Push button, LED over MOLEX power controller

[JJakaJonas]

Hello..

 

I'm working on a case mod where there are som LED strips and som UV Led's..

 

Now the thing is that i want to turn them on and off by help of 2 push buttons in the front (one for LED strips and one for the UV led's).

i alredy have the bottons and now the problem is the controller part.

i have been searcing the internet for days whith no result and ask in a few stores here in DK but no luck.

 

I have also been looking into using an Raspberry pi with a piface 2 but nothing to find on it...

 

Is there any one here there have some ideas on how to make this work?

[carguy86]

buy some cheap locking button switches on ebay and loder them onto the positive lead on your molex cable.

@JJakaJonas you should folow your posts, that way you get notified when someone replies.

[JJakaJonas]

I already have some nice switches i want to use. but they are the click version.

 

I do a regulare check up on my post
​But i will keep it in mind to another time

[W-L]

I already have some nice switches i want to use. but they are the click version.

I do a regulare check up on my post

​But i will keep it in mind to another time

 

If your just wanting to turn them on or off with a  physical switch wiring them inline to cut off the 12V line would be all that is required, just note the push button will need to be latching ones not momentary buttons like power and reset buttons.

[kkpatel87]

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If you want, you can separate the control and load circuits with a solid state or electromechanical relay. 

[JJakaJonas]

@W-L: My switches I have is the push once like power buttons.

@kkpatel87: Do you have a link to that kind of stuff?

[kkpatel87]

Sure. Here is what i see with your switch in series with the control line.

 

 

I would recommend you draw out the circuit you want to use and post it here so that we can better advise you what to do. Also post the switch part numbers so we can see what you have. All that being said @W-L solution is much simpler and easier to execute.

 

I would recommend caution with either method if you don't have much electrical experience.

[W-L]

 

@W-L: My switches I have is the push once like power buttons.
@kkpatel87: Do you have a link to that kind of stuff?

 

For momentary push switches it will be a bit more complex requiring a relay with switch it on or off each time you press the button instead of say a latching switch where you directly cut it off from there.

[JJakaJonas]

I Will retur with more data later (it's like 2.30 am here.) and my plan (a little schematic over what I think) and... Well.. Yeah.

Custom is better than simple.

Also I like the idea of more effort gives better results.

[Kingslayer Kyle]

I Will retur with more data later (it's like 2.30 am here.) and my plan (a little schematic over what I think) and... Well.. Yeah.

Custom is better than simple.

Also I like the idea of more effort gives better results.

 

That's life lol

[JJakaJonas]

Okay.. So heres the info i have by hand right now.

​This is the switch i have:

http://www.lamptron.com/product/switches/black-polycarbonate-vandal-resistant-illuminated/

 

And i also have this cable to them:

http://www.lamptron.com/product/switches/vandal-resistant-illuminated-switch-connection-cable/

 

And this is the only layout i have done by now (i dont know much about what is needed to make such thing) but i know how to sudder (or what it's called in English.. Lodde in Danish ;p):

 

The LED's run on 12 v. and the lights in the switces have to be on all the time. (when the system is up)

[W-L]

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You would need some kind of like this where a relay is triggered by a momentary switch, where instead here it uses a touch sensor to trigger the relay. This kind of system would be larger than you need for just some LED's however:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Switch-Inching-Latching-Control-roject-Relay-Output-250VAC-10A-30VDC-10A/171630639032?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D39568ea8273e474abd1a2eb730254bbe%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D171012042353

[JJakaJonas]

At least it's closer to a thing there might work in my setup then my pi idea...

[W-L]

At least it's closer to a thing there might work in my setup then my pi idea...

 

Well with a raspberry Pi if you get RGB or addressable LED's you can do more lighting effects than the regular on and off which was what I was thinking.

[JJakaJonas]

that culd be a later project..

 

but for now i just need this to work.. My setup is basicly made for Upgrades on the way and it was the plan that the mashin shuld reflekt what i can do in the mod world... so as long as it's working (over kill or not) am i up for it.

The reson for the pi got in to the mix is that i have one that there are picking up dust anyway and do remember some about the scaleability whit it.. and the fun of a computer inside of the computer

[W-L]

that culd be a later project..

but for now i just need this to work.. My setup is basicly made for Upgrades on the way and it was the plan that the mashin shuld reflekt what i can do in the mod world... so as long as it's working (over kill or not) am i up for it.

The reson for the pi got in to the mix is that i have one that there are picking up dust anyway and do remember some about the scaleability whit it.. and the fun of a computer inside of the computer

 

The pi might be a bit overkill for just lighting it but almost like this:

https://www.adafruit.com/products/1138

 

It's doable though with a momentary switch and system to power lights or run them in a pattern.

[JJakaJonas]

The thing is that i already have the pi on hands now and are not using it (a project i was following died) so i thort ´this maybe culd be the pirfect use of it ( i know nothing about programing on PCB's or linux for that matter..)

 

And i'm much in to the over kill thing.. my computer as it is now is a over kill maschine (OC Devils i5, 2x GTX 970 OC (SLi) and 16 GB DDR 3 RAM just for playing GTA V. So it's more like a life style with the over kill part.