Your the best man!! So explanatory on how everything goes together!! Definitely gonna save me so headache when I build my boxes

The leds need 12v usually because they have internal resistors and you couldve soldered super thin wire as there is only 1 led per switch and at most they would pull .5watt of power haha. Super cool project though man. Im gonna go and harvest alot of buttons from the scrap yard so i can control everything in an 18 wheeler.

Ay bud i was looking around the junk drawer called internet and i gotta say you answered my question when you showed the led o the buttons wire up i was getting a short out message on my pc when connecting to the 5 volt pin both with the ground wire as it wasn't necessary as you showed since it isn't really aneed and the buttons are already grounded with the button cables being 2 pinned and have a single led pin. I am glad i ran into your vid ill leave you a sub for any future work and updates you got my bud keep on trucking and stay healthy.

@CodeB

10 ай бұрын

Thanx my friend I'm glad to see people are getting help out of this video

I did my project using an arduino leonardo Everything costed around £13 The prebuilt versions cost £150

U need the Programm SVMapper! With the Programm your Switches works like a keypad👍🏻When you turn on the switch then it press a button, when you turn it off the programm repeat it!☝🏻

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

Really?!! Wow I'ma have to check that out Thanx!

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

Haven't been able to find any downloads or info on where to get svmapped

where did you solder the LED wire on the pro micro? I cant seem to get my led's to light up. nvm you used a different board lol

@CodeB

10 ай бұрын

They are wired into the 5v plug

great little build..i also prefer the red lol, trying to figure out what toggles i want for mine.. are any 12v toggles good to use? or do i need to find something more arcade like?

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

The toggles I used are actually rated for 12v. Pretty much anything you find on Amazon or ebay that says universal car accessory will probably work

@freedagreen2407

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB wow you are quick! thats perfect, thanks for the reply bud.

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

No problem my friend. I try to get back to people as fast as I can plus I'm not a big channel so I can one on one with people more

Thx brother, I was about to buy a $400 button box but then I saw your vid and only had to spend $40 Edit: I used a diff decoder and buttons but still the same amount

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍 if I ever learn how to program the adreno boards I'll make another video on that you can get a lot more functions out of those but these simple little encoders do pretty good

@Kooksgaming

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB Nah bro yo go, Keep doing what your doing!! You are helping out so much people that are on a budget (like me)

Hey i have a question. Sorry for my bad english btw. So, can i also just soder the wires to the toggle switch? just want to know cause it would be easier for me.

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

Yes that will work. But if you get the blade on the switch to hot it could damage it inside.

Hey man! I appreciate the super helpful video as I am planning to build one for my ETS2. Just a quick question for you, what kind/where'd you get that black jumper cable for the led toggle switch in order for the leds to work?

@CodeB

7 күн бұрын

It's made out of regular 16ga wire off the auto parts store shelf

@phobicalbatross

6 күн бұрын

@@CodeB Thank you! Appreciate the help.

is it plug and play or use some prog? also does the buttons have conflict with wheel buttons, cose there are button 1 on wheel and button 1 on box.....if you know what i mean....

@CodeB

Ай бұрын

Buttons shouldn't conflict, plug and play all you have to do is plug it in go in the game set it up and map the functions you want to each button. I have other videos on button boxes as well

Just to b sure can I use switches instead of buttons or do I have to use buttons

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

I have switches. But if your using the same kind of encoder as me, the switches only work one way. Example(if your using a switch for lights, once you flip the switch the lights will come on but flipping the switch back will not turn them off. You have to flip the switch off then back on to turn the lights off)

how would you program it to keyboard buttons? that is what I want to do so say I wanted my switch to do what my up arrow does in a game how would I program it to do what arrow up does on my keyboard? any videos you can send me to?

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

The only thing I know how to do is to do functions in the games ats and ets2 not sure how you would make act like arrows

how have the led hold

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

Still working just fine

Just to let you know you always get shorted on wires when you buy those kits. Pretty sure the reason why your metal switches are acting the way they are is because more than likely the two outside blades are your switch in the middle blade is your led

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

The blades for the LEDs on the big toggles are actually the ones on the sides. And they work the way they work because that's just how they are the only way to build these any better would be to use a Adrino controller.

@krookedliptv9852

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB I've got the same board I'll test the LED function on it when I get home. The big switches I have the blades in the middle are the switch and the blade on the outside is the ground for the LED. The little switches were the ones I was talking about that I think the LED is the ground. on a vehicle you hook that up to ground. Most of the LED rocker style toggles are like that. Which would explain why you have to turn it on and off to get to send a 2nd signal instead of just turning it off when you flip the switch off

@krookedliptv9852

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB I got an Arduino that I've been using as a test bench that I've been using to design different style button boxes using potentiometers and rotary encoders I definitely need to figure out how to power LEDs with that also I was thinking about just running a separate 12-volt power source and relays to run all my leds

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

Haven't done a Adrino build yet

@krookedliptv9852

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB I bought a Leonardo with the headers and a bunch of jumper wires just for testing. Large part of Arduino is just modifying somebody's code to fit your button box needs. joystick controller tho you can only have 32 different functions. For your first Arduino project actually buy an Arduino after you played with it check the reviews on some of the knockoff ones and make sure they have enough pins and you can get away with using those

So once the buttons are wired to the board and i plug it to Pc, it just works? It detects it automatically as another controller? Then just press the buttons and it will detect and assign them in settings?

