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Re: Proper way to connect a solenoid

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Originally Posted by tr6scott View Post
From the link I posted, they were talking that they were reliably firing the solenoids with 9vdc batteries, so I would wire it with a spike to the 12v battery. Let it run, and monitor how warm it gets, just to watch for early failure.

Not sure how much to spend on an analog pressure sensor, but we use these in industry. http://www.ifm.com/products/us/ds/PN2024.htm with good success.
I'm reading that spikes can only switch 12v, which is why I believe that it didn't work for us.

You mentioned earlier, and I'm reading here http://team358.org/files/pneumatic/ that 24v solenoids can be run through the cRIO power. Are you familiar with how this is done?