LTMNO wrote:@DroneBuilder... The answer to your question is YES. Thanks for following... I am almost done but I won't really be able to complete til tomorrow. I just snuck away check my email here at home.
You can totally do a six mode select, as that is the way it was done before I attempted to do 5 positions. I originally wanted 6 positions but when I found that i can't have all 6 LEDs on the radio where i wanted it, i rationalized to having 5 LEDs.
I think it was ment to be as to @ReST point. He is absolutely correct and truly I think 5 Positions looks better on the radio, more room to label the faceplate and the knob can turn those 5 positions at 30degrees a position with enough space to actually have the white line point to the LED. Like I said, my trial and tribulation was with meaning.
You can add another Resistor and another LED and have your 6 positions. Check out the DIY threads or perhaps there is one here to in 9xForums.
Just to note, it was the 6 Position Mode Selection solution that mine was based on.
Thanks.
I see! I did not think about how nice it would be to have the line on the knob actually point to the lit led! I don't really even know why I want six leds - I don't even plan on using this for Ardu-projects -- at least not right out of the gate! So I guess I thought "more is better" (After all, I AM an American
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So that leads to two questions, one of which is already asked --
1) Now I am confused why we would not use a 5-position switch (edit -- now I read your answer above! So I assume when I do the mod, I can use the 5-position switch, right?)
2) Why not use the variable trim-pots between each position on the switch, which would allow you to more accurately (and maybe more easily) establish the pwm values actual output at each setting. (That is, I see that this is the solution employed by the eBay seller, and it seems like a reasonable solution.)
I apologize for all the questions. I know very little about this stuff, and so if my questions seem rude, please know that it is only from my own lack of knowledge!
Thank you very much for posting your work! I am looking forward to adding this mod to my tx, and it is especially nice to know that you are pioneering the way so that it will be easy for the rest of us!
Thanks again --
DroneBuilder