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To Novastar you should listen. Wise is he in the ways of the LED. I am but a Padawan, and have only a dim awareness of the Great Diodes of Light.
(BTW, those throwies are pretty cool. I'll have to make some of those up.)
Last edited by Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie; 02-29-2008 at 07:52 PM.
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If you put the indicator LED(s) on a different pole of a DPDT switch, you could also allow the switch to turn off the indicators separate of the Luxeon and/or sound circuit... and thus, you may rarely need to mess with the coin cell for the indicators.
Or... you could give them an ENTIRELY separate switch and circuit.
Something like:
SWITCH 1 = Sound, luxeon, main battery source
SWITCH 2 = LED indicator(s), coin cell (no resistor needed)
In fact, I always suggest two separate switches (and thus, circuits) for people who are (for example) doing something like a Lux V with an MR. What's the point of using a relay, when you can essentially make yourself:
* Sound on and off option (tunr on/off MR)
* Use the MR's light-driving leads to do some indicators
* Use the SECOND switch & circuit to power a Lux V on it's own battery source, either true direct drive, or with a resistor
SOOO much easier.
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