@CodeB

7 ай бұрын

Yeah pretty much it's simple

@johndoe7109

7 ай бұрын

​@@CodeBnice! Ive never built one so this is all new to me. I am excited to give this a shot. Thanks for the tutorial!

@CodeB

7 ай бұрын

@@johndoe7109 your very welcome 😁

Dumb question I am sure but can you use any switches for this build? Thanks.

@CodeB

6 ай бұрын

pretty much seems like it i built one for a friend with a keyswitch from the auto parts store and toggle switches he found in a junkyard

@HucklberyTaz

6 ай бұрын

@@CodeB Sweet! So i would assume buttons then can be mapped within the game to control what you want ... would this be correct?

@CodeB

6 ай бұрын

yes you can map buttons to anything and now i recently noticed that you can map functions for every press of a button and another for pressing and holding the button @@HucklberyTaz

I’m trying to think how to wire a switch so the led only works when I have it engaged

@CodeB

8 ай бұрын

I wanted to do that to but didn't work out for me

@HucklberyTaz

6 ай бұрын

Jump the led to the on post so when comes on led follows ... led direct to hot will just be all time hot. Hope that helps.

@CodeB

6 ай бұрын

nice@@HucklberyTaz never crossed my mind on that one

the switch LED stil work on 5v even its a 12 volt switch? (sorry for my english)

@CodeB

10 ай бұрын

Yes the LEDs in the switches I used are working on 5v

@Yann17061982

10 ай бұрын

@@CodeB ok cool thanks

@CodeB

10 ай бұрын

@@Yann17061982 your welcome

Do you need to run something in pc in order to let the encoder works?

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

I didn't windows automatically detects and sets it up then you have to select it as a secondary controller in ats or ets2 then map your buttons

@aviationisbest8432

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB I have an encoder and tried to connect to one of my turn signal buttons it responds but nothing happens in the windows dosnt show anything that happens on the button

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

Is it the same brand encoder I used?

@aviationisbest8432

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeB nope it’s SJ@JX from Amazon I purchased it

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

Is it the one with the 2 4pin connections and 1 5pin that came with 2 joy sticks?

Im trying to find all the parts u used in the video but im having a problem finding them. Could u please help me out. Thank you

@CodeB

8 ай бұрын

Which part you needing to find?

@johnthornburg5912

8 ай бұрын

@@CodeB I believe I found the board and the other wires im looking for the blue big toggle switches and the smaller buttons

@johnthornburg5912

8 ай бұрын

I was going to send the pics of the other 3 things I got to make sure they are the right ones but I don't know how to send the pics

@CodeB

8 ай бұрын

Don't think we can share pics on here. Blue toggles a.co/d/2z1Ztts, small buttons a.co/d/a3C93C8

@johnthornburg5912

8 ай бұрын

Would u be able to send the the info on the box and the board so I can make sure I got the right one

Would u consider doing a paid build on one of these?

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

Yea possibly I'm currently waiting on payment for my first requested build then I can take on another

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

Have you seen my more recent build? It might be more interesting than this one

@benhorton4098

4 ай бұрын

@@CodeB I have I like that one as well

Hello, can you tell me what model board is that?

@CodeB

Жыл бұрын

EG-STARTS

@ycgame8191

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your quick response and I already found it Grateful for your help the Very good video, good luck.

Well thanx, i will stick to the game little too much for a Game but its cool

Can this button box be used on Xbox?

@CodeB

9 ай бұрын

I don't know if Xbox supports something like this, iv never had one and know next to nothing about them to be honest. Last console I had was the piano PS3 lol

@lennox469

9 ай бұрын

@@CodeB OK, because I have been looking for cheap DIY button box for Xbox.

@CodeB

9 ай бұрын

if i get any free time ill see if i can figure out if it will work on my friends xbox@@lennox469

@lennox469

9 ай бұрын

@@CodeB thank you, so much

@lennox469

8 ай бұрын

@@CodeB You may not of had time but does this button box work with Xbox

0/10 on your soldering but the rest looks good :)

@CodeB

4 ай бұрын

I agree I suck at it :(

Hey man! Hope everything Is goin great. Would It be fine If I contact you through email or social media for some tips? I'll be happy to send you pictures of what I've ordered for my own ETS2 Button Box build. Thanks!

@CodeB

2 күн бұрын

Sure try my discord link should be on my channel page

@phobicalbatross

2 күн бұрын

@@CodeB Thank you I really appreciate it!