Dual Relay Driver Board Circuit Schematic

Description

A simple and convenient way to interface 2 relays for switching application in your project. This relay driver boosts the input impedance with a regular BC547 NPN transistor (or equivalent). Very common driver. It can drive a variety of relays, including a reed-relay. Transistor Q1and Q2 are a simple common-emitter amplifier that increases the effective sensitivity of the 12 volt relay coil about a 100 times, or in other words, the current gain for this circuit is 100. Using this setup reduces the relay sensitivity to a few volts. R3 and R4 restricts the input current to Q1 and Q2 to a safe limit. Diodes D3 and D4 are EMF dampers and filter off any sparking when the relay de-energizes.

Picture of the project:

Dual Relay Driver Board Circuit Schematic-Picture of the project

Circuit diagram:

Dual Relay Driver Board Circuit Schematic-Circuit diagram

Parts:

  • R1-R2 = 1K
  • R3-R4 = 5.6K
  • C1-C2 = 100nF-63V
  • D1-D2 = Red LED
  • D3-D4 = 1N4001
  • L1-L2 = 12V Relay
  • Q1-Q2 = BC547

Specification:

  • Input - 12 VDC @ 84 mA
  • Output - two SPDT relay
  • Relay specification - 5 A @ 230 VAC
  • Trigger level-2~5VDC
  • Berg pins for connecting power and trigger voltage
  • LED on each channel indicates relay status