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To Jim Weir
Jim,
From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith |
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To Charlie Smith (was To Jim Weir)
Charlie Smith wrote:
Jim, From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith Hi Charles, can I ask you what you do for a living? I'm sure there's something I could use your expertise for. If you were a physician, you might be able to tell me if the lemon juice I'm taking for gall-stones will help. If you're a plumber, I am sure you could tell me about the slope I need when laying new sewer lines. Stuff like that. I wouldn't ask, But I am pretty sure you are a nice guy. Regards Brian W |
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To Charlie Smith (was To Jim Weir)
brian whatcott wrote:
Charlie Smith wrote: Jim, From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith Hi Charles, can I ask you what you do for a living? I'm sure there's something I could use your expertise for. If you were a physician, you might be able to tell me if the lemon juice I'm taking for gall-stones will help. If you're a plumber, I am sure you could tell me about the slope I need when laying new sewer lines. Stuff like that. I wouldn't ask, But I am pretty sure you are a nice guy. Brian - If you're implying Charlie is being presumptuous to ask for help, then I believe you're out of line with your followup. Not only did he first politely ask permission, the following author info is posted for Jim Weir on page 71 of the February 2010 issue of Kitplanes magazine: "Jim Weir began acquiring Aero'Lectrics expertise in 1959, fixing Narco Superhomers in exchange for flight hours. A commercial pilot, CFI, and A&P/IA, Jim has owned and restored four single-engine Cessnas. These days, he runs RST Engineering and teaches electronics at Sierra College. Ask him questions at rec.aviation.homebuilt or visit his site at www.rst-engr.com/kiplanes." Since there is an open invitation in black on white to ask him questions on this newsgroup, there doesn't seem to be any merit to your implication. NOTE to Charlie: You should also consider directing your question to sci.electronics.design. I used to read that group a few years ago and at least back then it was a great resource. Had a few personal exchanges with one of the authors of the text "Art of Electronics" (which was required for my experimental physics class about a zillion years ago) who hung out there; very nice group - and helpful if questions honestly posed. Hopefully it still is. |
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To Charlie Smith (was To Jim Weir)
Jim Logajan wrote:
brian whatcott wrote: Charlie Smith wrote: Jim, From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith Hi Charles, can I ask you what you do for a living? I'm sure there's something I could use your expertise for. If you were a physician, you might be able to tell me if the lemon juice I'm taking for gall-stones will help. If you're a plumber, I am sure you could tell me about the slope I need when laying new sewer lines. Stuff like that. I wouldn't ask, But I am pretty sure you are a nice guy. Brian - If you're implying Charlie is being presumptuous to ask for help, then I believe you're out of line with your followup. Not only did he first politely ask permission, the following author info is posted for Jim Weir on page 71 of the February 2010 issue of Kitplanes magazine: "Jim Weir began acquiring Aero'Lectrics expertise in 1959, fixing Narco Superhomers in exchange for flight hours. A commercial pilot, CFI, and A&P/IA, Jim has owned and restored four single-engine Cessnas. These days, he runs RST Engineering and teaches electronics at Sierra College. Ask him questions at rec.aviation.homebuilt or visit his site at www.rst-engr.com/kiplanes." Since there is an open invitation in black on white to ask him questions on this newsgroup, there doesn't seem to be any merit to your implication. NOTE to Charlie: You should also consider directing your question to sci.electronics.design. I used to read that group a few years ago and at least back then it was a great resource. Had a few personal exchanges with one of the authors of the text "Art of Electronics" (which was required for my experimental physics class about a zillion years ago) who hung out there; very nice group - and helpful if questions honestly posed. Hopefully it still is. Thanks Jim. Your reasoning is quite correct and thanks for the suggetion. As Jim's articles are the primary reason I have a Kitplane's subscription and as I have purchased items from RST in the past, I thought I might ask here. But to be honest, I did have reservations as one never knows if it would do any good. Jim may get many such requests and simply cannot answer them. Even though others may be qualified to answer, there is always the possibility one might encounter the kind of person you would expect to find living in those sloping sewer lines and that made me really hesitant. As a rule, I don't find these forums worth the hassle. Perhaps is would be a more interesting electronics question to find out how they get internet service down there. Best regards. |
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To Charlie Smith (was To Jim Weir)
Jim Logajan wrote:
From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith Hi Charles, can I ask you what you do for a living? I'm sure there's something I could use your expertise for. If you were a physician, you might be able to tell me if the lemon juice I'm taking for gall-stones will help. If you're a plumber, I am sure you could tell me about the slope I need when laying new sewer lines. Stuff like that. I wouldn't ask, But I am pretty sure you are a nice guy. Brian - If you're implying Charlie is being presumptuous to ask for help, then I believe you're out of line with your followup. Not only did he first politely ask permission, the following author info is posted for Jim Weir on page 71 of the February 2010 issue of Kitplanes magazine: "Jim Weir began acquiring Aero'Lectrics expertise in 1959, fixing Narco Superhomers in exchange for flight hours. A commercial pilot, CFI, and A&P/IA, Jim has owned and restored four single-engine Cessnas. These days, he runs RST Engineering and teaches electronics at Sierra