Maybe you should forward that mail to Viva...

Transient suppressors wouldn't solve the problem, he's having trouble with switch bounce. That's a mechanical problem caused by the contacts literall...

That could work better.

Is there a simple way to help the switch bounce problem with a capacitor? I think the trigger input on the 555 is too sensitive.

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Does yours have some kind of sensor to tell the motor to stop after a cycle? If it has, or if one can be fitted, digital control is possible.

Nice. They, even have the C source code, but it's Atmel AVR microcontroller based, not PIC. When you look into the job of doing such programming...

If it can be made to work, the microcontroller part could be around the size of the MOSFETs shown in the referenced article.

No. For berets I'd rather go somewhere like Army and Navy in Westcliff where I can be sure to get the right size

Another thing that could be done with the PIC is to count shots fired in a hi-cap gun, then stop after a predetermined number until the gun is "r...

TBH, as an electronics engineer with a hobby interest in microcontrollers, I'd use an 8 pin PIC rather than a 555. It'd need some different parts as A...

Thanks for that, Pete. Looks like I could get a custom denison there too.

Thanks, guys. WRT Denim BD: Where should I look? Another problem there is I need 48in-ish trousers and equivalent of XXL shirts. I'm leaning towar...

I'm in Essex about 15 minutes away from Lakeside Me 3. Though I'm more like 20-25 minutes from Lakeside.