I need assistance as to what is the best way to accomplish the following.
I have an arcade game that is gutted. I am installing a pc computer inside.
The arcade cabinet has a monitor and marquee that turns on and off with a standard on / off switch.
The pc will power on with a momentary closed switch as most modern pcs do.
My thought is to do this with an arduino perhaps? Once the arduino gets power it immediately executes one command and that would be close a circuit for 1 moment. This way the monitor, marquee and arduino all get powered up at the same moment. To power off the pc, simply hit the on / off power button of the cabinet.
Can someone draw me a simple circuit (even if not arduino)?
Brow, thank you! I can’t believe I didnt think of that!
I do still have an issue though. The monitor and marquee are both DC running off the same power adapter. My computer which is a Intel NUC powers on 19v dc @ 3.43 A so that will require staying on its own power adapter. So I guess I would need a circuit to turn on a ac outlet when the dc switch is pushed. Maybe a relay?
You could just let the PC turn everything else on when you press the power button on the PC.
If you were to plug everything but the computer into a [IoT Power Relay and then connect the relay to a USB port, once the PC turns on, everything else turns on too.
Just grab an old USB cable, cut one end off and connect the power wires (usually red and black) to the input on the IoT Relay and when the computer is on, the outlets on the relay are powered.](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14236)
