I appreciate your candor. That said, I am not quite ready to throw in the towel just yet. Without an idea of what's wrong, I'll be hard pressed to figure out what's right. I am on this forum specifically because I understand that there are complexities beyond my present understanding. I don't pretend to be an electrical engineer. I have been looking for constructive criticism, suggestions, etc. There has been quite a bit of it and much of it makes sense and is helpful. That said, if the thread or my efforts frustrate you, by all means, you're under no obligation to assist or participate.
Lobsters are the closest thing to an alien lifeform I've ever seen (apart from the octopus, of course). 😄
Trust me, my comments are not fuelled by frustration in any way. They are fuelled by your responses to people's suggestions, and your overall approach to the job. I truly don't want to discourage you. I want to help get you on the right track. Right now you are on the wrong track.
This is what the wrong track looks like:
You are trying to run before you can walk. You are trying to design something without sufficient understanding of the basic principles underlying
how it works. But most important of all, your idea of the design process does not reflect how design is actually done.
Your approach to design seems to involve throwing together a circuit with no understanding of how circuits work, asking for assistance ("how do I make this work?"), throwing a load more components into the mix in response to the answers (again, without really understanding why), asking for more assistance, removing a load of components, asking for more assistance, rinse and repeat, until you eventually home in on something that ought to work.
This is what the
right track looks like:
Proper design is a careful, logical process based upon a good understanding of the basic principles. It's like building a machine: everything must fit, everything must have a purpose. As the designer works through the design process it is quite common to simulate sub-sections of the circuit and to build prototypes to test for correct functionality. It is not unusual to break the design into functional modules which are gradually integrated into the whole as the design proceeds. It is also the case that a good designer will look for reference designs which might move them along (on the basis that reinventing the wheel is not good engineering).
Your approach is nothing like that. And it shows: even your current effort has basic, fundamental mistakes which prove that you just don't understand what you have drawn.
I think the most important thing for you now is to take a breath, put what you have done to one side, and start again. I suggest you write down exactly what you want your device to do. Think in terms of inputs and outputs, what should happen when. Then, I would probably start a new thread, and instead of asking "This is my circuit, what should I do to make it work?" I would ask:
"I need a circuit which fulfils the following requirements. How should I go about the design process?"
And then describe in detail what you want your circuit to do. Put forward your thoughts on how you might break the circuit into testable sub-sections. Point out similar circuits and reference designs that you have discovered and think might be helpful.
I think if you took that approach people would be much more able to help you.
Anyway, this is just what I think. Obviously it's up to you. But maybe think about it, at least?
I've been doing some background reading on you. Apparently you can taste with your legs and hear with your body - that's cool! Ears are so last week. But the best bit is that you can regrow missing limbs. I must say, though, that I would find the regular moulting a real drag. 😉
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