How to Add a Power Button to Your Raspberry Pi (+ FLIRC Case Install!)

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How to Add a Power Button to Your Raspberry Pi (+ FLIRC Case Install!)

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In this video, I'll teach you how to build your own Raspberry Pi power button, allowing you to shut your Pi down safely! I'll also show you how to install it in a FLIRC (or other Raspberry Pi) case. This will work with any Raspberry Pi model (Raspberry Pi 4, 3, Zero, etc.)
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@thndrpnts 4 жыл бұрын

Aw man. Seeing those RadioShack switches brings back memories. That was my first job right out of high school!

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

Aww yeah. I miss being able to run there to pick up a quick component or switch last minute-worth paying 5X the price :)

@teesdiy3993 3 жыл бұрын

Radio shack was called Tandy in Australia back in the day.. Gone now.. Jaycar is my shop now when I need something right then.

@witsend236 Жыл бұрын

Works on PI 4 in March 2023. Many thanks for all the hard work saving me loads....

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

Don't have a soldering iron? Get a pre-soldered button here! howchoo.io/pi-power-button-pinned See the full guide on howchoo: howchoo.com/g/mwnlytk3zmm/how-to-add-a-power-button-to-your-raspberry-pi

@drwhowhogrub3908 4 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best tutorial for a power button. Very easy to do thanks very much

@nix3649 2 жыл бұрын

Now, I think we can simply use "dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown" command in "/boot/config.txt" instead of this script. This script constantly shutdown my pi4 randomly while the 'dtoverlay' commande does not. Probably because of a debounce param missing, I guess. Thanks anyway for sharing

@JeanPaulLapointeCGI 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! 100% on my Pi 4. This was an awesome little project.

@therexershow 5 жыл бұрын

This video should have a ton more views. Great video.

@Howchoo 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! All in good time ;)

@namaro539 7 ай бұрын

Managed to make it work with a switch rather than a button. followed your instructions carefully and it works! now I need to figure out how to turn off the fan

@kurtroyales2659 5 ай бұрын

Hi! May I ask what type of switch did you use on your end? Will a rocker switch work?

@namaro539 5 ай бұрын

@@kurtroyales2659 yes a 2 way rocker switch with 3 connection points

@stressed76 4 жыл бұрын

Man that worked like a charm! Thanks for saving me from pulling my hair out🤣. Tried older diys with no luck, then finally found this! Thank you sooooo much!!

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@m.hannis9894 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!! I just bought the premade button from your website, and will complete the project!!! Also liked and subscribed!!!

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

M. Hannis Awesome! Glad you liked it, we’ll ship your buttons out today :)

@mikeg1zrn896 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, Running Buster on a Pi 3b+, your script is the only one I got to work, thank you. Question, is possible to add a "Hold" time in the script so the button has to be held down for x number seconds before shutting down. Many thanks.

@ianpiercy6551 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, nice video, I am using the 7 inch touchscreen which utilises pins 5 and 6 already, is there an alternative pin out location i can use for the button?? TIA. Ian

@RomanOnARiver 3 жыл бұрын

The only two pins actually required for the touchscreen are 5V and GND - consider if your use case actually requires you to use any others - it might not.

@therealjackfisher 2 жыл бұрын

And out of all buttons avaliable, you had to buy the absolutely ugliest one on entire planet Earth, only because its a DIY Raspberry Pi rpoject, so it absolutely have to look like some kind of nail/hammer garage project. How original. Great video. Cheers.

@raudet28 3 жыл бұрын

Simple , straight forward, like that. Thanks for this video it actually was more helpful than I first imagine.

@inonfarag 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks working great! just one question, I've tried to change the script from PIN 3 to PIN 21, now it only shuts down the pi and not waking it up. any suggestions?

@zatoichibeat 5 жыл бұрын

For a raspberry pi 4 you can now update from the Terminal so no need for the boot loader, but once you install everything do a reboot first and then the button turns off and on. Thanks for the tut 👍

@mauznemo 2 жыл бұрын

with sudo apt update?

@whitneydesignlabs8738 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thanks so much for your scripting, your video and the detailed write up on your site. I just wired and installed on my Pi4 which is in vehicular use. Now, so much easier to shut down gracefully, with a physical button, instead of the GUI (or worse, turning off ignition key and hard-crashing the pi). I was prepared to copy and paste the code, run it at boot up etc etc. But your script did all the heavy lifting. Cheers!!!

