KingofMetal79 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Morning Guys, I am presently deep into my cab build (thanks for the advice regarding the decasing of a plasma - all the horrible plastic has now been removed and it sits nicely in the body!) and my thoughts have turned to using solenoids for feedback on my flippers. I noticed some people have mentioned using them for feedback on flippers and I thought I would give it a go and therefore I have managed to pick up a couple of cheap 12v solenoids of eBay. However, how do I go about wiring them directly to the flipper button/switch? I have a separate 12 power supply in the cab for the illuminated buttons and fans e.t.c. and it supplies the necessary power to the solenoid but I have no idea how to wire it so that the solenoid fires when a flipper is pressed? I have heard several people mention that optocouplers are required to achieve the desired effect but I am completely in the dark regarding such things as my electronics knowledge is 'basic' at best! ) Therefore if anyone could detail how I can wire the solenoids to the flippers I would be very grateful. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njaynl Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Why not go the full ledwiz and zeb boaster board route? this way you have a full experience with your cab this also includes the flippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebulon Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 You can wire the flippers using optocouplers to switch the encoder (ipac) signals and use the flipper switches to switch the contactors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofMetal79 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Cool. Thanks very much for your diagram and responses. However, i don't run my buttons using an ipac - I have a usb encoder where each button has a live and a ground wire that connects to the PCB (see pic below). Therefore can you kindly explain how I would go about wiring the flipper optocoupler to it? Sorry but my electronics isn't the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spektre Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Generally all commons for switch inputs are daisy chained together to save wiring clutter. You want your switch isolated from your solenoid. Zeb's circuit does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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