hhoover Wrote: > I have a friend who wants this or the equivalent, and I'm "consulting" > on the design and construction. The circuit, as shown, is pretty > simple, but I think it could be simpler yet, BUT I need more info. > If the circuit was designed to drive an IR emitter, then it should also > be able to drive an appropriate SSR (solid state relay / optoisolated) > since the input to those is an LED too - 1.2V, 8ma.
Hi Hugh - how much further did you get with this. I couldn't find a reliable component that would switch mains (240v here) from 5v. The nearest I got was a solid state device that could switch 230v/3A. I also considered modifying a "USB Powerboard" - essentially a power board that switches on when it detects a USB signal (+5v). They must be using a similar component because it was 3A also. So my current design has the 3A solid state device switching a mains relay (which can do 10A). I'll probably buy a cheap digital timer switch and modify that for the 10A portion. Anyone else experimenting with this design? p.s. Thanks for the clever idea Felix! -- jhwilliams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jhwilliams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17974 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