@johncharlesbuccat3766 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOOOOWW! THANK YOU VERY MUUUUUCH! Worked on first try :)

@marlbear 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect!! My bartop is now 100% finished. Thank you 🙏🏼

@Howchoo 5 жыл бұрын

No problem! Sounds like a cool project :)

@pdjames1729 5 жыл бұрын

@@Howchoo is usb3 speed still shafted on the 'new' firmware - I'm holding off on updates as All of the ones released so far have had other issues. I know it's a small risk but I'd reticent about bricking another one - having had one dev machine blowing it's hdmi 0 socket off from under-powering

@TheSimonScowl 4 жыл бұрын

Power Button: "Burrrrrrpp!!!!" Me: I'm cutting you off!

@johanlaurasia 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, as the guy below stated, easy to follow and worked like a charm

@JoeEverett-nj1re 5 ай бұрын

Worked Great, I ran the code ahead of time, Thanks for the howto Video

@aaaafaaaaf Жыл бұрын

Great video - very clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing.. Is the button a momentary button..

@ninoponchev 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I tried it on raspberry zero W and it worked on first try!

@00Gerny00 2 жыл бұрын

Super easy and it worked on my Pi4! Thanks so much

@umeshjadhav3326 3 жыл бұрын

simple and worked without any extra hassle......great ! Thanks to you....

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@vongdong10 4 жыл бұрын

Can I use different pins? The ones you showed are occupied by a display I'm using.

@GingerWithASoul100 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing this. Is there an easy way to add a delay for shutdown? I’m using this in my vehicle and it has some interference. I figured if I add a .5 sec shutdown delay (hold the button for .5 sec) it will keep the noise from shutting down my PI.

@xflow79 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice tutorial, now i was easily able to add the power button and status led to some pi3 and a pi4! thank you!

@VeryMuchBlessed 4 жыл бұрын

Great instructive video howchoo! I've been looking for this to add to my Pi 4B for days. Works great. Thanks much for making this video.

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

No problem! Stay tuned for more :)

@viva7642 3 жыл бұрын

That's a 3d printed coffee cup!! :D nice vid.

@MiekkiVT 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much. This video helped me a lot.

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

No problem! Glad it helped :)

@DrKazAstro 4 жыл бұрын

You legend. Thanks so much - this worked first go - super fast - super easy - THANKS SO MUCH

@sanjaybhatikar 3 жыл бұрын

I have implemented this on a Raspberry Pi 3 and it works very well. Kudos to you for very clear instructions. I have a question that perhaps you can help answer. Will this solution work to power down the pi running on battery power when the battery is running low? I am guessing that pin 5 will go logic low as battery runs out, effectively same as shorting with pin 6 (GND). Thank you 🙏

@cjlowe1650 Жыл бұрын

This works great. Just 2 things. 1). I get a message there is a resistor on GPIO3 when executing the script. 2). My Power does not fully go down. My Fan is still on although it looks like the USB ports are not active and of course the RED Led is still on. But this does Stop (shutdown) and Restart when I push the button.

@Lunolux 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thx I think i will add a led if i do that, idk if it worth i but i like having visual that its "on" when using button like that

@therealnamonid 4 жыл бұрын

I have a question. If we are already using Pin 5 for another thing like a controller, is there any way to change the pin settings for the button? Also great video!

@itstbe76 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work, thank you! Works fine with my new Pi-Hole. 👍

@maximobarawid6657 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this wonderful howto video. I did it to my RPi3B and it works. I have a question though. Do you have a tutorial on how to add a serial (RS232) port on a RPi3B+? I need a communication port to control a serial modem.

@jacobh6272 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video I got my rpi 4b on dec 25 and it worked no problem no need to get the latest version. Btw recommend turning off the pi through the interface like you would a regular laptop or pc but turning ot on worked no problem.

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks for the info!

@xaniac2429 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial! Very easy to follow along and it worked just like a charm.

@milanowns 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Simple to follow and no bs!

