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Easiest way to do a momentary push button for arduino

The best way to do a momentary push button involves placing a resistor between the button and ground.  But if your code is simple enough and can afford a slight delay, then you can use this method instead. Simply use a 2 pin momentary push button between one GPIO pin and ground.   Use the code below as an example.  Define the GPIO pin and set that pin to HIGH as default.   Then in the main loop, read the pin and if it detects a LOW signal, perform the action needed when the button is pushed.   If the button is pushed, it connects connects the ground to the GPIO pin and thus that pin is grounded and furthermore the pin will read as LOW.  when released it will go back to HIGH.    If you don't do an immediate delay after, the loop will perform that action as many times as it can while the button is pushed...and that can be a lot.   #define button 9   // # input button (detects the button press) void setup() {  digitalWrite(button , HIGH); } void l

Square Enix - A failure of customer service

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I've been a die hard Final Fantasy fan for a long time.  I started with FF2 and fell in love.  Moved on to FF3 and was amazed.  Then PS1 came out with FF7 and the earth stopped as many people have agreed.  I still play FF7 every now and again.  FF8, 9, 10 were all decent as well but I didnt really like FF Tactics. Once I finally got a decent computer to handle an MMORPG, I bought Final Fantasy 11 (FFXI) without question.  I did love the game at first but even then I knew it had some drawbacks.   But I still enjoyed the story line and got into the game so much I went to the FFXI Festival of 2007 held in Anaheim, CA.   I actually met quite a few people in person of whom I knew well in the game, one of which is still a good friend to this day. Over time I noticed quite a few problems with the way Square Enix handled it's public relations and customer service issues.   I listened closely for comments of praise hoping that the constant barrage of negative comments were just the