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Farce Milverk Farce Milverk is offline
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Default Momentary Hi / Low switch Held High with resistor - How to add LED?

Hi,

I'd like to add an LED to the following circuit situation:

I have an input line that I hold high using a resistor tied to High.
The other side of the resistor is tied to one side of the momentary switch.
The other side of the momentary switch is tied to GND.

Toggling the switch shows LOW when pressed and HIGH when not pressed on a
Logic probe.
So far, so good.

If I add an LED to the switch (in parallel) it shows high (lit) and when the
button is pressed it goes off, but I lose the LOW signal on the logic probe,
indicating an OPEN condition.

Then I tried placing the LED from the HIGH / Resistor contact point, to GND.
Same problem.

How do I add an LED to a Momentary switch, tied HIGH (or low) via a
resistor, and maintain both HIGH and LOW signals without creating an OPEN
circuit?

Thanks,

Farce