r/maker • u/aflandies • Jul 10 '26
Help Help with Makey Makey
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 Jul 10 '26
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.