Replacing switch with transistor

[tonyeson]

Hello!, sry for the n00b question, but i'm new at this.

I'm trying to replace a switch with a transistor, powered by a raspberry pi, but don't quite get it to work.

the switch that i'm trying to control is 5v at max 1A (the right click button of a computer mouse)
my transistor is a BC337-25
the pi is putting out 3.3v on its gpio.

this is my setup:



what am I doing wrong?

 

[(*steve*)]

Firstly, that transistor probably won't handle 1A.

Secondly, see the resources section of this site for a resource describing how to switch a load with a transistor.

I don't the right house button on a mouse will need to switch 1A!

You may be better off using an optocoupler because then you don't have to worry how the mouse button is wired up (aside from requiring you get the polarity correct).