Hi guys,
I had a
thread in the robotics section on this, but it seemed like I put it in the wrong place. They helped me get to this point... I need to make or find a low voltage solid state relay.
Heres what I'm trying to do... I'm trying to make my ipod control a 12V DC motor. If I play a constant tone on the ipod with the volume all the way up, I get a constant reading of 79.5 mA. The robotics guys got me to realize that the voltage of the ipod is not enough to trip a normal relay switch.
And yes I'm aware of other methods like sound switches and things, but if I can get this to work, I'm going to stay away from that
Soooo...
Leftyretro said:
Well find a DC relay that activates directly on 1ma at 1-2 volts dc or so and we can see what we can do for you. I found
I found THIS page where a guy made a low voltage solid state relay tripped by his MIC jack... That should work for my application, right?
**broken link removed**
Now, please understand I'm only a senior in High School with VERY little electronics background.
If I do make this, should I use the same parts and resistors used in the instructions? It seems like it should all be the same, the relay would just power a small 12V DC hobby motor.