I am trying to wire a circuit for a prop I'm making, but I have run into a conundrum. Here is our setup:

 

Battery --------> Switch----Button-------------sound-playing device

| ----Button-------------sound-playing device

\------------------------------------------------------------^

 

How would I get rid of the two buttons in exchange for one button that can tell which sound-playing device (and thus which sound) to make depending on the position of the switch? The only temporary buttons I've seen are those that have 2 contacts.

Edited August 24, 201213 yr by elementcollector1

Look for DPDT switches.

 

 

 

edit: Would this one work? http://www.grainger.com. Part number: 774104

Edited August 24, 201213 yr by InigoMontoya

Good, but how do i wire this to a dpdt toggle switch? (This is the right track though, thanks.)

 

Also, how would i wire this to 2 sound playing circuits?

A DPDT switch is really two switches in one. Which switch is being used is controlled by which direction you flip it. So you wire it just like you would with two separate switches... Just remembering that the two switches are housed in the same unit.

Excellent! Furthermore, I found out the 2 sound-playing circuits I was talking about are not HQ enough to handle the sounds properly. Is there one large circuit that can play quite a few different sounds at the touch of different buttons? Arduino-based, maybe?

portalgun_powerup1.wav

portalgun_shoot_blue1.wav

portalgun_shoot_red1.wav

portal_fizzle2.wav

Edited August 27, 201213 yr by elementcollector1