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Re: [ts-7000] Re: Relays at 7200 DIO

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: Relays at 7200 DIO
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:32:48 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, damotclese wrote:

> --- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, carreras_marcos wrote:
>>> Good morning folks!, I need to drive two relays
>>> connected to both DIOs at my TS-7200. Due to
>>> the sink at these lines are 4mA ( 3,3V ), will
>>> need to drive them by using optocouplers.
>> Why do you need an opto coupler? A transistor
>> buffer would probably be all you need.
>
> I wondered as well why a 2N2222 could not be used instead of an opto. 
> Maybe isolation is required for the application but it didn't sound like 
> it.

The relay provides isolation!

> 2N2222's are inexpensive! Just pull them off of any board lying in the 
> scrap pile. }:-}

Jim


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