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I'm not an electrician, I have some mild levels of electronic/wiring experience so I KNOW there is a solution to my problem, I just can't seem to find the correct part.
My issue: I have a large component that is outside from a location, powered by a breaker. This component has a new controller radio attached to it. We are now having intermittent issues with communication on said radio.
With the new design I believe when the power is on, the radio boots up faster than the component, then it doesn't recognize the component and we have a communication issue.
If I climb up there and power cycle the radio, bam, everything connects and plays nice until the next power blip, then we are back to no comms.
SO... what I'm attempting to do is add a 10-30 second delay on the power to the radio, the power is pulled DIRECTLY from a board on the component.
I have been playing with a NE555 12v timer. My setup was to connect the VCC and ground to the radio power, then a loop from VCC to the COM, then the timed closed out to the radio. This works but as soon as the radio gets power, it pulls all the 12v and the NE555 dies and the whole thing blips off, then tries over and over.
SO.... I'm needing to find a way to run both my timer AND my radio off the same 12v DC line with a simple solution.
I know one is out there it's just beyond my knowledge base, hence why I'm coming to the experts.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I'm not an electrician, I have some mild levels of electronic/wiring experience so I KNOW there is a solution to my problem, I just can't seem to find the correct part.
My issue: I have a large component that is outside from a location, powered by a breaker. This component has a new controller radio attached to it. We are now having intermittent issues with communication on said radio.
With the new design I believe when the power is on, the radio boots up faster than the component, then it doesn't recognize the component and we have a communication issue.
If I climb up there and power cycle the radio, bam, everything connects and plays nice until the next power blip, then we are back to no comms.
SO... what I'm attempting to do is add a 10-30 second delay on the power to the radio, the power is pulled DIRECTLY from a board on the component.
I have been playing with a NE555 12v timer. My setup was to connect the VCC and ground to the radio power, then a loop from VCC to the COM, then the timed closed out to the radio. This works but as soon as the radio gets power, it pulls all the 12v and the NE555 dies and the whole thing blips off, then tries over and over.
SO.... I'm needing to find a way to run both my timer AND my radio off the same 12v DC line with a simple solution.
I know one is out there it's just beyond my knowledge base, hence why I'm coming to the experts.
Any help is greatly appreciated!