VVT control relay driver
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:32 pm
First things first.
MS1 on V3.0 board running MSnS-e (Version yet to be decided)
I am simply after some clarification/reassurance on the mod's required on the board to use the LED circuits to drive an external relay. I have spent hours searching posts and the Megasquirt websites and have ended up here. Please point me in the right direction if this is already written up somewhere.
I am looking at swapping the 2n3904bu (100mA) transistors for ztx450 (1A) transistors, the same as the FIdle circuit uses, and running a wire from the -ve leg of the LED out to one of the spare output pins. I will also install a protection diode accros the relay coil. Will this be safe enough? Will the transistor be all that is likely to get cooked if something goes wrong.
Cheers,
Daniel
MS1 on V3.0 board running MSnS-e (Version yet to be decided)
I am simply after some clarification/reassurance on the mod's required on the board to use the LED circuits to drive an external relay. I have spent hours searching posts and the Megasquirt websites and have ended up here. Please point me in the right direction if this is already written up somewhere.
I am looking at swapping the 2n3904bu (100mA) transistors for ztx450 (1A) transistors, the same as the FIdle circuit uses, and running a wire from the -ve leg of the LED out to one of the spare output pins. I will also install a protection diode accros the relay coil. Will this be safe enough? Will the transistor be all that is likely to get cooked if something goes wrong.
Cheers,
Daniel