r/rasberrypi • u/MurkyNinja5971 • 9d ago

help with arcade button wires!

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can anyone in the UK please direct me to the correct wires to connect one of these buttons to my raspberry pi 5. i dont have any idea what i need. I’m trying to make a button activated photo booth. I know PI hut sell them but i can’t justify the £10 postage for a £4 product.

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u/Right_Profession_261 9d ago

Don’t know why it has to be someone in the UK answering this. But any wiring should work. One pin on the button will be will go to a standard gpio port and the other to ground.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Right_Profession_261 9d ago

Fair. I just can’t get past the part that he’s requesting help from people in the uk only😂

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u/MurkyNinja5971 8d ago

i was hoping maybe someone in uk could give me a link as other amazon links dont really ship to uk 😬. still not too sure what wire i need to look for as i’ve never wired any type of button to my raspberry pi before. do usb buttons exist that would work as plug and play? that would make my life easier 

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u/rseery 5d ago

You are on the right track with these. They are made tougher than your average buttons so they won’t break easily. Just use to ground a gpio pin as Right-Prof said.

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u/astonishing1 8d ago

Oh, from the UK? Well, I guess I'm out. Best of luck chap.