Quote from: mjg on January 09, 2024, 08:53:34 PM
Using a 555 would probably work, but all it's doing there is being a voltage controlled switch. Which is the same as a transistor or mosfet really. Not sure it will get you anything different to what you've already tried?
You are probably right, and that 555 circuit doesn't work anyway. But I just can't get the other inverter circuits to work with this relay - like I said, I'm able to invert the voltage with a logic NOT gate, but once I connect each to the coil pins, the voltage drops and nothing happens when I trigger the coil, as if it's just connecting the 2 NOT gate circuits to one another through the coil instead of .
I just did a quick test using NOT gate with the s8050 - one of the NOT gates on one side of the relay coil at 0v, and direct 5v (straight from power source) on the other side of the relay coil. This setup snaps the relay when I swap the pins, so the relay works, and I know that at least the NOT gate at 0v will work.
I then did the same test with one of the NOT gates at 5v, the other at 0v. Doesn't work when I swap the pins.
Am I missing a diode(s) between the NOT gates and the relay pins that would keep the voltage from going back to the collectors? I can't figure it out...