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switch adapting toys

Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 9:34 pm
by sparks1664
Hello i have a son who has special needs and needs help playing with his toys, To enable him to use his toys i have rewired the toys switch to a big button type switch which he can press more easily (see attached pic)

Now what I would like to do is make the switch wireless so there's no longer a trailing cable from the switch to the toy, It would also be useful if one wireless switch could switch a number of toys.

if anyone could give me some advice where to start that would be great

many thanks chris

Re: switch adapting toys

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:56 pm
by Biomed
There are many wireless switches out there, garage remotes for example, but they usually require a 12VDC supply. Many toys are powered by one or two batteries so this may be a problem?

You also don't want several toys switching on at the same time so some type of multi-channel circuit will be needed which involves having to select which toy is switched on, another problem?

Re: switch adapting toys

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:32 pm
by sparks1664
could have all the toys on the same channel and only turn one toy on at a time.
looks like i will need a very small no/nc relay which i could mount on the toy, but still unsure which type of switch to use