Functions Fixed Voltage Power Bundle
  5. Our Power Functions Variable Voltage Power Bundle
Note that the button does not operate on its own (without a corresponding board or kit to control).
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If you purchased the stand-alone pack without the building blocks, you can skip the next section.

BUILDING THE HOUSING

If you purchased the pack with building blocks included, you can follow the steps below to build a housing for the button and select from several different colored caps for the button.
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Now is a good time to connect one end of the cable included with your button to the small plug on the button's circuit board.  In the next step, you'll pass the cable through the hole in the side brick as you continue building the housing.


CONNECTION/OPERATION

To use the Latching Button, connect it to the board/module you're controlling using the included connecting cable.  Plug one end of the cable into the small plug on the Latching Button circuit board, and plug the other end of the cable into the plug on the board you're controlling.

Warning
NOTE: Plugs can be inserted only one way.  When the plug is fully inserted, you'll feel a soft "click".

The diagram below shows the button connected to two types of boards (a battery pack and a power supply board):


THANK YOU

Thank you for purchasing this Brickstuff product!  Your support means a lot to our small, family business, and it allows us to wake up every day and continue doing the work we love: making really cool things to take your models to the next level!

If you have any questions or problems with this product, please send us an e-mail and let us know how we can help.  You can also comment directly about this guide below.

If you make something really cool with this product, please share on social media and tag us (@brickstuff on most platforms) so we can see your awesome work!

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