[SOLVED] Delayed single pulse circuit after power on

[hafrse]

Hello,

Looking for a circuit that switches on and off a low power relay (SMD) after power on.

Details:

After about 20 sec. adjustable with a pot, on power on , the circuit should switch on a relay for about 2 sec and then off again.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[danadakk]

Quick and dirty way of doing this, use mBlock to code on an Arduino Nano board. Here is a workable example.

Regards, Dana.

 

[hafrse]

Great! I have not worked with Arduino before, doing that through software then no need for pot , only a constant value for the delay I set in the code.
I assume that I need to add some circuit for the low power relay since the outputs are not powerfull enough?

 

[betwixt]

If you want to use an MCU you can do it cheaper and simpler than with Arduino. Why not simply use a dual monostable like an NE556? You would need some additional hardware even if an Arduino was used.

Brian.

 

[danadakk]

Basic proto with Arduino -

You can get SSR for Relay which will operate off Arduino, or a sensitive relay.

Note this can also be done with an ATTINY85, 8 pin UP (Arduino code compatible) but it takes a Arduino board to program it.

I hooked up pot because I thought you wanted a variable delay to turning on the relay.

Note when you use mBlock that interfaces to the Arduino IDE to program the board.

MBlock takes the block configuration you setup in 3 'rd window and generates the Arduino code for you.
As you become proficient you can start looking at that code to get a feel for C. It won't teach you C you still
have to study that in detail, buts its a soft start in that direction.

You can power board thru its USB program connection or add a cap to this board for external power
and supply external source.

Once you get used to block languages there are a number of variants, one for example allows your Arduino to speak
text string over a PC with just one block, like to make a talking voltmeter for example. These other block languages have
other features as well. Lots of fun. More info over here - https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/arduino-uno-coding.166920/#post-1475504

Advantage of using Arduino or ATTINY85 is timing accuracy over T and V. Much better than the Pleistocene era 555 timer
like solutions.

Regards, Dana.

 

[KlausST]

Hi,

My solution initially was a two comparator circuit with a couple of Rs, Cs, Ds...because the requirement was a pot.

But yes, i'd do it with a 8 pin low power AVR ... because I'm most familiar with AVRs. Any other microcontroller will do, too.

Klaus

 

[hafrse]

I decided to proceed with the ARduino track since it appeared to me now that the timing is critical when to switch on the relay i, ie more precission in the timing needed. No problem with C or C++ just that I had not touched Arduino yet , and now it is a good oppurtinity!

 

[D.A.(Tony)Stewart]

For a really quick and dirty timer, use an HC4060 clock timer and some 3 input gate to choose the delay and duration counter values and next msb to disable the clock at the end of the pulse with inverted or non-inv. output

 

[danadakk]

What accuracy are you targeting for delay and relay 2 sec on time ?

The ATTINY85 shows -

The ATMEL 328 familiy shows also roughly same accuracy on internal RC. Thats used on Arduino boards.

Regards, Dana.

--- Updated Sep 3, 2020 ---

An alternative is PSOC (over T and V, internal osc) -

More accuracy of course can be had with xtal.

PSOC, think FPGA like but with lots of analog. Many components that can be dragged and dropped onto
canvas. In PSOC a component is onchip resource. This is a single chip design.

Attached is a component list.

IDE (PSOC Creator) and compiler free, board to do this is $10.

Right hand window shows resources used/left. As you can see chip has many more
resources that can be used. Like DSP, DDS, OpAmps, logic, LUT, its onchip Vref is good for
+/- 1%

You can do custom component designs, for example I did a Verilog coded 64 bit serial in
parallel out shift register for a design. Thats was a codeless design, just needede one line of
code, a start instruction.


Regards, Dana.

--- Updated Sep 3, 2020 ---

Forgot to add component catalog. Keep in mind in PSOC a component is an onchip resource.


Regards, Dana.

 

[hafrse]

Got the Arduino nano today, Tried to create a simple block but has problems:

1 - Connect works ok, it connects to the arduino nano V3.1 board
2 - upload fails.

Please see attached pictures

Many thanks for any help

--- Updated Sep 7, 2020 ---

What accuracy are you targeting for delay and relay 2 sec on time ?

The ATTINY85 shows -

View attachment 163838


The ATMEL 328 familiy shows also roughly same accuracy on internal RC. Thats used on Arduino boards.

Regards, Dana.

--- Updated Sep 3, 2020 ---

An alternative is PSOC (over T and V, internal osc) -

View attachment 163841

More accuracy of course can be had with xtal.

View attachment 163842

PSOC, think FPGA like but with lots of analog. Many components that can be dragged and dropped onto
canvas. In PSOC a component is onchip resource. This is a single chip design.

Attached is a component list.

IDE (PSOC Creator) and compiler free, board to do this is $10.

Right hand window shows resources used/left. As you can see chip has many more
resources that can be used. Like DSP, DDS, OpAmps, logic, LUT, its onchip Vref is good for
+/- 1%

You can do custom component designs, for example I did a Verilog coded 64 bit serial in
parallel out shift register for a design. Thats was a codeless design, just needede one line of
code, a start instruction.


Regards, Dana.

--- Updated Sep 3, 2020 ---

Forgot to add component catalog. Keep in mind in PSOC a component is an onchip resource.


Regards, Dana.

Posted an update in the same thread

 

[danadakk]

Take a look at this -

Arduino Nano and Mblock 5 extensions

Hello @DoItWithFun, The problem is the current bootloader uses 115200bps and the old one uses 57600bps. You can do your own “Nano old bootloader” device or try to flash a new bootleader in your old Nano. Here there is a thread and a link to a tutorial to do that...

forum.makeblock.com

Also in Arduino, example project, do a project that loads standard firmata.

Arduino: Installing Standard Firmata

Arduino: Installing Standard Firmata: Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. You typically use an Arduino microcontroller board in one of two ways: You can plug the board into a desktop computer and upload a computer program (or scr…

www.instructables.com

Regards, Dana.

--- Updated Sep 7, 2020 ---

One other issue, on Arduino sometimes the Windows system installs
thew wrong driver for the USB interface to an Arduino board.

Use Zadig to install the correct driver. Google this "Arduino Zadig driver"
for more info.

Regards, Dana.

 

[danadakk]

It can be a tad frustrating Arduino boards getting drivers right. Good news is

web is full of people who have gone thru this.

1) Arduino itself has firmware on it basically for boot loading code into it.
Some block languages have their own firmware that has to be loaded into
it before using the block language,but mBlock does not require this. I think
Snap4Arduino for example needs this.

2) When you buy a nano, or other Arduino board not all suppliers have programmed
correct firmware in them. Thats usually the first thing I do when I receive one.

2) Also on Arduino board has a USB interface chip that requires a windows driver
Sometimes this loads correctly, other times one has to use Zadig to replace the
win driver with libusb-win32 driver. I think this is needed when using USBAsp
programmer, which is another programmer more versatile that one internal to
Arduino IDE.

http://www.wch.cn/download/CH341SER_ZIP.html You have to pick english then do the download, this is for USB CH340 type
on board.


http://roboticsbackend.com/arduino-standard-firmata-tutorial/#:~:text=Now that you have your,Firmata library is not installed.

Also just to add to the confusion I just did a Nano baord firmata install, and had to pick "Atmega 328P ( Old Bootloader) as
chip when installing firmata. The program comiled allright but would not burn. Trust that there is success at the end of the
Arduino Bataan Death March

Regards, Dana.

 

[hafrse]

It can be a tad frustrating Arduino boards getting drivers right. Good news is

web is full of people who have gone thru this.

1) Arduino itself has firmware on it basically for boot loading code into it.
Some block languages have their own firmware that has to be loaded into
it before using the block language,but mBlock does not require this. I think
Snap4Arduino for example needs this.

2) When you buy a nano, or other Arduino board not all suppliers have programmed
correct firmware in them. Thats usually the first thing I do when I receive one.

2) Also on Arduino board has a USB interface chip that requires a windows driver
Sometimes this loads correctly, other times one has to use Zadig to replace the
win driver with libusb-win32 driver. I think this is needed when using USBAsp
programmer, which is another programmer more versatile that one internal to
Arduino IDE.

http://www.wch.cn/download/CH341SER_ZIP.html You have to pick english then do the download, this is for USB CH340 type
on board.


http://roboticsbackend.com/arduino-standard-firmata-tutorial/#:~:text=Now that you have your,Firmata library is not installed.

Also just to add to the confusion I just did a Nano baord firmata install, and had to pick "Atmega 328P ( Old Bootloader) as
chip when installing firmata. The program comiled allright but would not burn. Trust that there is success at the end of the
Arduino Bataan Death March

Regards, Dana.

Thanks Dana for the information! I used now this web site http://create.arduino.cc/ to download, yes, it appeared that the nano I got has the old boot loader, I configured correctly (installed the driver nedded, chosed correct Arduino , port number and the old boot loader) and now I can upload through http://create.arduino.cc/ without any errors!
Now I can configure the timing exactly as needed, many thanks for all help I got! lot of board for 4 Euros including shipping from Germany

 

[danadakk]

Here is a block language with some differences/capabilities, that operates inside
Arduino IDE.

ArduBlock

ArduBlock is a programming interface designed to make programming with Arduino easier. Instead of writing code, ArduBlock allows you to visually program with blocks similar to Scratch. ArduBlock is an

www.canadarobotix.com

Flowcode -

Matrix - Flowcode 8 Arduino programming - Electronic Systems Design

Flowcode is a graphical programming language and IDE for devices such as Arduino or PIC microcontrollers as well as Raspberry Pi. Flowcode allows users to program using visual programming techniques such as flowcharts, pseudocode and blocks, as well as scripted C code.

www.matrixtsl.com

Regards, Dana.