Can you enlighten me why you need something that can switch 230Vac as well
as some relatively low DC voltage at the same time?

Should you be using different type of switches? I am puzzled as I can't
think of many reasons.

Cheers, Ling SM


> John N. Power wrote:
>
> >The generic name for an isolated power driver like this is a
> > "Solid State Relay" or SSR. These are modules which contain
> > the output device (SCR, TRIAC, MOSFET or whatever), with
> > an isolated input device (optocoupler, etc).
>
> I am aware of SSR products, but I have yet to find a single devce that
would be
> capable of switching ac or dc.
> For example, the vast majority of SSR devices I have found use a triac
output
>  with zero crossing detector and snubber network) and thus are not the
best
> choice for dc switching I would have thought?

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic:
[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads