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Re: Millenium Bypass Problems

4/14/1999 1:19 PM
Anthony	Re: Millenium Bypass Problems Ah, the pinout solved the problem. Now that it's working, I have another problem. I'm using superbright LED's. Now when I make the jig without the optional resistor, the LED is always on, about 1/4 intensity with the switch disconnected but full intensity with the switch disconnected. Is there still something wrong or is this just the breaks of doing this type of circuit? Also on the second DPDT switch of the pedal, I am toggling between two different circuits fuzz and OD. Each circuit's output connects to it's respective pole of the switch via a .047 cap followed by a 100k resistor. For each pole, one throw is connected to a summer amplifier, since the switch is a toggle switch, the top throw of one pole and the bottom throw of the other pole are connected and then connected to the summer. This way, only one effect output is connected at a time. What I'd like to do is to have the circuit not connected to the summer, turn on an LED indicator for the opposite circuit. (Meaning if circuit A isn't connected, then the LED will signify circuit B is.) I wired up this arrangment on the empty throw for each side of the switch. I can tell it works because the intensity of one LED is brighter than the other, and it switches back and forth when toggling the switch, but the difference is so little it can hardly be noticed. Maybe there's not enough current coming from each circuit's output to make the LED significantly brighter when turned 'on'. I hope you can decipher my random circuit description. Any Ideas? Anthony

4/14/1999 1:19 PM

Anthony

Re: Millenium Bypass Problems

Ah, the pinout solved the problem. Now that it's working, I have another problem. I'm using superbright LED's. Now when I make the jig without the optional resistor, the LED is always on, about 1/4 intensity with the switch disconnected but full intensity with the switch disconnected. Is there still something wrong or is this just the breaks of doing this type of circuit? Also on the second DPDT switch of the pedal, I am toggling between two different circuits fuzz and OD. Each circuit's output connects to it's respective pole of the switch via a .047 cap followed by a 100k resistor. For each pole, one throw is connected to a summer amplifier, since the switch is a toggle switch, the top throw of one pole and the bottom throw of the other pole are connected and then connected to the summer. This way, only one effect output is connected at a time. What I'd like to do is to have the circuit not connected to the summer, turn on an LED indicator for the opposite circuit. (Meaning if circuit A isn't connected, then the LED will signify circuit B is.) I wired up this arrangment on the empty throw for each side of the switch. I can tell it works because the intensity of one LED is brighter than the other, and it switches back and forth when toggling the switch, but the difference is so little it can hardly be noticed. Maybe there's not enough current coming from each circuit's output to make the LED significantly brighter when turned 'on'. I hope you can decipher my random circuit description. Any Ideas?

Anthony

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