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This Post hast two parts a project I need help designing and a question
Project: I need to get a circuit designed to do the following:
I have a full size traffic LED traffic light that runs on 110VAC, I want to get working.
When I purchased it he plugged an AC power cord in and then tested each light to show that it worked
Ideally I would want a circuit designed with:
an ON/Off switch
a dimmer for the overall brightness
switch for three settings:
1 All lights on
2 Random single light on
3 Normal traffic pattern such as this
(Green 2 min, Yellow 15 seconds, Red 1 min) hopefully some adjustment of these times available
I do have basic understanding of some components and have built simple circuits using breadboards and I can usually follow schematics OK but I do not have in depth understanding of the overall process or the details on particular components.
I want to learn how to do this from the ground floor But I need some help getting started.
Part 2 of this Post
How do you start designing a circuit For instance in this case I know what I have
1 (a traffic light)
2 (power)
3 (a breadboard)
4 (what I want the power to do to the traffic light)
Then I draw a blank. Do I need to have in depth knowledge of electronic components to go to the next step.
I was looking at software to help me design a circuit nut I have ni idea of what each of the simulated components they had worked or how to connect them properly.
Please be kind in your responses as I am very new to this but I do want to learn
This Post hast two parts a project I need help designing and a question
Project: I need to get a circuit designed to do the following:
I have a full size traffic LED traffic light that runs on 110VAC, I want to get working.
When I purchased it he plugged an AC power cord in and then tested each light to show that it worked
Ideally I would want a circuit designed with:
an ON/Off switch
a dimmer for the overall brightness
switch for three settings:
1 All lights on
2 Random single light on
3 Normal traffic pattern such as this
(Green 2 min, Yellow 15 seconds, Red 1 min) hopefully some adjustment of these times available
I do have basic understanding of some components and have built simple circuits using breadboards and I can usually follow schematics OK but I do not have in depth understanding of the overall process or the details on particular components.
I want to learn how to do this from the ground floor But I need some help getting started.
Part 2 of this Post
How do you start designing a circuit For instance in this case I know what I have
1 (a traffic light)
2 (power)
3 (a breadboard)
4 (what I want the power to do to the traffic light)
Then I draw a blank. Do I need to have in depth knowledge of electronic components to go to the next step.
I was looking at software to help me design a circuit nut I have ni idea of what each of the simulated components they had worked or how to connect them properly.
Please be kind in your responses as I am very new to this but I do want to learn