Illuminated AV Momentary switch, Hasbro board and accents
Greetings all! I've been away from the saber sceen for about 3 years since I built my first basic (no sound) saber. The TCSS community was an enormous help to me in building that first saber. I'm getting abit more ambitious with my latest project that consists of the following electronic parts:
I think I have a basic understanding of the difference between momentary and latching switches (thanks to these forums), although I have no idea how to determine which one to use in different situations. My problem is that when I connect everything to the battery, everything turns on without depressing the switch. I tried reversing my neg and pos leads (uh oh) and got no response. I have tried holding down the button to see if it will turn off/on, but that does nothing. Since I'm using an econo Hasbro board, I believe I have to use a momentary switch, right? That brings up another strange issue. When i replace the AV mom switch with a simple "push on/push off" switch http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Pu...utton-P41.aspx it all seems to work fine. :confused: Here is a link to my wiring diagram:
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Help me TCSS community! You're my only hope!
Thanks and one more question ...please
Wow! Thanks for the quick response! I couldn't get a pick of the wiring so I made a diagram.
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The good news is that I think I've figured it out. I assumed that the terminals labelled "+" and "-" were to go to the sound card. But as Silver Serpent said, switches do not have polarity. When I tried switching the leads to the unlabelled terminals it seemed to work properly.
I'm still not sure that I'm getting the most out of my Lux III LED or my accents. Any suggestions on whether I can wire my setup differently?