Comment on self actuating toggle switch?

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  well dang. The ones I linked are $35-55 a pop new and the organ I have would need roughly 73 of them lol. Barring a miracle find from someone I’m assuming the touch screen I’ve been using is there to stay.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could potentially use servos to toggle regular switches.

    But I’d go with the other route: momentary switches, latches, and some kind of indicator. The latches can be driven in parallel by either the momentary switches or your electronics.

    RGB keyswitches might be an option for both the switch and the indicator.

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    • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Neat idea with the key switches. Could be multiplexed like a keyboard matrix. With smart LEDs and some way to multiplex the output stage as well (or some shift registers), this could be nicely implemented one an esp32 or something.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just had another thought on this. A servo isn’t just a rotational actuator like a motor. It is also an encoder. It knows what position it is in, and can be back-driven into a different position.

    You can use a servo as both the physical toggle and as the actuator to flip that physical toggle.

    learn.adafruit.com/…/servos-as-input-devices

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    • socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This might work with the original parts which would be shockingly nice, I have a few cheap Amazon servos on order to see if they might work

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