Hi all,

Well I got my wings presented to me the other night :-)


They were supposed to raffle the propellor clock I donated for the
runway sealing fund raiser, but due to other raffles, it was decided
that it was a bit too much to expect from everyone, so it will be
raffled another time.

It sure made a few eyes pop out and I'm sure the raffle will go off
well. I've already been asked to make more and the president of the
club, who is also a QANTAS captain, wants two. I knew this would happen,
and I'm not sure I can put a price on something that took that long to
make.

Anyway, the tinkerer that I am, I have designed a simpler way (yet to be
tested) and I told them I "would see".

As part of my circuit, I used a relay to convert a full wave rectified
AC input to a half wave to detect when the "time set" switch is pressed.
This is just a series diode being switched in and out of a leg of the AC
path to the full wave rectifier.

Is there a way to do this without a relay?


One interesting spin off, was that I got asked to help out with the
instrument flight rules simulator that they are building.


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Best regards

Tony

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