Originally Posted by
JBaymore
John,
In my pit, the landing gear indicators are set up using SIX distinct and separate LED output control lines. Each one is controlled by the timing of the gear deployment / retraction specified in the aircraft.cfg file. The gear do not come down or go up at the same EXACT rate in a real aircraft. So the nose gear, for example, locks and goes green a tiny bit before the the left main, and the right main is the last to lock. Ditto on retraction. Adds nice realism.
Three independent Phidgets LED outputs drive the three green leds for the gear in position indicators. A separate three LED outputs (mounted in the same annumciator housings) drive the red in-transit indicator lights.
You might want to think about that.
The resistor layout depends on the circuit board design. For example, Phidgets does not need any resistor at all. Series LEDs often do not work well.... due to variance in the manufaturing tolerance characteristics of each individual LED. I'd go parallel. If you are driving them from one output, check the current capabilities of that output to make sure that you get the correct current limiting resistor.
best,
.................john