Relay Driving Problem

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eric_s88

Joined Apr 20, 2011
158
I was thinking about that too. When the relay stops clicking on and off, is the contact closed or open? Since you are driving this off a sound card, could there be a continuous low or high frequency low level audio signal that is slowly charging your input capacitor, and eventually biasing the transistor on all the time.

Ken
so if its true , whats the solution ?? :eek:
 

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eric_s88

Joined Apr 20, 2011
158
its appearance is Ok, and I didnt get much information if its ok or not with testing it via a multimeter,I will chek this circuit with c945 too
 

mlog

Joined Feb 11, 2012
276
Hello,

Did you actualy measure the voltage?
I would expect a bit lower voltage.
The low base resistor values could also stress the outputs of the MCU.

Bertus
I was thinking the same thing. At least he posted a schematic. It helps to measure Vc, Vb, & Ve with respect to ground in the ON state and the OFF state.
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
34,452
yes, because it works with lower resistor on base
That doesn't mean it's not corrected improperly and may, in fact, indicate the connection is incorrect. If the collector and emitter are reversed then the transistor will still work, but with a very low gain (requiring much higher than expected base current to turn on, as you are experiencing). Also the emitter-base breakdown voltage is much lower then the collector-base breakdown voltage, and that may be why the transistor seems to latch on when you try to turn it off.
 
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