So i previously discussed a project where I wired lighted buttons and made them blink when the mode was activated on the Apex.
See here:
https://forum.neptunesystems.com/sho...t-switch/page2
One of the things I found to be annoying was all of the buttons would blink when any one mode was activated rather than the individual color. Obviously the lighting circuits must be separate from the Apex so it was not possible to accomplish this with my current setup... Enter Audrino Board.
So I recently discovered the Audrino board. It has been a fun to mess around with this board. I then had the idea to use the Arduino board to detect the status of the button and then light and blink the individual button if it is pressed.
To accomplish this i still needed the the Apex and lighting circuits to be separate, and would also need to be separate from the Audrino board circuit. So I found some relatively inexpensive buttons that have two NO, NC circuits. In other words the button tells the APEX and Audrino board at the same time is pressed and the Arduino in turn flashes the button.
Attached is a test run. Right now the buttons are mounted on a blank wall plate. I know they are not aligned! This was just for testing. I am still looking for a more permanent enclosure rather than a wall plate.
If you have some basic programming knowledge it's easy to learn how to write code for Audrino board. (The programming language is C#)
Thought I would share, if anyone is interested I can share more info.
Here are pics.
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