A 12C507 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron A Jeff" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Toggle Switch > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 08:23:58PM +0200, Francois Robbertze wrote: > > I need to very simple and cheap circuit that will toggle a relay on and of > > on a pulse input. > > > > i.e.: first pulse(e.g. a key pressed) will switch relay on > > second pulse will switch the relay off again etc. > > > > I can easily do this with a pic , but I need this to be simple.. > > What's simpler than a 12F629 programmed to do this activity? You're > going to need debouncing anyway. Otherwise, the bouncing of the > switch is going to cause the relay to pulse. > > So you need to add debounced in front of pulse. So you'll need to > define the delay between pulses. > > At the end of the day you're looking for a 555 in monostable mode for a > debounce circuit driving a flip-flop that's configured in toggle > configuration. So each press of the button will activate the 555 and > clock the flip flop. > > Or as I started out with: what's simpler than a 12F629 programmed to > do this activity? > > BAJ > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist