Questions about recycled parts

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:32 pm

I got a broken cd player opened it up and found a few parts in it i thought i could put to use in the Psone project. Specifically i found tact switches, but i don't know what size they are or even if they work. Is there a way you can tell

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:02 pm

any kind of tact switches will work, but if you're using the book than only certain sizes will fit correctly

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:49 pm

When conecting them to something, does each lead go a certain way?

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:56 pm

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:20 pm

Say you want to connect one wire to a tact switch. Which lead(s) do you conect the one wire to. or how do yuo connect it?

RollOfToiletPaper · Post by **RollOfToiletPaper** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:45 pm

Dude, why do you have so many threads? I would ask all my questions in one thread.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:08 pm

Connect to opposite diagonal leads!

For example:

AB
CD

Then connect wires from A to D, or from B to C.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:39 pm

Sorry i don't get what you mean!??

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:27 pm

On pin 'B' you would solder the command, say 'R1', then on 'C' (diagnol from 'B') you would solder ground. It's always command, then diagnol from it ground. Thank you, please come again.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:04 pm

Do the other 2 leads connect to anything or no??

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:18 pm

Does anybody know if the other leads connect to anything?

joelanders · Post by **joelanders** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:08 pm

There are 4 leads. Two pairs are connected. The diagonals are connected when you press the button. I think there's 4 leads for stability purposes.