Illuminated 3dpt breakout board.

[chongmagic]

I tried one of these out today. I assume that the CLR should be removed when using these in place of a regular LED? I am working on the Two Sticks of Derm and connected it but the LED on the footswitch won't illuminate. I did include all three 4k7 resistors. I'll try removing the CLR and see if that resolves the issue.

 

[Barry]

From the ones I've seen you need a CLR, but probably needs to be lower than 4.7K

 

[Nostradoomus]

Do the illuminated switches have a built in CLR?

 

[Barry]

Do the illuminated switches have a built in CLR?

No, at least not the ones I've looked at

 

[chongmagic]

Maybe I'll try a 2.2k

 

[Barry]

Check this thread

Illuminated 3PDT switches

Do the LED leads extend at least as far as the 3PDT lugs on these? https://www.taydaelectronics.com/illuminated-push-botton-foot-3pdt-pedal-switch-red-color.html

forum.pedalpcb.com

 

[chongmagic]

Maybe I'll try a 2.2k

I do know the LEDs work, they illuminated with my DMM.

 

[Barry]

I do know the LEDs work, they illuminated with my DMM.

I wonder if the led on the board would need a jumper?

 

[chongmagic]

I wonder if the led on the board would need a jumper?

I was thinking that too, I will have to play around with it.

 

[Barry]

I was thinking that too, I will have to play around with it.

It seems you would have to jump it or there's no current path

 

[chongmagic]

It seems you would have to jump it or there's no current path

Just putting in a led on the board and it fires up. Thanks Barry!

 

[Barry]

Just putting in a led on the board and it fires up. Thanks Barry!

Did you change the CLR? If not is it bright enough?

 

[chongmagic]

Did you change the CLR? If not is it bright enough?

I should have changed it to 2.2k, 4.7k is too high for sure.

 

[Barry]

I should have changed it to 2.2k, 4.7k is too high for sure.

Yeah I was wondering, putting that one on the board puts them in series and makes them both a bit dimmer I imagine

 

[Robert]

Yep, I need to make up a little one-page doc on using these.

They'll still use the on-board CLR, but you do need to install a jumper in the place of the LED on the main effect PCB in use.