College. Ask him questions at rec.aviation.homebuilt or visit his site at www.rst-engr.com/kiplanes." Since there is an open invitation in black on white to ask him questions on this newsgroup, there doesn't seem to be any merit to your implication. NOTE to Charlie: You should also consider directing your question to sci.electronics.design. I used to read that group a few years ago and at least back then it was a great resource. Had a few personal exchanges with one of the authors of the text "Art of Electronics" (which was required for my experimental physics class about a zillion years ago) who hung out there; very nice group - and helpful if questions honestly posed. Hopefully it still is. First rule of etiquette on newsgroups: to make a request for help in a way so that any person who feels he can offer help, is able to do so. If only one person's reply is to be valued, then it it OBVIOUS that the email should go to the addressee only. I say it *is* obvious, but it obviously isn't: still, it SHOULD be obvious, even to folks who have taken undergraduate physics. When Jim offers help via a newsgroup, I imagine he does not expect to be the only responder in general. He would (I can suppose) be happier offering corrections and enhancement on a selection of replies. That is how everyone wins. As it happens, in the long past, I have received kind treatment from Jim Weir, so that I was able present his materials for setting up copper tape antennas with ferrite stoppers in glass and fabric homebuilts to a builder group. I am not amused when I see people sniping at him on newsgroups, or appearing to take advantage of his goodwill. He has to make a living, as do we all. Moreover, since you mention it, I was able to swap Winfield an old technical book that interested him for an autographed copy of that splendid electronics reference in 1168 pages, The Art of Electronics, by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. At that time, the first edition was still current. I am pleased to see that Winfield, as generous with his advice as Jim Weir, who was kind enough to autograph a first Edition for me, now offers a third edition, no less helpful. Brian Whatcott. |
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To Jim Weir
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:39:13 -0500, Charlie Smith
wrote: Jim, From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith charlie, assuming that you are using a 12 volt bus, all you need to do to use an LED is put a 680ohm resistor in series with it. so if you had an instrument that was lit by a small tungsten globe, in theory, all you need to do is take out the lamp holder and wire in the led and the resistor in its place. the led should then work with the original switching. you need to have a resistor in series with each LED. so if you use a number of LED's in the panel each must have a resistor in series with it. simple enough isnt it. Stealth Pilot |
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To Jim Weir
Stealth Pilot wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:39:13 -0500, Charlie Smith wrote: Jim, From info I have located on the internet, I have cobbled together a circuit diagram for illuminating my instrument panel using LED's. I was wondering if I emailed you a copy, would you would be kind enough to take a peek at the circuit and see if I missed anything? Electronics isn't my expertise but I enjoy it all the same. Thanks in advance, Charlie Smith charlie, assuming that you are using a 12 volt bus, all you need to do to use an LED is put a 680ohm resistor in series with it. so if you had an instrument that was lit by a small tungsten globe, in theory, all you need to do is take out the lamp holder and wire in the led and the resistor in its place. the led should then work with the original switching. you need to have a resistor in series with each LED. so if you use a number of LED's in the panel each must have a resistor in series with it. simple enough isnt it. Stealth Pilot No, its more complicated than that. I'm building the instrument panel from scratch with 20 LED's. I have put together a PWM dimmer circuit that has a built in 5V linear regulator. That way, if the battery starts to die, I have panel lights down to about 7V on the battery. I just wanted Jim to look it over and make sure I didn't miss something obvious. I am quite capable of some bone-head mistakes. I've bread-boarded the circuit and it works fine (with one LED). But that's different than flying with it. Thanks, Charlie |
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To Jim Weir
Stealth Pilot writes:
charlie, assuming that you are using a 12 volt bus, all you need to do to use an LED is put a 680ohm resistor in series with it. Huh? You can't generalize about LEDs like that! There are many different LEDs with different electrical characteristics. Given the OP's post, you can't even state that a simple resistor is what he wants; he may want variable lighting, in which case a potentiometer is what's needed. If the OP doesn't get a reply from Weir, I suggest the Matronics AeroElectric list at http://forums.matronics.com/viewforum.php?f=3 -- Too bad you can't just grab a tree by the very tip-top and bend it clear over the ground and then let her fly, because I bet you'd be amazed at all the stuff that comes flying out. - Jack Handey |
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To Jim Weir
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:54:14 -0800, Bug Dout
wrote: Stealth Pilot writes: charlie, assuming that you are using a 12 volt bus, all you need to do to use an LED is put a 680ohm resistor in series with it. Huh? You can't generalize about LEDs like that! There are many different LEDs with different electrical characteristics. Given the OP's post, you can't even state that a simple resistor is what he wants; he may want variable lighting, in which case a potentiometer is what's needed. I can state what I like. it is a free society. what I wrote works for me. ymmv Stealth Pilot |
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To Jim Weir
"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message ... I can state what I like. it is a free society. Yes you can. Even if it happens to be wrong. Vaughn |
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