Holy shit.
I've had this exact concept burbling in my back brain for a couple years. Actually gave it a go a couple times, even consulted a couple pros who deal in custom switchery. And here you've got it all laid out, color-coded with accompanying literary flair. High gratitude from me. I...
The parallel 4001 is just old school. How often were they managing to plug batteries in wrong way around? It’ll work if you accidentally plug the wrong polarity in—for a moment. Won’t be long until it cooks and ain’t protecting shit. Series schottkey can handle way more amperage than necessary...
Allow me to start a brainstorm: what kind of contests have y’all done? A cursory search up top shows some straight giveaways, a design challenge, and a raffle. Alt (any) others?
I love this thread! Of all the pedalometry I’ve managed to learn myself over the years, I still can’t hardly get my head around multi-pole switches. I think I have switchlexia