Logic Lesson! Again! Yes!

JULY 1st, 2009

Here we are, on the very first day of July! Too bad it's a gloomy day outside. But it can be a nice, sunny day inside--our computers, that is. Okay, this Logic Lesson is about making progressive lights. Progressive lights are those in a row or really any shape; what makes them progressive is the fact that you want them to light up in order, but only one at a time. This is accomplished with a progressive switch, with each magnetic switch hooked up to one light. Then set the piston to a very low time--.5 or 1.0 seconds usually works just fine. Make sure that the piston is set to a flipper motion. Otherwise it won't work correctly.

That's really all you need to know. It's a simple way that doesn't take up a lot of thermometer, and it works effectively.

However, I will share one more detail with you. If you want the lights to deactivate at a certain point, there's a trick to it. Sure, you can just have the piston stop. But nine--well, 9.9--times out of ten, one light will remain activated because the block with the key on it will almost always stop where it still activates one or more switches. So! Make the block with the key made out of dissolve. Then, when you want the lights to stop, hook up the button or switch that will make it stop to the dissolve block. The key will disappear along with the block, and all the lights will be off.

That's it! Simple as that!

Gad on!