Switches

There are currently four switches that allow you to power redstone, including buttons, levers and pressure plates(Wooden and stone).

Levers power redstone until they is switched off, buttons, after being pushed, send a charge to
objects for 0.9 seconds, then powers off. Pressure plates are activated many different ways: They can be aciftivated
by a mob or player walking on one, by a minecart landing on one, if an item lands on one (wooden pressure plate only) or if arrows are shot at one.

Methods to activate pressure plates are subject to type, as only wooden pressure plates are activated by arrows and dropped items. Detector rails can also be used as

-Joshua Richardson