[TriEmbed] Regarding Raspberry Pi, a relay, and a solenoid

[Glen Smith]

Lucas,

If you are set on uaing the relay, most any (does the pi uae 3.3 volt I/O?)
would do, but it is overkill. I have the smaller relay from adafruit hooked
up with the circuit described on its page:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/412

I have not connected it to  my arduino, but it will work fine.

Glen
On Oct 19, 2013 3:00 PM, "Lucas Rumney" <lrrumney at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> I am looking for the cheapest and easiest way to use a raspberry pi to
> activate a relay. THe relay then would power a solenoid. I am thinking of
> this solenoid, but I do not really know what stats to look at for the relay
> to match up with the pi and this solenoid because I am a beginner.
>
> http://www.adafruit.com/products/413#Technical_Details
>
> A one pole, one throw simple relay will do, I don't really need multiple
> switches unless thats just easier or more compact.
>
> Just to be clear my end goal is to be able to control a solenoid with the
> raspberry pi, and I am assuming I need a relay because I don't really wanna
> mess up and fry my pi.
>
> Thank You guys, I will definitely share pictures of my project when
> finished!
>
> Lucas Rumney
>
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