Timeline for Looking for and SMD optocoupled TRIAC
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| Oct 12, 2011 at 8:17 | history | edited | Russell McMahon♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2011 at 3:10 | comment | added | mng | It might help conceptually to note that the input side of an optocoupler is just an LED. When the LED is turned on, it illuminates and activates the junction of a triac/SCR/transistor on the output side of the package, across an air gap that keeps the two sides isolated. | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 2:54 | history | answered | Russell McMahon♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |