Electrical – Replace mechanical switch with electrical switch or relay

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I have a remote controller for a portable heater, and I am working on a small project to be able to control the fan on/off from an arduino with Bluetooh HM-10 module. I thought a solenoid might work by mounting on top of the remote but it doesn't have enough force, I want to remove the mechanical button and figure out a way to control it without the switch but I don't really know what circuit I should use.

Also, there is a 2.3V difference between the two left pads and 0.2V when the switch is pressed on.

Any idea how I could wire this up to arduino via some switch/relay circuit? Any circuit design/schematic would be helpful.

Here are the images of remote and button traces.

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Best Answer

If the button is normally open (no connection when not pressed) you can solder two wires at the bottom to the switch contacts and feed those to the circuit which needs to control the 'button'. The button itself can remain in place. There is no need to de-solder it.

You can use a relay which is the simplest and safest method as that will work independent of how your fan controller works. If the button needs to be pressed for a long time and you want to save power a toggling or latching relay is best but they are bit more difficult to control.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

A transistor or FET may be possible but for that you would need the schematics and details of how the fan controller works.