AVR-Chat

Dave,

I'm sure you're right.

Didn't mean to spread any mis-information.

Jeff Engel
Arlington, TX
--- Dave VanHorn <dvanhorn@dvanhorn.org> wrote:

> At 10:29 PM 8/11/2004, Jeffrey Engel wrote:
> 
> >Daniel,
> >
> >The AVR can't drive the relay directly.  You'll
> need a
> >transistor (or something) to handle the current.
> 
> Well, there are always exceptions. I've seen relays
> that close at <3mA, but they are not common, and as
> I said, large and expensive. 
> The coil inductance is large, and stored energy also
> large. 


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