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		<title>By: Ryder</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-473</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Brian,
I just wanted to say thank you for publishing your design, and let you know that it works great! Having never dabbled in such a project made me a little uneasy but with your straight forward design ensured success. Could not find all the parts (key) and utilized a different DPST switch (chose a momentary) making me nervous deviating from technical data, but the project still worked great. Again thanks! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dave&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian,
I just wanted to say thank you for publishing your design, and let you know that it works great! Having never dabbled in such a project made me a little uneasy but with your straight forward design ensured success. Could not find all the parts (key) and utilized a different DPST switch (chose a momentary) making me nervous deviating from technical data, but the project still worked great. Again thanks! </p>

<p>Dave</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmyv</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-383</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmyv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks Brian for the prompt reply!  I&#039;ll give your idea&#039;s a try and will let you know how it comes out.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Brian for the prompt reply!  I&#8217;ll give your idea&#8217;s a try and will let you know how it comes out.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-379</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;@Jimmyv: Thanks for stopping by!  It&#039;s been awhile since I&#039;ve messed around with this project, and I don&#039;t have immediate access to the hardware, so you&#039;ll have to bear with my hazy recollection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you follow the control box schematic exactly, you&#039;ll have a small RS273-073 piezo wired in parallel with the red &quot;Launch&quot; LED, which will buzz when the continuity switch is closed and the keyswitch is armed (whether or not an igniter is connected!).  Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but the control box piezo is wired to the white &quot;micro&quot;-connector plug. (Not sure exactly how I soldered it, but it needs to be in parallel with the red LED.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To have a buzzer at the relay box (which is pictured, but is NOT on the schematic), I think I wired the RS 273-066 &lt;em&gt;in series&lt;/em&gt; with the continuity circuit, so that it buzzes when the igniter is connected and the continuity switch is closed.  This alerts people at the pad that there&#039;s a live igniter and, as I recall, also caused the green continuity LED on the control box to flash, since it&#039;s all one continuous loop.  I think I the resistance of the piezo was enough that I had to remove the current-limiting resistor from the green LED at the control box in order for it to work.  You&#039;ll have to test that with a multimeter.  (I&#039;m pretty sure if you wire this piezo in parallel rather than in series, the continuity current just bypasses it completely -- due to the greater resistance in the piezo -- and it won&#039;t work.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think I ended up taking the relay box piezo off because it got too annoying, I don&#039;t recall.  My advice: try wiring everything up just like in the schematics, then experiment as necessary if you need more warning sounds.  (Also, you might consider using a different [read: polycarbonate] enclosure for the relay box -- I had lots of trouble insulating the connector posts from the metal box.) Hope that helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jimmyv: Thanks for stopping by!  It&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve messed around with this project, and I don&#8217;t have immediate access to the hardware, so you&#8217;ll have to bear with my hazy recollection.</p>

<p>If you follow the control box schematic exactly, you&#8217;ll have a small RS273-073 piezo wired in parallel with the red &#8220;Launch&#8221; LED, which will buzz when the continuity switch is closed and the keyswitch is armed (whether or not an igniter is connected!).  Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but the control box piezo is wired to the white &#8220;micro&#8221;-connector plug. (Not sure exactly how I soldered it, but it needs to be in parallel with the red LED.)</p>

<p>To have a buzzer at the relay box (which is pictured, but is NOT on the schematic), I think I wired the RS 273-066 <em>in series</em> with the continuity circuit, so that it buzzes when the igniter is connected and the continuity switch is closed.  This alerts people at the pad that there&#8217;s a live igniter and, as I recall, also caused the green continuity LED on the control box to flash, since it&#8217;s all one continuous loop.  I think I the resistance of the piezo was enough that I had to remove the current-limiting resistor from the green LED at the control box in order for it to work.  You&#8217;ll have to test that with a multimeter.  (I&#8217;m pretty sure if you wire this piezo in parallel rather than in series, the continuity current just bypasses it completely &#8212; due to the greater resistance in the piezo &#8212; and it won&#8217;t work.)</p>

<p>I think I ended up taking the relay box piezo off because it got too annoying, I don&#8217;t recall.  My advice: try wiring everything up just like in the schematics, then experiment as necessary if you need more warning sounds.  (Also, you might consider using a different [read: polycarbonate] enclosure for the relay box &#8212; I had lots of trouble insulating the connector posts from the metal box.) Hope that helps!</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmyv</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-378</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmyv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - I know it has been a while since someone has posted a comment regarding this LC-3, but I wonder if you could point me in the right direction.  I have all the parts, studied the photos and the schematic, but I too am confused about the discrepency regarding the schematics and the photos (regarding the buzzer).  Follow the schematics or follow the photos?  Or can you tell me how to have a buzzer at both?
Thanks in advance.
Jim&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi &#8211; I know it has been a while since someone has posted a comment regarding this LC-3, but I wonder if you could point me in the right direction.  I have all the parts, studied the photos and the schematic, but I too am confused about the discrepency regarding the schematics and the photos (regarding the buzzer).  Follow the schematics or follow the photos?  Or can you tell me how to have a buzzer at both?
Thanks in advance.
Jim</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-154</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;@Fozzy:  You might find one or two wireless systems online, but the general consensus is that a wireless launch controller is somewhat unsafe, due to the possibility of RF interference (like somebody&#039;s cellphone) causing a premature launch.  I&#039;m sure there are ways around these problems, but the solutions are over my head!  I&#039;ll just stick with wires.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Fozzy:  You might find one or two wireless systems online, but the general consensus is that a wireless launch controller is somewhat unsafe, due to the possibility of RF interference (like somebody&#8217;s cellphone) causing a premature launch.  I&#8217;m sure there are ways around these problems, but the solutions are over my head!  I&#8217;ll just stick with wires.</p>
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		<title>By: Fozzy</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-152</link>
		<dc:creator>Fozzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Any sugjestions or links to make a wireless rocket launch controler? great work!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any sugjestions or links to make a wireless rocket launch controler? great work!</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-119</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I would love to build this controller and relay but not sure what schematic to follow. Can you point me in the right direction?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would love to build this controller and relay but not sure what schematic to follow. Can you point me in the right direction?</p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-14</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;If I wanted to add a buzzer to the relay box and not the controller  but keep the LED at the controller how do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I wanted to add a buzzer to the relay box and not the controller  but keep the LED at the controller how do I do that?</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-13</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you! Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you! Thank you!</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://principialabs.com/electronic-launch-control-system/#comment-6</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;(Breaks out, thrashing and screaming)  By god, Son!  You shall have your &lt;a href=&quot;/electronic-launch-control-system/#schematics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;schematics&lt;/a&gt; if it &lt;i&gt;kills&lt;/i&gt; me!!  Sorry it took so long; I hope they help. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Breaks out, thrashing and screaming)  By god, Son!  You shall have your <a href="/electronic-launch-control-system/#schematics" rel="nofollow">schematics</a> if it <i>kills</i> me!!  Sorry it took so long; I hope they help. :)</p>
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