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Microswitches that light up when pushed?

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Ed_McCarron:
There ya go... Blocking diodes at their finest. :)

rdagger:
You could probably just throw a resistor and LED in series with the push button.   It probably would not affect/hurt the IPAC.  Might want to ask Randy.

spriggy:

--- Quote from: rdagger on January 03, 2006, 08:52:16 pm ---You could probably just throw a resistor and LED in series with the push button.
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ShinAce:
The last 2 circuits are wrong. I can't even read the first one. But awesome effort from everyone.

The last circuit is flat wrong. Do not place a load between an IPAC input and a GND connection. The connection must be made in parallel.

The second last one has a minor typo. There is no 5 volt connection...hmmm.... The ground on the left is right, the one in the middle supplying the LED should actually be a 5 volt connection. Cholin, my man, normally you pay attention. You are no longer allowed to have an extra soft puppy as an avatar.

try this instead, it'll work better....

www.geocities.com/alainprice/blinkylite.bmp

Also, there is this stick(www.geocities.com/alainprice/ownzord3.jpg) which uses an entirely different method to light the LED's. The pushbutton goes to ground on one side. On the other, I feed it to both the input of an IPAC, and a NOT GATE(74ls00). Then the ouput of the NOT gate feeds the resistor+LED and finishes at ground. So that way I don't have a 5 volt wire(possible short) running through my stick, and it also isolates the LED and IPAC, so that a shorted LED would not cause the button to malfunction. yadda yadda yadda, you get the drift.
If you think that's overkill, check out the optical buttons thread.

let me know if the links are dead, can't really check em right now.

cholin:
Awww come on I tried!  At least I explained my circuit in capital letters so I didnt have to fix it.  I GUARANTEE it will work.

*Trimoor will take all responsibility for this circuit*
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EDIT:  FINE I TOOK THE TIME TO FIX / CLARIFY IT (took me 3 tries !!!!! I had to modify this post 4 times!)  ANOTHER:  had the diode the wrong way, make that 4 / 5!

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