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Subject: 
Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:11:32 GMT
Original-From: 
dave madden <dhm@mersenne[ihatespam].com>
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Michael Gasperi wrote:
=>>
=>> I would just put a 33Ohm 1/2W resistor in series with the relay coil.
                        ^^^^^

Wes Matchett <wes@augustschell.com> wrote:
=>...
=>This doesn't seem to work.  I am trying this first since it is the simplest
=>solution so far and I have a 330hm resistor at hand.
                                ^^^^^

I think you have a power-of-ten error.  Michael is referring to a 33
ohm resistor (orange-orange-black, IIRC), not a 330 ohm resistor
(orange-orange-brown).  With the larger resistor, you probably won't
get enough current to operate the relay.

d.



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  Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation
 
Bingo - thanks, I guess I read that a little too fast. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) This doesn't seem to work. I am trying this first since it is the simplest solution so far and I have a 330hm resistor at hand. Without the resistor the voltage across the coil with he port set to level 7 is 7.17. When I add the resistor in (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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