Timeline for Arduino I/O Shield relay won't switch
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| Apr 9, 2017 at 1:28 | answer | added | Steve | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 24, 2016 at 16:10 | history | migrated | from electronics.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| May 24, 2016 at 14:51 | vote | accept | Community Bot | ||
| May 24, 2016 at 14:39 | answer | added | SamGibson | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:39 | comment | added | Bimpelrekkie | or that I am not using the arduino API correctly to trip the relay Arduinos know nothing about relays, they only know about pins that can be outputs and then can go high or low (or float). If the connected LED turns on and off then that part is OK. Check the supply voltage for the relay, it needs more power than an LED. | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:37 | comment | added | Whiskeyjack | @wesleyLee - He is able to light up the LED which is next to the relay so I think he has declared the pin as output correctly. | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:36 | comment | added | The Pax Bisonica | yeah I setup the pin as an output as well | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:34 | comment | added | Wesley Lee | pinMode(13, OUTPUT); ? | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:33 | answer | added | Whiskeyjack | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | So you did everything correctly? Then it works correctly, case closed. Maybe show someone what you did? | |
| May 24, 2016 at 13:26 | history | asked | The Pax Bisonica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |