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Re: Use of Arduino to control a Spike Relay
Ok, ok....

After much gnashing of teeth and a good look at my toy budget (in case I did accidentally blow up my Arduino) I just said "what the heck" and hooked up the Arduino to the Spike Relay and ran it. Worked fine on the bench, only sourced 44 mA and activated the Spike fine. I'm feeling good. Took Arduino and breadboard circuit to robot....NADA. Took 20 minutes to figure out it was a bad PWM cable. Now, compressor runs. I'll have the Festo valves running tomorrow.