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RĒzĒ
10-31-2011, 08:40 PM
For remotely turning on and off your heli simulator computer of course...

Me and my dad came up with this circuit for making a remote on off switch for a computer from a wireless doorbell. I have a pc in my entertainment center which is nice to have a remote to turn it on and off. The relay at the end can simply be wired to the motherboard pins that turns on the computer when they are shorted.

http://www.falstad.com/circuit/

Here's a website that shows the circuit. Select file->import in the menu and paste this code in (make sure you add a newline to the end of the last line)

$ 1 5.0E-6 66.51416330443618 50 5.0 50 R 128 352 128 384 0 0 40.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
w 128 352 128 256 0
s 128 256 192 256 0 1 false
g 352 224 352 256 0
178 352 176 384 176 0 1 0.2 -3.35054334553159E-10 0.05 1000000.0 0.02 20.0
w 224 256 192 256 0
c 224 192 224 144 0 0.0015 5.6513982323328565E-9
g 224 144 224 112 0
178 288 224 320 224 0 1 0.2 4.32402576859008E-11 0.05 1000000.0 0.085 20.0
g 288 272 288 304 0
r 224 256 224 192 0 100.0
w 224 256 288 256 0
w 224 192 288 192 0
w 288 192 288 224 0
w 320 208 352 208 0

http://razaland.com/hf/remotepcswitchlayout.png

I only needed this circuit because my doorbell rang too long and it would hold the relay closed so long it would hard shutdown the computer (power held for 5+ seconds)

If you find a remote doorbell with a shorter ring you can just put a capacitor in line with the speaker output to smooth the signal out enough to drive a relay directly without it chattering.

Ehh anyways this has worked well for me :thumbup:

redbird300
11-01-2011, 02:32 AM
Great idea ! Never thought of that before, real smart, IMO. :noteworthy
Thanks for posting, this could even be used for other purposes in fact, you got me thinking now. :YeaBaby: