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Re: PROGRAMMING PNEUMATICS

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Originally Posted by Aarnat View Post
What if you wanted a Single Pole Double Throw switch to toggle up to extend a piston and toggle down to retract a piston?
You can toggle a piston with just an SPST since it has the two states you'd need, on/off (in/out for a piston).

But if you wanted to use a SPDT just pick a pair of pins from 2, 7, 10, or 14 and ground on 4 or 12.
Your code would decide what to do with that information.
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