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1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Contacting Pololu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. RC Switch with Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. Components of the RC Switch with Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. Connecting the RC Switch with Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3. Schematic Diagram for the RC Switch with Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. RC Switch with Small Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1. Components of the RC Switch with Small Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2. Connecting the RC Switch with Small Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3. Schematic Diagram for the RC Switch with Small Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. RC Switch with Medium Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1. Components of the RC Switch with Medium Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2. Connecting the RC Switch with Medium Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3. Schematic Diagram for the RC Switch with Medium Low-Side MOSFET . . . . . . . . . 23
5. RC Switch with Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.1. Components of the RC Switch with Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2. Connecting the RC Switch with Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.3. Schematic Diagram for the RC Switch with Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6. Pololu 4-Channel RC Servo Multiplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.1. Components of the 4-Channel RC Servo Multiplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.2. Connecting the 4-Channel RC Servo Multiplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6.3. Schematic Diagram for the 4-Channel RC Servo Multiplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7. Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8. Outputs and Indicator LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9. Configuring Your RC Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
9.1. General Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9.2. Restoring the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
9.3. Enabling Inversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pololu RC Switch User’s Guide © 2001–2017 Pololu Corporation
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