Timeline for Interfacing a button to a microcontroller (and PC) with a 50 m long cable
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| Mar 29, 2019 at 18:24 | comment | added | scorpdaddy | You may forgo the fuses, as D1+D2 clamp circuit voltages to acceptable levels. | |
| Mar 29, 2019 at 18:02 | comment | added | Wesley Lee | Fair points, but I am less worried about the board itself failing than it causing some damage to the computer due to the long cable being connected to say, AC mains, by accident etc. I guess high voltage resistors and some fuses would solve that. This is a one off project so cost isn't an issue. I do feel quite relieved that this approach would be enough in most cases though. | |
| Mar 29, 2019 at 17:55 | history | answered | scorpdaddy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |