[sdiy] Push buttons with LED

[Mattias Rickardsson]

On 31 January 2012 18:35, Terje Winther <terje.winther at wintherstormer.no> wrote:
> I am looking for some on/off pushbuttons with a LED indicator showing the
> on/off status. [...]
> Has anyone come across som good and inexpensive pushbuttons with LEDs?

Hej Terje! :-)

This is a good question, I'm looking for something very similar:
on-(on) or off-(on) pushbutton switches (i.e., momentary (or tactile))
with LEDs in them, for under $5.

Anyway, check out the ones from Well Buying (alas, brand name of confidence) :
http://www2.mouser.com/Well-Buying/Electromechanical/Switches/Pushbutton-Switches/_/N-5g30Z1yzvvt8Zscv7/
They have different models, with different LED colours and different
mechanical behaviours. They even often seem to be dual pole (two
channels).

This seems to be the LED pushbutton that Make Noise Maths uses:
http://www2.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Well-Buying/PS004-L22NPR1AXTURXX/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvxtGF7dlGNpoVjPVfbV%2f0YlpgPFH3aiA8%3d
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/SuMxXEIK1GI/AAAAAAAAjcQ/LkKHpM4F95s/s400/mn_maths.jpg
http://www.wellbuying.com.tw/

Does anybody know if these Well Buying switches are reliable over
time? Has anybody heard of them failing in Maths, for example?
I'm considering using the model with momentary switch and red/green LEDs:
http://www2.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Well-Buying/PS004-N22NPR1AXTURUG/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvxtGF7dlGNpoVjPVfbV%2f0YaHK3hiebBc4%3d
But I wouldn't want them to break after some year of frequent use!

/mr