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    PowerBlock - on/off lock swtich

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      Necroghoul
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      Hi!
      I work at a youth center and we who work there got the neat idea to make a arcade cabinet using retropi. A fun project to involve the kids in and the final project would be something that they can use.

      typically at the youth center we have a system when the kids want to play pool, foosball, the ps4 or w/e they have to turn in their phone or keys or something in order to get the que, ball or controller just so they are more responsible with the stuff and things don't break as easily. So now to the technical question :)

      On the finished cabinet i want to have a key that turns on and off the cabinet(rasberry pi). a simple on off key switch and the key cant be removed in the on position. So in order to play the arcade they need to get the key from us.

      I found the "PowerBlock - Raspberry Pi Power Switch" and it sound like a good solution.

      And i also found an on/off switch lock but i have no idea if they will work together.
      https://www.maskcatsz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=191849

      Have someone done anything like this or have suggestions?

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