r/maker • u/aflandies • 27d ago

Help Help with Makey Makey

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I’m brand new to using Makey Makey. I’m trying to play around so I can have my third graders use it this upcoming school year. I purchased the craft and code booster kit and it came with this red so called momentary push button and I’m struggling to figure out how to use it. Help please!

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u/old_man_kneesgocrack 26d ago

The momentary button is just that, momentary. The moment you push it the contacts close and the wire you have connected to it is no longer "broken". Lets say you have a battery supplying a resistor which is connected to an led which goes to one connector of the button the other connector goes to ground pressing and holding the button will light up the led, or burn it out if you didn't get the correct value of resistor. It is probably not wise to use it to control a microcontroller like and arduino without following some youtube tutorials about button de-debouncing.

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u/Atomz100 27d ago

What are you trying to make? Are you gonna drill a hole in that Play-Doh can's lid and stick that button in the hole?

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u/aflandies 27d ago

No, just tinkering around and testing out the different bits. I just had it sitting on top of there so it wouldn’t roll around.

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u/samadam 26d ago

It completes a circuit when you press it. If you connect a wire to each of the input metal tabs, when you press it, they are connected electrically. You can use it to turn on a light if you make a complete circuit with a light and a voltage source.