Help:simple button wiring instructions needed

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I'm a new arduino user and cannot find simple instructions on how to connect the wires from a button to the digital in terminals. Is it as simple as one wire to di and one to ground? Where can I find wiring instructions, I've trawled the arduino guide but can't locate them?

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The PICAXE datasheets have good simple diagrams:

Digital switches are there somewhere.

/me

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Try this link:

there is a picture and a description above...

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Thanks for that, I've checked it our and as I can't read circuit diagrams it is over my head!! I have a simple button with 2 cables coming from it with which I want to get an on/off reading into maxMSP. Do you know where I connect the cables to?

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thanks Kimmi that's perfect!

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You'll need a resistor in addition to your switch, to act as a pull-up resistor.