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stamps and SCR''s

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edited 2000-05-12 18:36 in General Discussion
QT 3011 - 10mA max. The stamp is rated 20mA source and 25mA sinking,
per pin, is it not?

My big victory will be when I can do phase angle firing control of
back-to-back SCR's with stamp output.

Chris

Original Message
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Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] stamps and SCR's


assuming you were going to use all stamp pins on a bs2, which
opto would you
use?

Lee Harker wrote:

> Chris,
> If you intend to use the SCR for 110VAC, I would highly
recommend using an
> opto-isolator made for driving SCRs & triacs. You can get
them in 1, 2 or 4
> per DIP package and they are cheap. They usually offer about
3000 volts of
> isolation to protect your Stamp or other low voltage
circuitry. They are
> packaged so that the input and output are on opposite sides
of the package.
> If you plan to make a PCB using these, it is usually a good
idea to use
> this arrangment to keep all low voltage on one side and the
high voltage on
> the other side of the board.
>
> At 09:29 PM 11/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Has anyone out there ever crossed the big divide between a stamp
> >output and an SCR gate?
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
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