You can read the state of a button using Arduino and a few lines of code. The actual state is shown in the Serial Monitor window as 0 or 1, 0 meaning the button is not pressed and 1 that the button is ...

Electronic, Arduino enthusiasts and makers looking for a project to keep them busy this weekend, may be interested in a cool custom switch created by Dave Darko.

Think of it as a Netflix and Chill button, but with maybe less Chill. The Netflix Switch is powered by a Particle Core, an Arduino-compatible development kit that features on-board WiFi.

The OONTZ uses a 3D printed case, a 16 button keypad, an Arduino Leonardo, a monochrome driver, and a few potentiometers. It's actually a pretty simple thing to build yourself provided you can the ...

I ended up with 128 buttons, 6 axes, 15 sliders, and 4 hat switches with 1 degree resolution. Here’s a screenshot with “jstest-gtk”. Linux considers each hat switch as 2 axes.