Is it possible for arduino to press a button slightly?

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I'm trying to make a steering wheel for some games and I want to find out can the arduino press a button slightly so it doesn't have to press the button with a higher rate?

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can the arduino press a button slightly

do you mean using the arduino to physically control a button? with the right actuator it's possible. what's the button though? most of the ones I know of are ON or OFF - there is no "lightly" touch. Joystick would be something with more movement

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you could measure the length of time a button is pressed or turn the steering wheel only while a button held down. presumably there is a left and right button.

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There are multi step buttons that connect different connections as the button is pressed.

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Idahowalker:
There are multi step buttons that connect different connections as the button is pressed.

Got a link? I've never heard of such a button.

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SteveMann:
Got a link? I've never heard of such a button.

Have a look at the "Canon N3 Camera Remote Shutter Release Cable Cord"

it's something you use to take pictures without touching your camera. A soft press is used to focus, and a hard press takes the picture. (like the shutter button on Reflex cameras)

When you open those up, it's very low tech (hence the price :slight_smile: ):
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you have three metallic blades lined up with a small separator

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and attached a different places

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so when you "soft presss" you get blade 1 and 2 to connect and when you hard press blades 1,2 and 3 are touching each other.

You get three wires to the unit (green, blue, red) and you can handle green+blue as a "soft" momentary push-button and green+red as "hard" push button (blue getting activated too along the way).

So may be there are similar constructs out there serving different purpose... Never seen any though :slight_smile:

(images from my (French written) tutorial on how to Control your Camera (Canon) and a Cobra Flash with Arduino)

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Look up, "2 stage buttons".

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This is all very amusing, but we don't actually know what the OP actually wants to do

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