How To Build A DIY Button Box, For ATS or ETS2 

Your the best man!! So explanatory on how everything goes together!! Definitely gonna save me so headache when I build my boxes

The leds need 12v usually because they have internal resistors and you couldve soldered super thin wire as there is only 1 led per switch and at most they would pull .5watt of power haha. Super cool project though man. Im gonna go and harvest alot of buttons from the scrap yard so i can control everything in an 18 wheeler.

Ay bud i was looking around the junk drawer called internet and i gotta say you answered my question when you showed the led o the buttons wire up i was getting a short out message on my pc when connecting to the 5 volt pin both with the ground wire as it wasn't necessary as you showed since it isn't really aneed and the buttons are already grounded with the button cables being 2 pinned and have a single led pin. I am glad i ran into your vid ill leave you a sub for any future work and updates you got my bud keep on trucking and stay healthy.

Double check the mapping settings in game. I'm looking into a build for flight sim, and in flight sim you can specify if it's press or release. Lights, for example, has a mapping for "toggle lights" "Lights on" "Lights off" I can map "Lights on" to Button X "on press" and "Lights off" Button X "on release". That way it basically thinks of the switch as a key that you are holding indefinitely and keeps everything "on" and will turn everything "off" once released, thus providing a proper "on/off" toggle function.

I did my project using an arduino leonardo Everything costed around £13 The prebuilt versions cost £150

Hey man! I appreciate the super helpful video as I am planning to build one for my ETS2. Just a quick question for you, what kind/where'd you get that black jumper cable for the led toggle switch in order for the leds to work?

U need the Programm SVMapper! With the Programm your Switches works like a keypad👍🏻When you turn on the switch then it press a button, when you turn it off the programm repeat it!☝🏻

is it plug and play or use some prog? also does the buttons have conflict with wheel buttons, cose there are button 1 on wheel and button 1 on box.....if you know what i mean....

Any idea to wire toggle switch to turn on when flipped on? Instead of always on

great little build..i also prefer the red lol, trying to figure out what toggles i want for mine.. are any 12v toggles good to use? or do i need to find something more arcade like?

where did you solder the LED wire on the pro micro? I cant seem to get my led's to light up. nvm you used a different board lol

HOW TO MAKE SWITCH WORK ? IT NOT WORK FOR ME HAVE TO SET UP ANYTHING?

So once the buttons are wired to the board and i plug it to Pc, it just works? It detects it automatically as another controller? Then just press the buttons and it will detect and assign them in settings?

Hey i have a question. Sorry for my bad english btw. So, can i also just soder the wires to the toggle switch? just want to know cause it would be easier for me.

Dumb question I am sure but can you use any switches for this build? Thanks.

the switch LED stil work on 5v even its a 12 volt switch? (sorry for my english)

Thx brother, I was about to buy a $400 button box but then I saw your vid and only had to spend $40 Edit: I used a diff decoder and buttons but still the same amount

Just to b sure can I use switches instead of buttons or do I have to use buttons

Im trying to find all the parts u used in the video but im having a problem finding them. Could u please help me out. Thank you

Would u consider doing a paid build on one of these?

Just to let you know you always get shorted on wires when you buy those kits. Pretty sure the reason why your metal switches are acting the way they are is because more than likely the two outside blades are your switch in the middle blade is your led

how would you program it to keyboard buttons? that is what I want to do so say I wanted my switch to do what my up arrow does in a game how would I program it to do what arrow up does on my keyboard? any videos you can send me to?

Do you need to run something in pc in order to let the encoder works?

I’m trying to think how to wire a switch so the led only works when I have it engaged

how have the led hold

Can this button box be used on Xbox?

Hello, can you tell me what model board is that?

Well thanx, i will stick to the game little too much for a Game but its cool

0/10 on your soldering but the rest looks good :)

Hey man! Hope everything Is goin great. Would It be fine If I contact you through email or social media for some tips? I'll be happy to send you pictures of what I've ordered for my own ETS2 Button Box build. Thanks!