Hi all,
As an owner of the Makerbuino I was always withheld to use it (especially among people or in public) because of the loudness of the buttons. Hence Iām now hesitant to start building the Makerphone that lies here, un-built and o so quiet. ā¦
So before starting a thorough search on my own Iād thought to ask the question here first.
Thereās an article on the forum here that mentions the same about the Makerbuino: Buttons too hard
Does anybody have suggestions on which alternatives I could use, or even just the right terms or numbers to use when searching.
Links and tips more than welcome. Iāll use this thread to update any findings of myself.
The buttons used are something called ātactile buttonsā. You can switch to a āmomentaryā āpush buttonā. You can hear the quiet plastic rub against the aluminum housing if you really want to, but thereās no internal mechanism to cause clicking or scratching.
Just a small update (when I have a more interesting follow-up Iāll update the original post) @8bitRobot thanks for your input.
I was more hoping to find an exact ācopyā of the regular buttons that came with the Ringo-kit. But then a less clicky sort.
Think the sort of feedback or feel of an e.g. Playstation 4 Dualshock controller. I went looking for the type of button used in the DS4 and found the answer on ifixit.com
So thatās a whole different setup.
Iāll continue my search
Skimming through all possible buttons on e.g. this site: mouser.be I canāt seem to find one that would fit the button caps.
@jonwtr, thanks for supporting our work!
Iām sorry that youāre dissatisfied with the clickiness.
Usually people like it because everything is non-clicky today.
Basically, what youāre looking is a switch with less operational force. That means that youāre looking for pushbuttons that are easier to press and thus less clicky.
there are some alternatives to the pushbuttons that weāre using and that should be footprint compatible:
Tbh Iāve never benchmarked the clickiness of these buttons compared to the ones on the MAKERphone, I just know that they have a lower operational force rating in the datasheet
I wouldnāt go as far as stating Iām dissatisfied ā¦ Itās more of a āspeak now or forever hold your peaceā. As I think itās not a good idea to try to disassemble it afterwards. Iāll save that skill for later.
I humbly thank you @albertgajsak for taking the time to talk directly to your customers and elaborately replying. Iām slow to move forward in this process but your reply encourages me to move forward Iām going to update this post when Iāve made progress.
Bye for now.
I really love talking to my customers and I find it really important for our future product developments. So any feedback you give me is much appreciated
Just as a bit more feedback, Iām also not a huge fan of the very clicky buttons. Iām probably not going to desolder the buttons to fix it in my case, but I am curious, @jonwtr, did you ever go through with getting the suggested alternative buttons? If so, did they work well?
@patrick Iāve got the buttons, I ordered the ones mentioned by Albert, theyāre less noisy. (Got me thinking though; as theyāre also less resistant, could this result in more accidental pushes?)
Anyway, I havenāt forgotten about this, Iām just still in the process of procrastinating
I did record some video to compare. One day Iāll edit them and post here ā¦
Iām going to update this post when Iāve made progress.