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freakingbori617Mar-08-11 12:45 PM
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#5203, "Help with shift light and launch control circuit"


          

Ive searched all over and dont fully understand what i need to do. For the shift light all im going to use is 1 simple led.

Second is the launch control i found this on tuners http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/420a-engine-management/381707-help-2-step-schematic-megasquirt.html VelocitàPaola explains it just want to verify that is correct.

  
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RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, VelocitaPaola, Mar-09-11 11:01 PM, #1
RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, freakingbori617, Mar-10-11 09:08 AM, #2
      RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, VelocitaPaola, Mar-10-11 09:21 AM, #3
           RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, freakingbori617, Mar-10-11 11:15 AM, #4
                RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, VelocitaPaola, Mar-10-11 11:26 AM, #5
                     RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, freakingbori617, Mar-10-11 11:28 AM, #6
                          RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, VelocitaPaola, Mar-10-11 11:29 AM, #7
                               RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit, freakingbori617, Mar-10-11 11:32 AM, #8

VelocitaPaolaMar-09-11 11:01 PM
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#5208, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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Originally posted by freakingbori617
Ive searched all over and dont fully understand what i need to do. For the shift light all im going to use is 1 simple led.

What kind of MegaSquirt ECU do you have? MS1? MS2? The schematic you posted only applies to a particular kind of shift light for use with MS1. For MS2, you want to build a programmable output circuit. Be sure to use about a 330 ohm resistor inline with the LED:

http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms2extra/MS2-Extra_Hardware.htm#outputs
(The diode isn't necessary if you're only driving an LED)


Originally posted by freakingbori617
Second is the launch control i found this on tuners http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/420a-engine-management/381707-help-2-step-schematic-megasquirt.html VelocitąPaola explains it just want to verify that is correct.

Yep, that's correct.

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-Paul

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freakingbori617Mar-10-11 09:08 AM
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#5210, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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I have ms1 v3. and I want to use a 12v light that I bought at radio shack I just noticed its not an led it says lamp, package didnt have any specifications on it.

  
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VelocitaPaolaMar-10-11 09:21 AM
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#5211, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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Originally posted by freakingbori617
I have ms1 v3. and I want to use a 12v light that I bought at radio shack I just noticed its not an led it says lamp, package didnt have any specifications on it.

In that case you want the "single light" option as described here:
http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms1extra/MS_Extra_Hardware_Manual.htm#shiftled

The circuit you will have to build can be found here:
http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms1extra/MS_Extra_Hardware_Manual.htm#outputs

Just connect the input of the circuit to JS2. Since the "lamp" you have could be an incandescent bulb, I'd recommend using the diode; in other words, build the circuit exactly like you see it in the link.

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-Paul

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freakingbori617Mar-10-11 11:15 AM
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#5212, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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and that whole circuit is to be built in the pronto area?

  
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VelocitaPaolaMar-10-11 11:26 AM
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#5213, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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Originally posted by freakingbori617
and that whole circuit is to be built in the pronto area?

Yes. It's only three components... a resistor, a transistor, and a diode.

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-Paul

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freakingbori617Mar-10-11 11:28 AM
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#5214, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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in the diagram it shows a relay coil also.

  
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VelocitaPaolaMar-10-11 11:29 AM
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#5215, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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Originally posted by freakingbori617
in the diagram it shows a relay coil also.

The relay coil represents the load; in your case the load is the indicator lamp.

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-Paul

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freakingbori617Mar-10-11 11:32 AM
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#5216, "RE: Help with shift light and launch control circuit"
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ok that got me super confused because the relay coil had a part number. Seems pretty straight foward, hopefully ill get it to work.

  
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