I'm tossing around some ideas for upgrading my star bursts(the current ropelight just isn't bright enough).
One thought I have is building a purely DC Renard controller with the SSRs integrated. I've done a similar board before but it was just designed to run a single or couple LED's per channel and just uses transistors.
My question is, for a completely DC controller, is there any reason to have opto isolators between the pic section and the SSR section. i can't see a reason for it but I do want to be safe.
Thanks,
Chris
One thought I have is building a purely DC Renard controller with the SSRs integrated. I've done a similar board before but it was just designed to run a single or couple LED's per channel and just uses transistors.
My question is, for a completely DC controller, is there any reason to have opto isolators between the pic section and the SSR section. i can't see a reason for it but I do want to be safe.
Thanks,
Chris