Joshua F Thomas
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My 12v launch controller has one defect that I'm not sure how to address. When using a clip-whip and multiple motors, the continuity test will show so long as any of the igniters has good continuity. With one good and three bad I would still get the same continuity signal.
I'm trying to figure out how I can solve this, and it's really an electrical engineering problem. An "obvious" solution would be to put an LED in series with each lead, but a) LEDs have a forward voltage drop, and b) the current used for the igniters would fry the LEDs after a few uses. Putting a resistor in defeats the purpose of giving the igniters as much current as possible.
Putting LEDs in parallel to each lead also doesn't do much, since the continuity current will mostly bypass the LED and it won't light up.
Any ideas?
I'm trying to figure out how I can solve this, and it's really an electrical engineering problem. An "obvious" solution would be to put an LED in series with each lead, but a) LEDs have a forward voltage drop, and b) the current used for the igniters would fry the LEDs after a few uses. Putting a resistor in defeats the purpose of giving the igniters as much current as possible.
Putting LEDs in parallel to each lead also doesn't do much, since the continuity current will mostly bypass the LED and it won't light up.
Any ideas?