Hi,We want to control the movement of thick Flexinol wires with ourParralax BASIC Stamp2 Homework Board.We learned that the HomeworkBoard can provide upto about 37mA @ wire that we are usingrequires about 1750mA to ae activated. It works fine even with 1.5Vbatteries.We want to know how to supply/control more current with I/O pin.Thank you in advance.

how to supply/control more current with I/O pin (Parralax Basic Stamp2)

Feb 19, 2004 1 Replies

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Soo-in Yang 22 years ago

Hi,

We want to control the movement of thick Flexinol wires with our Parralax BASIC Stamp2 Homework Board.We learned that the Homework Board can provide upto about 37mA @ 5V.The wire that we are using requires about 1750mA to a\be activated. It works fine even with 1.5V batteries.

We want to know how to supply/control more current with I/O pin.

Thank you in advance.

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Alan P. 22 years ago

Hi Soo-in, what you need to do is use a transistor to drive the device. Here is a sample web site that gives you the idea, google transistor switch for more information.

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hope this helps

Alan

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