That's too easy. Thanks, Kirk

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 14:59 -0500, Javid Butler wrote:
> What kind of questions do you have? It's pretty straightforward. Most of 
> them have internal current limiting so you can drive them directly from a 
> digital output. Measure your drive current to make sure you do not exceed 
> the output of your 240's, but most of SSRs only need a few mA. It's a little 
> better to common on the + side and pull the - input to the SSR low than to 
> common the - side and drive the + input, because that usually means less 
> heat generated in your driver.
> 
> I've been driving SSRs directly from output ports of PIC processors for 
> years in a variable phase angle trigger for dimmers. If you use a 
> zero-crossing SSR you don't even have to worry about sync to the line.
> 
> Javid
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:30 PM
> Subject: [Emc-users] Driving SSR's
> 
> 
> >I am planning on using 74C240's at 12 Volts between a parallel port and
> > my SSR's. Anyone have thoughts on driving SSR's?
> >
> > Kirk Wallace
> >
> >
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