# Picade X hat power button **URL:** \ **Category:** Picade\ **Created:** [April 9, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286 "2022-04-09T21:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pascal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@pascal](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pascal)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/1 "2022-04-09T21:59:46Z")
I have a Picade X hat and am planning to add a power button. I could not find the details about the type of button I have to use (push-button or on-off switch) and how to wire it. Can anyone provide me with this information? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/2 "2022-04-09T22:17:43Z")
As far as I know its a momentary contact, normally open switch. Same as the arcade buttons but with a built in LED. Push to turn on, push again to turn off. And you don’t have to use the LED if you don’t want to. There is a contact our support team link on the shop page if you want confirmation from Pimoroni staff. [Contact Us for Raspberry Pi Technical Support - Pimoroni](https://shop.pimoroni.com/pages/contact-us) ---
**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/3 "2022-04-11T08:32:21Z")
This is the button we use: [Metal Illuminated Button (Picade Power Button) - Pimoroni](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/metal-illuminated-button) And there’s info on how we wire it up in the Picade tute: [Assembling your 8" or 10" Picade with PICO-8](https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/assembling-your-picade#attaching-the-power-button) (it plugs in to the terminals on the Picade X HAT marked Power ON and LED ON) ---
**Author:** ![kitepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kitepete](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/kitepete)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/4 "2025-09-30T07:23:50Z")
bit of an old thread, but maybe someone can help - i’ve got the on/off button working fine on my Picade X hat, but the LED is not very bright at all. Is there a way to increase the brightness of the LED in the power button? ---
**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/5 "2025-09-30T15:47:23Z")
Yeah, the LED in this button is fairly subtle when powered from the 3v3 on Picade X HAT. 16mm momentary buttons are pretty common and varied though, so you could try swapping in a different one. We used to use [this one](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/illuminated-button) in Picade which I seem to remember had a brighter LED but was much less robust than the current metal one, which is why we swapped… ---
**Author:** ![kitepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kitepete](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/kitepete)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-power-button/19286/6 "2025-09-30T18:01:06Z")
Thanks. The metal one does have a very nice ‘action’. :-)