I happen to have a couple of these that came in a mystery box assortment from Electronics Goldmine:
(https://i.imgur.com/76wqTkRl.jpg)
They appear to be non-latching ("single-side stable" is what the datasheet says) 4.5V coils with the same contact configuration as the one in the Softie build doc. Is there anything else I should be aware of, or would these work just fine with the Softie?
Datasheet:
digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/614/TX2-4_5V-pdf.php
It's a relay I believe. See Madbean's softie.
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Quote from: jimilee on July 21, 2020, 06:34:02 PM
It's a relay I believe. See Madbean's softie.
It's definitely a relay. My question is whether it is an ok substitute for the one spec'd for the Softie. It has the same contact configuration and coil voltage. I just want to make sure there aren't other datasheet numbers I need to pay attention to.
Quote from: EBK on July 21, 2020, 06:43:00 PM
Quote from: jimilee on July 21, 2020, 06:34:02 PM
It's a relay I believe. See Madbean's softie.
It's definitely a relay. My question is whether it is an ok substitute for the one spec'd for the Softie.
I'm sorry, I saw that and I was thinking smoothie. My bad.
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That looks fine to me. I was surprised that it was the non-latching type, but I checked and that's right. I've yet to build a Softie but I've used this relay type in other soft touch builds, 4.5-5.0V 1-2A. I've used the ones from Tayda:
https://www.taydaelectronics.com/na-5w-k-mini-relay-dpdt-5vdc-1a.html (https://www.taydaelectronics.com/na-5w-k-mini-relay-dpdt-5vdc-1a.html)
Thank you for your input (I forgot to say that before :-[).
I have now soldered up a Softie with one of my relays, and it does seem to work. It passes the LED test, and the relay sounds like it is properly clicking on and off.
(https://i.imgur.com/7qZkPP2m.jpg)
The relay also clicks on then off once quickly when power is first applied. I'm guessing (hoping) this is normal.