{"id":3877,"date":"2018-04-03T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:50:12","slug":"how-to-use-relay-in-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Relay in LAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A relay is a switch operated electrically which consist of an electromagnet in order to operate the switching operation manually inside the relay.<\/p>\n<p>In order to use the Relay in the DCACLAB you have to follow the steps below.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to make a Relay Connection in Lab<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Navigate through the list of devices and components in the above options and locate the relay as shown in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"983,211\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522713642&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"where to find relay in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab-300x64.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3875 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"where to find relay in dcaclab\" width=\"983\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg 983w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab-768x165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/where-to-find-relay-in-dcaclab-604x130.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the Relay as shown in the screenshot above or grab the icon of the relay from the options, You will see a relay on the board below as shown in the below screenshot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/relay-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"507,259\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522715065&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"relay in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab-300x153.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"relay in dcaclab\" width=\"507\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab.jpg 507w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/relay-in-dcaclab-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Connect the required ports of the relay as per your application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/using-relay-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"501,318\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522716402&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"using relay in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-300x190.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3874 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"using relay in dcaclab\" width=\"501\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg 501w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-425x270.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Components in Relay Properties<\/h3>\n<p>While working with a Relay in the lab click on it and a Gear shape will be appear as shown in the image below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"497,201\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522716922&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gear sign will appear on the relay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay-300x121.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay.jpg\" alt=\"gear sign will appear on the relay\" width=\"497\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay.jpg 497w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gear-sign-will-appear-on-the-relay-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the gear icon and the property of the relay will appear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"835,380\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522717160&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"properties of relay in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab-300x137.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"properties of relay in dcaclab\" width=\"835\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg 835w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/properties-of-relay-in-dcaclab-593x270.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In this you can control the magnitude as well as the range of the inductance of the coil used in the relay switch. There are ranges nano,\u00a0\u00b5, milli, K, M and G available and beside that there is a option <em>Tune<\/em> by which we can vary the fractional values such as\u00a0nano,\u00a0\u00b5 and milli.<\/li>\n<li>The On current of the relay is defined as the minimum current required to drive the relay switch to on position. There are on current can be varied in the range of nano,\u00a0\u00b5, milli, K, M and G and also we can control its fractional part such in the order of nano,\u00a0\u00b5 and milli.<\/li>\n<li>The resistance of the coil in the relay can be controlled in the range of\u00a0\u00a0nano,\u00a0\u00b5, milli, K, M and G and its fractional part can be controlled in the order of\u00a0nano,\u00a0\u00b5 and milli.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How to connect a relay switch in a circuit<\/h2>\n<p>In the below <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/en\/experiments\/11980-using-relay-in-the-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circuit<\/a> there is an AC power source used to drive the two loads. The relay acts as a 2-way switch which drives one load when the switch is turned off and drives the another load when the load is on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3872\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"667,316\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522715970&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"using relay in dcaclab &#8211; switch off mode\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode-300x142.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3872 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode.jpg\" alt=\"using relay in dcaclab - switch off mode\" width=\"667\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode.jpg 667w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-off-mode-570x270.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case 1:<\/strong> In this condition the relay switch is OFF and so the AC power is supplied through the load connected in the beneath (A bulb as shown in the above screenshot).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-relay-in-lab\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"662,319\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Farhan (EEE Project)&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522716097&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"using relay in dcaclab &#8211; switch on mode\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode-300x145.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3873 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode.jpg\" alt=\"using relay in dcaclab - switch on mode\" width=\"662\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode.jpg 662w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab-switch-on-mode-560x270.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case 2:<\/strong> In this condition the relay switch is ON and so the AC power is supplied through the load in the above (A bulb as shown in the above screenshot).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A relay is a switch operated electrically which consist of an electromagnet in order to operate the switching operation manually inside the relay. In order to use the Relay in the DCACLAB you have to follow the steps below. Steps to make a Relay Connection in Lab Step 1:\u00a0Navigate through the list of devices and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/using-relay-in-dcaclab.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbzPHW-10x","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4593,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions\/4593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}