Re: Spiderman web shooter: A collaborative project. Now with wiring diagrams!
It would appear so. I guess i'll be printing the image on cardstock, laminating it, and running wires underneath to two tactile switches. Not as elegant as the FPC but it will work i guess.
Here is my wiring diagram. Unfortunately i don't have anything other than pencil with me, so it isn't color coded. A few notes for those who don't have much (or any) experience with this stuff. Switches have no polarity, and there is no specific place to put them. If you put them in the middle of a circuit anywhere, they will control everything connected. Also, resistors don't have to be on the positive side of an led, and you will have to use a resistor if you have a 3v battery and a red led.
So to give a quick rundown of this circuit, without the web cartridge in place, nothing will function while pushing the buttons or not. With the web cartridge in place, the green led(s) come on and the blue and red leds (nozzle flash and dome led) will be active when the buttons are pushed. Very simple compared to the stuff i normally work with.
Also, due to the way a reed switch functions, if you use one you will not be able to hold in the cartridge magnetically. A friction fit would probably be best. With something bigger you might have enough area to put magnets for support on the sides and magnets for detection on the front, but with this space i would definitely not depend on the weak attraction between the reed switch and the sensor magnets to hold in the cartridge.