Why does a light bulb run on alternating current? I remember using a normal battery with light bulbs in school and it did work ^^.
However thanks for the hint with the relay! Am 10.11.2013 um 12:30 schrieb Jacob Ole Juul Kolding <[email protected]>: > A light bulb runs on alternating current and a transistor only works with > direct current. But you could use a relay. > > Den 10/11/2013 12.27 skrev "Bodo Kaiser" <[email protected]>: > Isn’t there something easier to do? > > Wouldn’t a specific transistor work without damaging the Beagleboard? > > Am 10.11.2013 um 12:24 schrieb Jacob Ole Juul Kolding <[email protected]>: > >> You can use an optically isolated triac >> >> Den 10/11/2013 12.14 skrev "Bodo Kaiser" <[email protected]>: >> Hey, >> >> I want to power some good old light bulbs with my BB. As the gpios do not >> give enough Amphere I though on powering them with a separate power source >> and then using the GPIOs just as a switch. >> >> How would such a a thing look like? Do I use transistors for such stuff? >> >> Best, >> Bo >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/r6JGF8Qz5CE/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/r6JGF8Qz5CE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