@Howchoo 2 жыл бұрын

Aw, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@kjkansara 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks a lot. I was wondering how can I keep the host connection active even if I shut down the pi. PS. I am using Putty on Windows

@mvl8209 3 жыл бұрын

Can this only be done on pins 5&6? I have a case with a fan, and that uses 4&6 on my Raspberry Pi 4B Edit: I don't need the reboot/wake-up, I only want the safe shutdown

@tottestad91 6 ай бұрын

It has to be pin 5. Pin 6 can be switched out with any other ground pin.

@ue260 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, very helpful. My PI ws turning on and off fine but all of a sudden it only turns it off. It won't turn back on and a reboot command is the same, shuts off but won't come back on.

@didakad4207 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This works really well.

@joshualawson7604 4 жыл бұрын

Download link says "Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist."

@federicomilano5272 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! THANKYOU!! Only 1 question; this is a "push" button or is the "click" button?

@brianmcnaspy5073 29 күн бұрын

can i use the same button for 5 raz-pi's so long as i wire them right ?or should i split them up between a few buttons??

@gary57210 4 ай бұрын

It looks like the I/O connectors are too tall to clear the case. Did you shorten them somehow?

@mrgatez2007 3 жыл бұрын

CRACKING I love it I now if have my raspberry pi 4 in a *" fractal pc case "*

@mrgatez2007 3 жыл бұрын

Using the cases power button to boot it up I will upload a video to my channel of it running off a power bank on my Sony 43 TV I LOVE IT with only 1 cable out of it witch is the HDMI cable

@pandaguan 2 жыл бұрын

I don't recommend stripping and soldering jumper wires, those are usually made of iron. It will corrode over time, specially that it would be exposed to the heat of the solder. Use a regular stranded copper wire instead.

@rozuja 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought a Rasp 4 B its on its way, for retropie, loved when I just realized I could take all my roms outside my computer 2 a single machine. I'm not an electric engineer so IDK nothing about hardware, i've been stuying with videos how to install it in the case, put the fan, the heat sinkers (or how its called), just realized the power button its cool, Want to implement it on my purchase, I saw your video and saw where you connected the button, but the fan uses 4 and 6, and you used 5 and 6 for the button, can I rotate the fan and change 6 to 14 that is ground too? IDK nothing about this so by logic im asking. Dont wanna damage mi PI.

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

You got it right-you can definitely use a different ground for either one. So use pin 6 for the fan's GND and 14 for the button GND. :) This is a good resource for identifying pins: pinout.xyz/

@taylonjudd923 4 жыл бұрын

yes, a ground is a ground doesnt matter which pin on the rpi, and the rpi has multiple ground pins for use, you can look at the pinout guid howchoo referenced, and use any ground for the fan or button that makes cable management easier for you

@timosman3877 3 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly thanks!

@Filmblanc 20 күн бұрын

will this work with a momentary type of button/switch or does it have to be a normally open button?

@brutalpancho 3 жыл бұрын

really good tutorial thanks. no idea why there are any thumbs down. only thing is, for me, I have 2 fans running on the same pin so will have to see if theres a way to move them or the button elsewhere?

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

Which pin are they running on? If it’s pin 5, this is definitely required for the power button’s “wake” functionality. But you can likely move your fan to another one (any other GPIO pin) since the fan probably only needs basic GPIO functionality :)

@pseudonym3690 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your script. Works great even on a Raspi 1 :)

@Adam-rw4xk 4 жыл бұрын

Do power cables that have switches built-in do the same thing basically? Great video, fun to watch.

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And not quite-using a power cable with a switch is the same as ripping the cord out of the wall. That physically cuts power without SAFELY shutting the Pi down, which is bad :)

@Powergeek Жыл бұрын

Which pins should I use when doing this with a 7" pi touch screen? Pin 6 is used as part of the wiring for that so are there alternatives I could use instead?

@feral7094 Жыл бұрын

This worked great for my arcade cabinet power button until I needed to add a fan in 5v mode using pins 2 and 6. Can I use any other pins for a power button?

@salze145 3 жыл бұрын

clean and nice work!

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@McCawley74 4 жыл бұрын

An aesthetically pleasing case destroyed.

@kristiknight-craddock8748 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video......Thank you......I would like to use a button with an LED light ring. How can I use a flat metal actuator, surrounded by a green plastic LED ring. On the back there are 3 contacts for the button (common, normally-open and normally-closed) and 2 for the green LED ring (+ and -). Connect 3 to 6V to the LED and the Normal Open as in your video. My question is what would I connect the LED ring to on the board?

