[simpits-tech] Momentary Toggle switches

[Rick Davis]

Gene,

I was looking at a post on the site awhile back about tearing apart toggle 
switches (so they would still work like a real switch, but could be used for 
a single keystroke (using a keyboard card))

Weak eyes and big mitts make that a challenging proposition for me. Has 
something different developed since then?

I was thinking (rare function for me) that you could wire a small 5 volt 
relay to a regular toggle switch. When you close the switch, it would 
discharge a voltage from a very small capaitor to the relay. One which would 
hold only enough juice to click it once and all over. Then when you turn the 
switch off (being SPDT) it would connect the capacitor to a supply voltage 
to charge it up for the next run. I guess you'd have to have a seperate cap 
for each position, but they are pennies a jar.

Any of this make any sense or can I just buy something like that at Radio 
Shack?

Rick