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- From: chm114u@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: How do I control soft switches?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.153529.90665@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 15:35:29 +1100
- References: <1992Nov16.190037.2147@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1eamgvINNgks@gap.caltech.edu>
- Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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- In article <1eamgvINNgks@gap.caltech.edu>, toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
- > hiroki@limerick.cbs.umn.edu (Hiroki Morizono) writes:
- >
- >>Hi, I'm trying to open/close a switch using a solid state relay, from
- >>the game port of an apple2e, using game controller 0
- >
- > Bzzt. Game controller 0 is an input. The output your program correctly controls
- > is "Announciator 0" or AN0 for short. This is -not- connected to the 9 pin
-
- < good stuff deleted)
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- > Also, make sure the relay can activate with only a few mA of current at about
- > 3 volts, because that's all the TTL output can provide. I STRONGLY advise that
- > you spend a little extra time working up a transistor switch or something
- > similar; TTL outputs are _not_ designed to power things, and you may fry a
- > chip on your motherboard if you draw too much current for too long.
- >
- > Todd Whitesel
- > toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
-
- These days, I always use an optocoupler. They switch more nicely than a relay,
- they're sensitive and they're inexpensive (about 50 cents Australian). Use a
- couple of thousand ohm resistor to limit the annunciator current. They also
- provide more protection from "nasties" from the load you might be switching.
-
- Mike Atkinson chm114u@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Chemistry Dept., Monash Uni., Melbourne, Australia.
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