I've got 5.1 speakers on my PC - which has 3 connectors and another connector for the microphone.
I have now got a 5.1 gaming headset which has the same connectors so if i want to use my speakers I have to connect the 3 cables and then switch when I want to use my earphones.
I would like to build a switch box which seems simple enough, but after reading a few threads it seems not so simple.
Some people say use a extra sound card and then use the OS to switch sound card - I dont like this idea and prefer to build a switch box.
So I think I have 2 options.
1) Use relays?
2) I originally though it was going to be easy - use CD4066 to switch between the two, but after reading the on resistance of the 4066 can be up to 50R. Scratch that idea. A few threads have suggested using the ADG switches from Analog Devices which have a lot lower on resistance, but cost a lot more.
For the electronic gurus - which would you use? Relay/semiconductor switch/FET's?/transistor switch? Any thing simpler I should consider?
I could probably buy a switch box too - but where is the fun in that
I have now got a 5.1 gaming headset which has the same connectors so if i want to use my speakers I have to connect the 3 cables and then switch when I want to use my earphones.
I would like to build a switch box which seems simple enough, but after reading a few threads it seems not so simple.
Some people say use a extra sound card and then use the OS to switch sound card - I dont like this idea and prefer to build a switch box.
So I think I have 2 options.
1) Use relays?
2) I originally though it was going to be easy - use CD4066 to switch between the two, but after reading the on resistance of the 4066 can be up to 50R. Scratch that idea. A few threads have suggested using the ADG switches from Analog Devices which have a lot lower on resistance, but cost a lot more.
For the electronic gurus - which would you use? Relay/semiconductor switch/FET's?/transistor switch? Any thing simpler I should consider?
I could probably buy a switch box too - but where is the fun in that