@bartcowan6907 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever find a solution for this. I would like to use a lighted button as well.

@QletTV 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of wire stripper do you use? I really liked that one

@toddcoello6461 4 жыл бұрын

I have a raspberry pi 4 and the pi 7 inch touchscreen. it uses the same pins is there a way to add a power button to that setup?

@toddcoello6461 4 жыл бұрын

I was able to get a power button installed on my setup

@MrElofix 4 жыл бұрын

Werry well explained man. Thank you verry much! The only thing i suggest is to get another case with bigger hight and position the button at the back nect to the sd card. This red button on your case loocks like an emergancy stop :) Technicaly....10 points, design....2 points ;)

@Howchoo 4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for the feedback!

@stefanmerk5750 2 жыл бұрын

hi, thanks for showing. I have a question, can you do this with a touch (capacitive) button? By touching the button for 3 seconds? that would work and if so, how?

@joshg8391 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work, man. Thank you a lot :D

@imsethtwo 6 ай бұрын

Hey quick question, so if I am supplying power from an OBD2 adapter in my car, stepped down from 12v to 5v and then plugged directly into the usb port, if I run this script will it still shut down the pi? I am trying to think of ways around splicing a toggle into the obd cable. thanks!

@endlessbeast 5 жыл бұрын

Nice!! Thanks for share!!

@lauf7lauf375 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Howchoo, great and easy tutorial, however please help with one detail: I got the momentary NO button with 4 contacts (additional 2 contacts represent built-in LED functionality) - how should I connect /solder my button? Thanks for advice for anyone in this world. Cheers

@trispytreems 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the answer to this, my Rpi 4 isn't working with this script and I don't know if it's the bootloader or the way I've soldered my button...

@jarkko4732 3 жыл бұрын

@@trispytreems I think you should be able to test your button with the instructions given between 02:07 - 02:28. Although the instructions are for a bit different thing (to detect if your button is a "normally open" or "normally closed" button), you can use the same style to detect which pins in your button are used for the button press if you try different pin combinations.

@trispytreems 3 жыл бұрын

@@jarkko4732 just an update: it works now! All I had to do was do a Sudo apt get update then Sudo apt upgrade and it updated the bootloader.

@1rowellb Жыл бұрын

looking to add an LED on my Raspberry Pi 4b. Can I also add a raspberry pi fan as well? Or are the pins taken up by the button?

@Mmmm_tea 4 жыл бұрын

Personally would have put it on the side of the case next to the sd-card

@guillemdc 4 жыл бұрын

Much cleaner. Also, a different style of button would have helped so it doesn't look so terrible. Even if you wanted keep the location and the button, he should've drilled the bottom side wider and not the cover... Kinda sloppy

@SassafrasSapling 6 ай бұрын

How do you do the software if you have a different operating system installed on the raspberry pi? I have Emteria OS installed on mine

@olhakesta 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Good work! Unfortunately, however, although following all the steps indicated, this scheme does not work on my Raspberry Pi B+ V1.2 (2014) either with regard to the led or the on/off button (cf. the other video). Do you have any suggestions that can help me? Thanks in advance.

@fibranijevidra 2 жыл бұрын

I have installed your script on the RPI4 with Volumio, but the response was: File "/usr/local/bin/listen-for-shutdown.py", line 4, in import RPi.GPIO as GPIO ImportError: No module named RPi.GPIO How do I fix this?

@jonathanaknudsen 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever find a fix? I am running into the same error. When I install before volumio, it allows me to wake the pi but not shut it down.

@fibranijevidra 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanaknudsen No, I gave up.

@BrianThomas Жыл бұрын

What if the power button had an LED light built-in with 4 pins, and all the pins are the same length? Where would place the resister? I have an + /- pin. I know where they go, but I'm not sure about the LED.

@zer0b0t 5 жыл бұрын

I did a similar project some time ago, the only problem with this is that if for example the script doesn't load for some reason or you load another image that doesn't have the script loaded and you push the button it may break the Pi, so it's safer to at least add a resistor to the switch or ideally make a pull up-down resistor circuit.

