Mobo has a variety of onboard tactile switches which do cool and useful things.
I'd like to be able to do these cool and useful things without having to open a side panel and reach under piles of crowdy components, preferably with some buttons mounted right on the front of the chassis.
These tactile switches are soldered onto the mobo PCB.
I don't want to do any soldering or electrical mods to the mobo itself - I plan to swap mobos from time to time and the chassis needs to be interchangeable, so semi-permanent soldering isn't a practical option anyhow.
The only idea I can think of is to use bicycle brake cables, I push the easy-to-reach button on one end and the metal ferrule (or whatever) on the other end pushes against the hard-to-reach tactile switch button.
I suppose I'd need to fashion little plastic brackets to securely clamp over the tactile switch casings.
I don't know a lot about bicycle parts. It looks like 5mm OD is the smallest commonly available, smaller is better for this application and I doubt I need thicker capacities with hundreds of pounds of braking force. I don't think I require powerful bicycle-braking springs or fixtures either - the sorts found inside other switches or ballpoint pens would probably work fine.
Any thoughts?
lol, and because it's such a ridiculous approach - any better ideas?