[Cialug] Pressing a button remotely

[Zachary Kotlarek]

On Feb 12, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Claus wrote:

> I'm late, I know.  But if you are going to solder something consider
> using an optocoupler to isolate the 120V current from your computer  
> and
> a triac instead of a relay.

Most solid-state relays *are* an optically-isolated TRIAC or SCR.  
Unless you really like soldering, or already have the components  
around, I'd recommend just buying one.

	Zach

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