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Relay open and close switch button automatically

I have a very simple circuit which consists of a battery, a load (lamp), and a button (on-off). I want to a very simple and cheap (without Arduino or microcontroller) way to open and close the circuit ...
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What momentary switch should I use?

I want a switch that has 2 distinct non-momentary states (say UP and Down) and a momentary state. In both states (...
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Bypassing a tactile push button to switch on an appliance

I've a Bluetooth + Aux speaker which needs to be turned On manually after giving power. I wanted it to start functioning as soon as I switch the power On. I opened it, there was a tactile push button ...
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Determining initial state of the circuit that uses 74HC00

I've built the following circuit that makes a push-button work like a toggle switch: It works exactly as expected. Pressing the button once turns the LED on. Pressing the button once again turns it ...
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How to toggle relay with single push-button

I believe there is a simple circuit, that uses a single non latching push button (1 or more pole possible?) to toggle 12V relay. 1 press - ON state, another press - OFF state and so on. I can't find ...
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Push button for different actions in every press?

I'm trying to learn some electronics and I have something in mind that I don't know if it is possible to achieve. I've worked before with micro-controllers (Arduino, etc) and I know I would be able ...
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Replacing push button by transistor in 555 circuit

TL;DR: I need to replace the button S1 by a circuit/component that could close the circuit which the button is closing by applying a 5V signal (with 0.5s duration) in the new circuit/component. Well, ...
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Reference design for the latching switch with momentary pushbutton

I've noticed in a few production-grade schematics that the toggling power ON/OFF switch with a (normally open) pushbutton is frequently realized with two ICs, namely: single Schmitt-trigger inverter ...
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How to turn an SPST momentary push button into a momentary DPDT?

How to turn an SPST momentary push button into a DPDT? I would like to close 2 circuits at the same time. (From comments: I want to ground the reset circuit while getting a pin to HIGH on an Arduino ...
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Push button to act as toggle switch? [duplicate]

How would I go about making a push button to act as a toggle switch. A switch would just stay in the active state until "un-switched". I need my button to toggle something. Example: ...
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Using a toggle switch to act as push button

Basically I want to use a toggle switch to turn on my computer. I need some sort of circuit so that the toggle switch will act like a push button. IE, I turn on the toggle switch but it only sends a ...
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