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Bloinkxp:
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--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:15:27 pm ---Tiger:
I just checked the PCB layout on the TOKN16 - I'm not positive, but it does look like it is a matrix-style grounding, and not a common ground. It may have well been the luck of the draw that the grounds I combined worked.
Kevin
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Cool, thanks for checking that out, Kevin. 8)
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So that means that each button has it's own ground on the PCB?
ie.
JU JD Jl JR C1 B1 B2 ... etc
GU GD Gl GR G1 GB1 GB2 ...
--- Quote ---Thanks for keeping the thread more civil, Saint :D
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Agreed. Thanks Saint :)
KevSteele:
--- Quote from: Bloinkxp on May 31, 2005, 04:33:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 31, 2005, 04:18:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:15:27 pm ---Tiger:
I just checked the PCB layout on the TOKN16 - I'm not positive, but it does look like it is a matrix-style grounding, and not a common ground. It may have well been the luck of the draw that the grounds I combined worked.
Kevin
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Cool, thanks for checking that out, Kevin.
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RandyT:
--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:48:58 pm ---I just checked the PCB layout on the TOKN16 - I'm not positive, but it does look like it is a matrix-style grounding, and not a common ground. It may have well been the luck of the draw that the grounds I combined worked.
...<snip>...
... but suffice it to say - you need the dedicated ground wire for each switch.
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Many would consider this a pretty important "con" for the device. What's your take on it?
RandyT
mattp:
--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:48:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bloinkxp on May 31, 2005, 04:33:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 31, 2005, 04:18:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:15:27 pm ---Tiger:
I just checked the PCB layout on the TOKN16 - I'm not positive, but it does look like it is a matrix-style grounding, and not a common ground. It may have well been the luck of the draw that the grounds I combined worked.
Kevin
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Cool, thanks for checking that out, Kevin. 8)
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So that means that each button has it's own ground on the PCB?
ie.
JU JD Jl JR C1 B1 B2 ... etc
GU GD Gl GR G1 GB1 GB2 ...
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No, it's more like a matrix:
Line 1 is connected to every even bottom pin, Line 2 to every odd bottom pin. Line 3 is acutally a different line for each set of four pins. That's a bit cluttered (and rushed) explanation, but suffice it to say - you need the dedicated ground wire for each switch.
Kevin
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KevSteele:
--- Quote from: RandyT on May 31, 2005, 06:49:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: KevSteele on May 31, 2005, 04:48:58 pm ---I just checked the PCB layout on the TOKN16 - I'm not positive, but it does look like it is a matrix-style grounding, and not a common ground. It may have well been the luck of the draw that the grounds I combined worked.
...<snip>...
... but suffice it to say - you need the dedicated ground wire for each switch.
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Many would consider this a pretty important "con" for the device.
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