The button states could easily be read by using an Arduino’s analog input. A Pro Mini model was chosen for its small size as it could be housed in the radio compartment of the dash.

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 ...

When the state () function is called and an event has occured since the previous call, it returns one of the following values: PRESS_SHORT - The button has just been pushed down. PRESS_LONG_FIRST - ...

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Arduino pins, and almost everything else at a standard hobbyist scale, are 0.1" pin spacing - so I just soldered the sense wires to some 0.1" headers I have laying around.

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 ...

Premier space exploration disaster simulator, Kerbal Space Program, is fun to play with regular controls, but it can be improved with this DIY build that lets you launch ships with a giant red button.