On 12/24/2014 6:51 PM, William Pretty Security wrote:
> Use an NPN transistor.  (2N3904, 2N2222, etc)
> 
> Connect the emitter to ground.
> 
> Connect the collector to one side of the coil. Connect +5V to the
> other side of the coil.
> 
> Connect a 10K resistor between the I/O pin and the base of the
> transistor.

You should also put a diode across the relay (reversed polarity, so the
diode "points" to the positive supply) or the back-emf could kill even a
60V discrete transistor.

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Charles Steinkuehler
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