DIY: Switched LED Maplights
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The flying detector master! I think you should have the moderator moniker changed... :D :D
The switch looks good !!!
The flying detector master! I think you should have the moderator moniker changed... :D :D
The switch looks good !!!
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looking good now!!!
I was investigating the possibility of using a $1.50 radioshack "flip-flop" circuit in order to make one of the homelink mirror switches activate the LED's, but I think they only work with 5v sources and your new switch looks nice and a lot easier to install
I'll have to try it once it gets warmer outside :o
I was investigating the possibility of using a $1.50 radioshack "flip-flop" circuit in order to make one of the homelink mirror switches activate the LED's, but I think they only work with 5v sources and your new switch looks nice and a lot easier to install
I'll have to try it once it gets warmer outside :o
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You couldn't use the Homelink switches unless you also wired in a relay for the LEDs, as those switches are the momentary type, and you need a poistive on/off state switch. Nice thought tho. Also not sure how easy it would be to get the HL mirror apart.
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actually a flip-flop circuit is a logic chip that flips from a 0 to a 1 with an impulse.
So you look one terminal up to a constant voltage, then hook up the output to the LED's, and also hook up a trigger to the circuit. At first it is a "0" so the circuit will be an open circuit. Put an impulse into the trigger and it flip-flops to a "1" which closes the circuit and holds it. Put another impulse in the trigger and the flip-flop goes back to a "0".
So you look one terminal up to a constant voltage, then hook up the output to the LED's, and also hook up a trigger to the circuit. At first it is a "0" so the circuit will be an open circuit. Put an impulse into the trigger and it flip-flops to a "1" which closes the circuit and holds it. Put another impulse in the trigger and the flip-flop goes back to a "0".
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Originally posted by pr0ber
actually a flip-flop circuit is a logic chip that flips from a 0 to a 1 with an impulse.
So you look one terminal up to a constant voltage, then hook up the output to the LED's, and also hook up a trigger to the circuit(emphasis added). At first it is a "0" so the circuit will be an open circuit. Put an impulse into the trigger (added: from the Homelink) and it flip-flops to a "1" which closes the circuit and holds it. Put another impulse in the trigger and the flip-flop goes back to a "0".
actually a flip-flop circuit is a logic chip that flips from a 0 to a 1 with an impulse.
So you look one terminal up to a constant voltage, then hook up the output to the LED's, and also hook up a trigger to the circuit(emphasis added). At first it is a "0" so the circuit will be an open circuit. Put an impulse into the trigger (added: from the Homelink) and it flip-flops to a "1" which closes the circuit and holds it. Put another impulse in the trigger and the flip-flop goes back to a "0".
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FYI, IF you happen to lose the little ball that is with the spring (as I did, heh...little sucker got away from me and went somewhere into the black hole located under my seat), a Daisy .177 cal BB (standard sized BB for BB guns) will fit it exactly. I hit Wal-Mart, bought the smallest pack I could find (350) and put one in. Got the zinc coated ones so rust won't be an issue due to humidity. The upside: I can afford to lose it 349 more times, heh.
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You mean the LEDs? Yes, you could easily recess them behind the panel. Drill the hole same as I did, only instead of inserting them from the outside of the console into the little black "trim ring" they come with, you could glue the trim ring on the inside of the console.
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