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I'm looking for the name of a switch, so i can make/purchase. A switch that would stay closed until activated by an electrical impulse and would stay open maybe have a reset of some kind? If i knew what it was called i could find more info. Im looking to use a piezoelectric sensor ( knock switch) to activate a voice recording. |
July 30, 2022 |
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The electronic piece is called a triac, but it is for a little bit higher voltage ( triac BT136 as example). They are often used with an opto-isolator driver (such as the MOC3081 , a zero-crossing trigger is generally safer) so you can command the gate of the triac without being exposed to the voltage which is switched ON by the triac. You turn the triac off by turning the main current (possibly an alternative current) off. |
July 30, 2022 |
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I should have added that you can get the opto-isolator + the triac in a single package, a solid state relay. Note that you need to keep the DC input at some minimum current and voltage to keep the triac open. Fortunately, you can use a standard logical latch IC which could supply the said input control for that purpose. |
July 30, 2022 |
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