@Howchoo 5 жыл бұрын

How would it break the Pi? Shorting GPIO3 to GND won’t do that

@zer0b0t 5 жыл бұрын

@@Howchoo I think I did it with gpio21. I don't know if gpio3 is different?

@zer0b0t 5 жыл бұрын

@@Howchoo But I believe the problem is that the pin stays at high voltage (3 or 5v) and doesn't use the internal push down or up resistor unless you enable it with the software.

@jorgealejo1968 5 жыл бұрын

Yea I just fried my board.... lame

@zer0b0t 5 жыл бұрын

@@jorgealejo1968 Ouch that sucks

@redpogo 3 жыл бұрын

Obrigado! Fiz e deu super certo.

@TheDarkelvenangel 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, however why not use the gpio-shutdown overlay?

@cpassuel9857 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm wondering too, it seems easier. Is there some limitations with gpio-shutdown method ?

@FartBux Жыл бұрын

Isn't there a power cable that comes with a button built in?

@fabian3265 3 жыл бұрын

awesome, works!

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear!

@TheOleHermit 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a good solution for saving power on a RPi4 connected surveillance camera, but using a low power WiFi connected ESP32 (& motion detector) instead of a mechanical switch. Assuming that the RPi4 never really powers down, how much power does it use while in 'sleep' mode? Does it require a RTC battery to keep it 'alive'? Thanks😎

@klemmbausteinbastler0501 2 ай бұрын

Does this work with Windows? Because I have Windows 10 instead of Raspbian...

@FMDev1 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Zach! Love you channel, and appreciate all of your work.

@pajaspk 3 жыл бұрын

:D same third hand , same soldering machine :D i just have blue one :D awesome one for its price

@KubiIay 3 жыл бұрын

Will the raspberry also turn on when you re insert the power (usb) cable or can you just insert it and need to press the power button? Because I don’t want it to unnecessarily turn on when inserting power cable. Just like a normal computer for instance.

@cyberstar251 3 жыл бұрын

does ground need to be pin 6 or can it be any ground pin on the board? because 6 is already populated by a pwm cooling fan on mine.

@pugk9unit 3 жыл бұрын

So does the button only work on sd cards that you have written this code to? So if you reflash your sd card with another software, you'd have to redo all these steps? Does this work with other OS's like retropie, OSMC, or Kodi?

@sethzora6810 4 жыл бұрын

Does this work with a regular non monetary NO switch? The pi is in a setup with a few other things that require a latching switch.

@TheRealStructurer 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Would this work if you are running OctoPi on your Raspberry 4? Just started with Raspberries so maybe it's a stupid question?

@NikhchansGaming 3 жыл бұрын

2:38 Can I use Male to female jumper cables and tape/hook in the male ends to the button's pins?

@gabstar3029 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I have octoprint on my pi3b+ I was wondering if this will work with my instance of octoprint or it will corrupt my pi

@edisonashok3160 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please provide me instructions to make it work on libreelec This works on osmc, but after the wake (power on by switch) does not play videos and rpi4 is slow, Need to reboot it to work properly

@armanditoetc 3 жыл бұрын

This video is so cool! TY. I have a Q. why this pin now also works to turn on the Pi?

@armanditoetc 3 жыл бұрын

I found on internet that devs aded a wake up routine on bootloader on GPIO3.

@miremaker Жыл бұрын

If I have a small case fan ground going into pin 6, can I just move it to another ground on the pi? Does it matter which ground?

@tottestad91 6 ай бұрын

You can use any other ground pin as well

@megacon123 16 күн бұрын

does it work on the pi 5 ?

@shingrutashish5639 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. can I install directly now without that bootloader thing because its been two years now. do these things updated now?

@Howchoo 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, you don’t need the boot loader as long as you don’t somehow buy a super old Pi 4 that still has the original firmware (like old stock or something). Try skipping the firmware step and see if everything works. You can always do that step afterwards if needed.

@Dali-yd3bf 4 жыл бұрын

Hello can I connect 2 wires in the same gpio for the screen and the buttons ?

@allezism1 4 жыл бұрын

great, thank you

@nurmenikrohmawati2585 2 жыл бұрын

I have an error even though I have installed the rpi.gpio library. pi@raspberrypi:~ $ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/listen-for-shutdown.py", line 4, in import RPi.GPIO as GPIO ImportError: No module named RPi.GPIO I appreciate any help from you, thanks