I'll be able to take pictures in the morning, but I do have the button's led glowing when I press the button down, but it does not power the Arduino. The push button's LED run's off 6 volts, while I need 9 volt's to power the arduino. So I thought I could connect a 9v battery to the VIN of the Arduino and create a circuit so that when the button is pressed, it complete the circuit for the ground and the ardiuno would power up, when this happened, the 5v output of the arduino would power the buttons LED. I know this is hard to explain, so I will post all of the pics from my setup tomorrow, but if anyone has any suggestions on a simpler way of doing this, I would appreciate it! Thanks, Mike
This button picture appears to only have two wires. So, how are you sending 9 volts through the switch, and then sending 5 volts back to power the light?
I guess the first suggestion, get a normal switch.
You are aware that this is a momentary pushbutton, right? You would have to hold it down the entire time that you want the arduino to run, and the power would be cut as soon as you stop pressing it.
Blue LEDs are vastly overrated. Green is the most visible colour; and the most pleasant. The use of blue LEDs on equipment "because we can" - because they are the most recent (apart from white) and imply "modernity" is not helpful.
My mistake thinking there were only two wires (as the photo showed). In reading the fine print, it has 5 connectors, Common, NO, NC, and two for the led.
So yes you can do that. Just send a ground and a +5 volt back to the led. If the arduino is not powered, there of curse will be no voltage to the led, and when it is powered, of course, the led will get voltage.
