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sonolink

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Hello everybody

This is probably a dumb question but I'd rather check :)

I am building a vero board with a PSU and 3 opto switches. They all work at 9V and are ferd from the same source. In their respective schems, each circuit describes a diode between 9V source and GND. My question is, should I use only ONE diode for the whole thing or should I respect the schem and put a diode for each circuit?
 

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The diode is only there to protect the rest of the circuit  in case you connect the battery backwards (it will also rapidly drain the battery). You only need one diode, or zero if you promise not to connect it backwards.
 

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