[sdiy] switches for tr-808 clone ?

[Andre Majorel]

On 2009-05-24 14:44 -0700, Danjel van Tijn wrote:

> I have this big bag of ITT Schadow switches that look very simmilar to
> 808 switches but are slightly shorter and have a different spacing for
> the pins. They say "Made in W. Germany" underneath, must .
> be old! Those switches were $0.25 each... man I wish they fit.

If the switch body fits in the panel cut-out, you could solder
them on a piece of perfboard and solder resistor leads to the
underside of the perfboard to go with the PCB holes. The switches
will protrude of course. Ugly but functional. That's what I did
for my EX-800.

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André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>