pushbutton caps w LED

[kosi]

Looking for these kind of pushbutton caps, quite a few companies use them, but I cannot find anything.
Avedis doesn't want to tell me, Purusha (DR-73) is "away", no answer from BAE

any help is highly appreciated

 

[ruffrecords]

Is it the cap that illiminated or is the LED part of the switch?

Nice looking; would like some myself.

Cheers

Ian

 

[kosi]

As I don't have them, I'm guessing:
The cap itself has no LED, there's a hole for the LED, covered w glass/plastic

 

[Harpo]

Looks a little like https://www.e-switch.com/system/asset/product_line/data_sheet/68/WBL.pdf with a custom cap ... (similar to C+K F-series)

 

[pvision]

The same question was asked, and not answered, in this thread

http://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=61714.msg797826#msg797826

Nick Froome

 

[Rocinante]

I've been searching for this answer too. I would venture to guess that they are like the e-switch pushbuttons whereas the two legs of the led sit in front of the switches legs giving the appearance that the dpdt switch has 8 legs. I wonder if its possible to just get the cap, glue the led in there and bend the legs to match the legs of the switch and thus making it easier to design a circuit for it.  Sucks those companies are being all secretive.

 

[kosi]

Here's a pic from the DR-73 site,
http://www.diy-racked.com/DR-73/
I hope, it's okay to show this...

 

[kosi]

one more

 

[Andy Peters]

Sucks those companies are being all secretive.

The console maker paid for the tooling to get those switches made, and they don't want anyone else to use them.

-a

 

[Harpo]

...but the C&K F12, F13 or F14 knobs for their F-series pushbutton switches might fit on the acrylic lever of the e-switch pushbutton switch. A sharp ø1mm wood drill in a low rpm machine might not be too far away to make the light shine thru a hole in the center of the knob (I'd only like their off center mechanic better if you need to engrave/print a labeling on the knob, else the centered placement seems more reliable) ... just activate your DIY braincells

 

[ruffrecords]

Looks to me like it is just a special key cap with an offset fixing and a clear lens. Might work with many makes of push button. Question is, who makes the sepcial caps?

Cheers

Ian

 

[pvision]

Aren't these same switch caps, or their close cousins, on all SSL 5000-Series consoles? And probably a lot more?

Nick Froome

 

[john12ax7]

For caps you can get them from Sifam, but most likely a decent size minimum quantity.

 

[kosi]

For caps you can get them from Sifam, but most likely a decent size minimum quantity.

YES !
http://www.sifam.co.uk/knobsSelector.asp?cat=Knobs_Pushbuttons

thank you very much, will investigate, what the minimum order quantities are.

 

[Rocinante]

They look like e-switch push buttons. Easily purchased from hairball or digikey.
Nice work.

 

[ruffrecords]

If there's a group buy count me in.

Cheers

Ian

 

[Tekay]

I believe that Well-Buying is the manufactor of the illuminated switches. Don't think that the Sifam cap is conducting light good enough from the switch shaft. Sifam cap is working much better with a separate LED

Here you can find the switches. https://www.rapidonline.com/rvfm-led-illuminated-push-button-switches-70729

 

[kosi]

thanks,
I'm still waiting on the offer from Sifam, after the german distributor refused to sell me anything.
I also found this pic of a Calrec module, maybe the easier way.

 

[Tekay]

Have you contacted Devlin about the Sifams? Try [email protected]

 

[kosi]

No, my contact is Andrew Davey from devlin