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stamps and SCR''s

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edited 2000-05-12 20:13 in General Discussion
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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