What relay for the BBB when controlling about 5V battery-circuit?

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Hello,

I want to control a 5V battery-powered circuit through a relay.

I am quite unsure which will work with the BeagleBoneBlack and a simple GPIO input.

Are there any recommendations?

Best,
Bo

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Hi! It just so happens that my IEEE group here at BYU-Idaho are putting together a flight computer for a rocket and used this to deploy our recovery system:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221292380580?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I can upload a schematic later but the idea is to have a 9V battery power the transistor which is triggered from an I/O pin from the BBB. This battery also supplies the current to switch the relay after the I/O pin is triggered. If your current draw is low enough, a transistor would work, but the BBB GPI/O pins output 3.3 V or you could use a 5V output pin that the board supplies to get the 5V directly.

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I’m not completely sure what you are asking. Are you wondering if the 3.3V from the Black is enough to switch the transistor?

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Hi,

solved the problem by using following circuit: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/56093/how-to-use-a-3v-output-to-control-a-5v-relay (the second one - first did not work…)

I used a 500 Ohm resistence.

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I’m glad it works, but the second circuit uses a BJT not a N-Channel MOSFET. If you are using the relay board from the ebay link it already comes with the N-Channel MOSFET you need for switching the relay with a 5V source. So I’m confused as to why you would use a BJT circuit. Just wondering?

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Yes, the second circuit uses a BJT (forgot to mention). I tried the first one but did not come to success.

The N-MOSFET I used required a lot of power to get working and there where no alternatives available (do not want to buy this stuff online and wait a week).

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Ok, good. I was under the impression you already had the relay board from the link.
Good luck with your project.