Hello, I am new to the site. I was looking for a place where I could maybe learn how to make a circuit for something I am building.
I have some basic electronic component knowledge, but I will let you know if you are going beyond my level.
Basically, I have already made a manual control box for my car. It is an automatic transmission on my mitsubishi eclipse. In order to make the gears, all the transmission does it send power to 2 solenoids. Combinations of the solenoids getting power and not getting power makes the gears. All you have to do is send a 12v to the solenoid(s) to activate them.
So there are 2 solenoids... Solenoid A, and Solenoid B. These two solenoids control the gears like this:
GEAR: SOLENOID A SOLENOID B
1st ON ON
2nd OFF ON
3rd OFF OFF
4th ON OFF
So I made a prototype control box. I wired up two toggle switches and had a 12v power supply go to each switch. Then I would shift using the different combinations of switch positions as shown above.
Now for my question: Would it be possible to make a circuit that would use two momentary buttons (or paddles) that would be for UPSHIFT, and DOWNSHIFT? So when I push the UPSHIFT button, the circuit switches from powering both solenoids, to powering only one? And then when I upshift again, it switches to the next gear by sending power to neither solenoid? And then when I downshift I just push the button and it goes back down a gear?
Sorry for the long post, but how complicated would this be? ANY help would be appreciated! Thanks!
-Joe
I have some basic electronic component knowledge, but I will let you know if you are going beyond my level.
Basically, I have already made a manual control box for my car. It is an automatic transmission on my mitsubishi eclipse. In order to make the gears, all the transmission does it send power to 2 solenoids. Combinations of the solenoids getting power and not getting power makes the gears. All you have to do is send a 12v to the solenoid(s) to activate them.
So there are 2 solenoids... Solenoid A, and Solenoid B. These two solenoids control the gears like this:
GEAR: SOLENOID A SOLENOID B
1st ON ON
2nd OFF ON
3rd OFF OFF
4th ON OFF
So I made a prototype control box. I wired up two toggle switches and had a 12v power supply go to each switch. Then I would shift using the different combinations of switch positions as shown above.
Now for my question: Would it be possible to make a circuit that would use two momentary buttons (or paddles) that would be for UPSHIFT, and DOWNSHIFT? So when I push the UPSHIFT button, the circuit switches from powering both solenoids, to powering only one? And then when I upshift again, it switches to the next gear by sending power to neither solenoid? And then when I downshift I just push the button and it goes back down a gear?
Sorry for the long post, but how complicated would this be? ANY help would be appreciated! Thanks!
-Joe