Timeline for Wiring illuminated momentary switch to breadboard
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| Oct 4, 2017 at 0:53 | vote | accept | smeeb | ||
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:47 | history | edited | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:36 | comment | added | Peter Bennett | No. For the normally closed contact, the switch connects pin 1 to pin 2 when the button is not pressed, and disconnects them when pressed. You connect your wiring to pin 1 and pin 2. For the light module you connect your lamp power and ground leads to terminals X1 and X2. That switch family can be purchased as separate actuator button, NC switch, NO switch, and Lamp modules. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:36 | history | edited | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:33 | comment | added | Eugene Sh. |
No, no, no. The diagram is of internal connections. Which are inside the switch. If you want it to close some circuit, when pushed, you connect that circuit on pins 3&4. If you want it to disconnect on push, you connect it to 1&2. If you want it to light up, you connect voltage to X1&X2
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:31 | comment | added | Trevor_G | @Smeeb, it depends on how you are wiring the thing to your circuit... IF you want the normally open switch use pins 3&4, if you want normally closed use 1 & 2. Hook up X1 and X2 to the appropriate driver to illuminate the switch. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:29 | comment | added | smeeb | Ahhh, I'm startin' to get I think... so am I reading that diagram correctly: connect Pin 1 to Pin 2, connect Pin X1 to X and X2, and leave Pin 3 and Pin 4 disconnected from each other? | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:17 | comment | added | Eugene Sh. |
It's a normally-closed switch. The X in a circle is your lightbulb
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:17 | comment | added | smeeb | Thanks @EugeneSh. (+1) so please take a look at the left-most wiring column under the Lighted Switches section. It shows Pin 1 connected to Pin 2 with a weird x-like symbol in between them. I can't find this symbol on any wiring/schematic cheatsheets, any idea what that symbol is? | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | Eugene Sh. | Pin numbers.... | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | smeeb |
Ahh beautiful @Trevor thanks again! So, to understand this, I think I obviously want Lighted Switches (so the right-most diagram). But what do 1, 2, X1, X2, X, 3 and 4 all represent?
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 18:55 | comment | added | Trevor_G | @smeeb DIgikey always links to the actual Datasheets which is nice. Look at the link under documents and media in your linked page. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | 12Lappie | @smeeb This is from the datasheet on the page you linked in your answer. Page 15 on the bottom right. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 18:50 | comment | added | smeeb | Thanks @Trevor but what exact URL is that from?! I can't find it anywhere on the DigiKey page linked in my qestion! | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 18:49 | history | answered | Trevor_G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |