Manufacturer wanted $25 (+shipping) for a replacement garage door opener wall switch. 13 minutes of printing + 5 minutes of soldering + two leftover Cherry MX Blue switches (that I’ll be use) and the problem is solved 👍
Note: The wiring was slightly more involved than I thought… needed a resistor for the light (there’s only two wires but it’s got two functions: Light on/off and garage open/close.
If folks are interested I could make a much fancier PCB-based version with screw terminals and whatnot. It’s a very trivial schematic.
Very resourceful, I like it.
Added benefit: you’ll definitely hear it if someone tries to open the garage door and steal all your stuff in the middle of the night
CLACK
This is so stupid, but I love it so much. 🤣 I’m tempted to give it a try, but I’m worried that once I get used to mechanical switches on my garage door opener - I’ll need them throughout the rest of the house too.
Do it! Normal garage door openers are good for like 1,000 cycles (if that, haha). With these switches it should be good for 50 million.
Very cool
Put me down as interested in the whole shebang!
Did you complete the PCB?