The document describes how to control an AC light using an Arduino board. A relay module is used to switch the AC current as its contacts can handle higher voltages and currents than Arduino ports. The relay is connected to an Arduino pin through a transistor and diode to protect the board. When the Arduino port turns on, it energizes the relay which switches the AC current to the light. This allows the light to be blinked on and off by an Arduino sketch, replicating the common LED blinking example with a regular light bulb instead.
The document describes how to control an AC light using an Arduino board. A relay module is used to switch the AC current as its contacts can handle higher voltages and currents than Arduino ports. The relay is connected to an Arduino pin through a transistor and diode to protect the board. When the Arduino port turns on, it energizes the relay which switches the AC current to the light. This allows the light to be blinked on and off by an Arduino sketch, replicating the common LED blinking example with a regular light bulb instead.
The document describes how to control an AC light using an Arduino board. A relay module is used to switch the AC current as its contacts can handle higher voltages and currents than Arduino ports. The relay is connected to an Arduino pin through a transistor and diode to protect the board. When the Arduino port turns on, it energizes the relay which switches the AC current to the light. This allows the light to be blinked on and off by an Arduino sketch, replicating the common LED blinking example with a regular light bulb instead.
The document describes how to control an AC light using an Arduino board. A relay module is used to switch the AC current as its contacts can handle higher voltages and currents than Arduino ports. The relay is connected to an Arduino pin through a transistor and diode to protect the board. When the Arduino port turns on, it energizes the relay which switches the AC current to the light. This allows the light to be blinked on and off by an Arduino sketch, replicating the common LED blinking example with a regular light bulb instead.
The first tutorial everyone suggest in arduino is Blinking a LED.
Today I will show you how to control a AC light/appliance with the same Blink sketch Controlling AC light or appliance with arduino is simple as blinking a LED using arduino. All you need to is take proper care while doing this project because here we are dealing with AC current (230V is more than enough to kill you).So beware
electromechanically. They control one electrical circuit by opening and closing contacts in another circuit A relay have 5 pins namely COIL A, B, NO, NC, COM There are 5 Pins in a relay. Two pins A and B are two ends of a coil that are inside the relay. The coil gets energized whenever current passes through it. NC = Normally Closed, is connected to pin
when the relay coil is
not energized. NO = Normally Open, is left disconnected when relay coil is not magnetized and is connected COM when the relay coil is energized.to pin
when the relay coil is not energized.
COM = Common, At no input state, the COM is connected to NC. When
the operating voltage is applied to relay coil gets energized and the COM changes contact to NO
5V Relay needs about 200mA current at 5V. But the digital pins of arduino
provides only 20 mA current. So arduino can not drive the
relay directly.So as amplifier we need to used a transistor to
drive the relay
The relay coil cannot change its current instantly, diode provides a path for the current when the coil is switched off. Otherwise, a voltage spike will occur causing arcing on switch contacts or possibly destroying switching transistors
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