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Using 1 button to activate 2 buttons

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loco

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Hi,

I'm fairly new to electronics, my end goal is this: i would like to
hook up a remote to my brights on my motorbike, one flash activates the
one button on the remote, two flashes activates the second. Each button
on the remote is only activated for 0.5 of a second.

I have tried a few different things, all failing. I tried using 2 T
Flip flops and an AND gate to activate the second button, but then i
had a problem with the first also going off. I also tried using a 555
timer to delay the first going off so i had a chance to flash a second
time and stop the timer from activating the first switch, which also
failed.

I have a fairly basic knowledge of electronics, and i'm trying to
learn, but after searching i still haven't found anything. Any tips
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
loco said:
Hi,

I'm fairly new to electronics, my end goal is this: i would like to
hook up a remote to my brights on my motorbike, one flash activates the
one button on the remote, two flashes activates the second. Each button
on the remote is only activated for 0.5 of a second.

I have tried a few different things, all failing. I tried using 2 T
Flip flops and an AND gate to activate the second button, but then i
had a problem with the first also going off. I also tried using a 555
timer to delay the first going off so i had a chance to flash a second
time and stop the timer from activating the first switch, which also
failed.

I have a fairly basic knowledge of electronics, and i'm trying to
learn, but after searching i still haven't found anything. Any tips
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
I suspect no one understands what you are trying to do. What is this remote? What do you mean by
one flash activates the
one button on the remote, two flashes activates the second.
?
This implies that the remote gets activated by the light. Is that what you meant to say?
 
Use a 4017, and have it reset at the 3rd Output. Each time you press a button, in this case the button will be the clock, it will go from 1 to 10 (the 4017 is a decade counter). So if you press it once, it will go to output 1, press it again and it will go to output 2. Press it once again, it will reset and go back to output 1.

EDIT- After re-reading your post, Im thinking you want an RF remote, I was thinking you wanted to be able to do it on the bike...
 
Sorry about the lack of details, basically i have two circuits that need to be closed using 1 button. Press the button once and it closes the one circuit, press it twice and it closes the other circuit. The circuits only stay closed for 0.5 seconds.

I really don't know why i didn't think to explain it this way the first time. Sorry about that.
 
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