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You can use a SPST switch if you use the output of the sound module to switch on corbins driver.
Tim
The Custom Saber Shop
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Jedi Knight
If you use the SPST, using the MR to switch on Corbin's driver, do you still retain the "power up" effect of Corbin's board?
Yeah, the green LED is totally superfluous and serves no true function (so it can go "bye-bye"), but I really do want to have this set up so one switch arms the saber and activates the PLI and resonator, then a second switch activates the saber itself, sound and Luxeon.
I know...why two switches when one will work? Well, if using a DPDT for all the functions, wouldn't chaning from "armed" to "active" remove power from the "armed" side of the switch (meaning the PLI would be unlit) when the Luxeon and sound is on?
I'm getting confused. Can someone explain it to me like you would to a layman?
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*Jonitus gets a glazed look in his eyes and drool begins to drip from the corner of his mouth*
...huh?
Yeah, I hadn't thought about turnign stuff on out of order. That would be kind of embarassing, wouldn't it? I suppose the single switch method wouldn't be too bad, thinking about having to be conscious of what order things get turned on. Of course, there is the safety trigger idea, but that ads yet another element to an already complex (IMHO) electronics assortment for a saber.
Let's go with the single switch idea. I like the idea of one switch position activating the PLI-resonator group and the next position activating the driver and sound while still leaving power to the PLI and resonator. It may sound silly, but I imagine it as though one switch position activates the "power-cell" (PLI) and gets the "field generator" (resonator) spinning in the saber, while the next position acivates the magnetic containment field and channels energy throught eh crystals to extend the blade (driver board and sound). Savvy?
Would the switch in question be a SPDT, SPST, DPDT or DPST? I'd like to know so I can start scouting for a switch at the local RadioShack or similar electronics goodie store.
You guys are great for helping me out on this.
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