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The Button itself, an upright brushed aluminum box against white: the left third of the face is ridged, the right two-thirds plain, with a black LED bezel near the top and a large red button in a black ring near the bottom. No lettering.

Pointless Electronics · PE-001

The Button

Pointless Finished

Push it. A light comes on. That's it. A small aluminum box with a single large red button and a red LED, built with the same care as a functional device. It just happens not to be one. Finished.

  • ObjectSmall aluminum box, one large red button, one red LED
  • FunctionPress the button, the light comes on
  • PurposeNone
  • Inputs1
  • Outputs1
  • LatencyImmediate
  • LastsApproximately 1,300,000 presses or five years
  • Dimensions10 × 6 × 4 cm
  • Power9V battery
  • WarrantyLimited
  • FinishedSeptember 2026
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Binding. Refundable, see Returns & Repairs. It exists.

The pitch

Delightful in its immediacy. Revolutionary in its restraint. THE BUTTON represents years of engineering discipline distilled into a single-input, single-output architecture. When you press it, a light comes on. Every time. Without exception.

Some products aspire to do many things. THE BUTTON aspires to do one thing, and to do it exceptionally.

It exists. Twenty-five dollars, free shipping. Reserve yours above.

What people are saying

J.T., Portland
“I press it. The light comes on. Every time. It has changed how I think about buttons.”
M.K., verified purchaser
“I've owned three.”
Anonymous, Reddit
“After a decade of feature bloat, THE BUTTON reminded me what electronics can be.”

Build one

The whole circuit is a button, a resistor and an LED, and it has a build guide anyway, because every Pointless device is released with the same care as a functional one. The PE-001 build guide, on the stripboard shelf beside the synths, has the layout, four strips by four holes with one resistor on it, the file you can open in Copper Bottom, every wire, a 1:1 drill template for the face, and the arithmetic behind 1,300,000 presses.

The series

PE-001 is the first of sixteen. The second, PE-002 The Groaner, is finished too. The rest are on the Pointless Electronics catalogue, two more on the bench and twelve that exist as a name, which is all a Pointless device really needs.