Hello, I should defeat him. In my pine the drawing was flawlessly seen. Regards, Imre On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Jim Tellier wrote: > This ASCII art apparently contains TAB characters, and is (like most > attempts) totally unintelligible without saving it off and manipulating it. > If (by some chance) it Doesn't contain tabs, then it;s been compromised in > some other > way by the cut/paste process. > Use characters if you want someone to spend the time to look at your > diagrams. > It will save everyone a lot of time. > Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Olin Lathrop" > To: > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [PIC]:High Voltage problems help > > > > > PIC16F628 > > > ______ > > > | | > > > | | > > > LED | | > > > | | | > > > gnd___|/|______|b2 | > > > |\| _____|b3 | 5V > > > | | |______| | > > > | | > > > | B|/ C > > > |_______________| TIP42C > > > |\ E ||c________1 > > > |_______________c||c > > > c||c > > > c||c > > > c||c > > > | c_________2 > > > -- -- > > > - - > > > - > > > > You need a diode from ground to the emitter of the transistor (anode to > > ground, cathode to emitter). The transformer primary is an inductor, and > > will try to make very high voltages if you try to stop the current > > suddenly. The negative spike is probably causing considerable current to > > flow thru the BE junction, then thru the protection diode in the PIC. > > This can have all kinds of bad an unpredictable effects. > > > > > > ***************************************************************** > > Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts > > (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads