YES NOPE9 wrote: > #1 Using nitinol wire to push the button. Current through the > wire =3D=3D> Heat =3D=3D> wire expands There are off the shelf products that do this already. I vaguely remember they are called something like "electronic pistons". > #2 Using tiny audio > speakers to push a wire in a coax cable shell. Like the cables used > for bicycle brakes. That sounds like quite a kludge. Why not just a ordinary solenoid? It is meant to move a plunger, as apposed to a speaker which is meant to move air= .. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .