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Article #3158Re: Latching Relay - does such a thing exist
From: Ivan Batinic
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1989 17:20
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1989 17:20
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Yes, there are three types which I am familiar with: 1) Mechanical "escapement" toggling relays 2) Toggling relays with builtin transistor-transistor flip-flop 3) Biased "hold magnets" within a reed-relay I had a pet project which was a 6-instruction CPU (ALL RELAYS!) which interfaced to real memory and emulated an M6800 running basic running my 2-half-move look-ahead chess playing program; it was a real screamer (1 move/4.5 days). The relays were either Allen-Bradley, Magna-Latch or Magna-Craft; It has been quite a while now! So I may not have the names exactly right. There are other manufacturers -- look into relays in a parts-master catalog (latching relays). Good luck, they are a dying breed; although the Telephone companies still use them -- you might try salvage companies who carry used telephone equipment too. Ivan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bloom-beacon!think!ames!decwrl!megatest!ivan From: ivan@megatest.UUCP (Ivan Batinic) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Latching Relay - does such a thing exist Keywords: relay, latching Message-ID: <8219@sunspot.megatest.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 89 17:20:42 GMT References: <3558@dgis.daitc.mil> Reply-To: ivan@sunspot.UUCP (Ivan Batinic) Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca Lines: 25