Hello there everyone,
I'm working on some exhibit that I should hand in at the end of the month.
In that model I have 8 Switches and 8 Loads (each load id a 12V led stripe).
The problem is that it's not 1 load per switch but the design demand that some switches will power all of the loads.
[SWi - RLi (for i=1,2,3,4,6),
SWj - ALL (for j=5,7,8)]
The circuit is connected in naive way with simple power source, leds and wires.
The problem is of course that I short circuit all the connection so all the loads will power in response to every switch. I know why but nor sure how to solve it.
I understood that I should either use diodes (not sure how and whether it needs more element like resistors or so) or a digital circuit.
I would like to implement the "diode" solution in case that the voltage drop on the diode wont cause a voltage that would be too low on the led stripe.
In case there is no other solution I'll just get another adapter.
In addition, if it's not too much to ask, I'd love to see a smarter solution with digital circuits in order to learn.
I did search the forum before but had some hard time finding posts with the same subject (or that would even be related) because i couldn't define my need well enough.
Any explanation (link, scheme, guidance..) would be extremely helpful.
Thanks in advanced!
I'm working on some exhibit that I should hand in at the end of the month.
In that model I have 8 Switches and 8 Loads (each load id a 12V led stripe).
The problem is that it's not 1 load per switch but the design demand that some switches will power all of the loads.
[SWi - RLi (for i=1,2,3,4,6),
SWj - ALL (for j=5,7,8)]
The circuit is connected in naive way with simple power source, leds and wires.
The problem is of course that I short circuit all the connection so all the loads will power in response to every switch. I know why but nor sure how to solve it.
I understood that I should either use diodes (not sure how and whether it needs more element like resistors or so) or a digital circuit.
I would like to implement the "diode" solution in case that the voltage drop on the diode wont cause a voltage that would be too low on the led stripe.
In case there is no other solution I'll just get another adapter.
In addition, if it's not too much to ask, I'd love to see a smarter solution with digital circuits in order to learn.
I did search the forum before but had some hard time finding posts with the same subject (or that would even be related) because i couldn't define my need well enough.
Any explanation (link, scheme, guidance..) would be extremely helpful.
Thanks in advanced!