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DIY Guide For Coverting Your F-14 Tomcat Beacons From 1683's to 89's

By nerdygrrl

8 years ago


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#22 8 years ago
Quoted from german-pinball:

... and if anybody would like to build a "universal" board for Bulbs #89 and LEDs, a second resistor and a jumper could be added ...
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I'm not sure if I'm reading it right, but should the lamps be connected to the middle common pin for the jumper, rather than one of the outer pins?

#29 8 years ago
Quoted from german-pinball:

For the jumper, there is a 3-pin Header.
If set in the LED-configuration we have R1 + R2 in parallel and a total resistor value of 5 Ohms, as needed for the LED configuration.
In the bulb #89 configuration, the resistor R2 has no effect and we "only" have R1 active with 10 Ohms, as needed for the bulb #89 configuration. For the bulb-configuration, you could leave the jumper complete out, but if it is set, you cannot loose the jumper, it is only a "parking-position" for the jumper.
The input and output connections of nerdygrrl´s sweet board are drawn in the schemtic with )-- and --( ...
Hope, that helps ...

Oh, I see--I didn't even look at the resistor values

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