A timer device with relay

[Test]

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

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[Jim Thompson]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:00:07 +0300, Test <test@.nil.invalid.com>
wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

A number of Intermatic timers run on a battery, but control a relay
that can be controlling any voltage up to 220VAC.

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[George Herold]

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 9:00:14 AM UTC-4, Test wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

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What's low power? AC, DC what voltage?
Something like an AC synchronous clock motor and gear head that
spins once an hour?

George H.

 

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 9:00:14 AM UTC-4, Test wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

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A simple 55IC timer will do you. Google on 555 timer circuit. It's simple IC plus a few resistors and caps. The 555 output will need to drive a transistor base thru a ~5K resistor to pull in the relay between the collector and power supply.

 

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On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:00:07 +0300, Test <test@.nil.invalid.com>
wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

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Does it need absolute accuracy (a specific time of day) or relative
accuracy (every X hours +/- x minutes)?

Picaxe is easy to use and can be happy on a few micro amps. 555 (cmos
version) ditto. Picaxe can be set from milliseconds to decades
without large timing caps.

I'm doing stuff with small solar cells and capacitors for power
storage.

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2017-10-25, Test <test@> wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

If the arduino's using too much current you're doing it wrong.
http://www.atmel.com/images/doc7903.pdf

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[Terry Porter]

Test <test@.nil.invalid.com> writes:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a
weather
meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much
amps
for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to
aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

The old favorite ne555 will be suggested by many, but it does draw 1 - 5
mA while doing nothing. Much lower power use can be obtained from
something like a Texas Instruments MSP430 MCU running Mecrisp Forth in
low power mode 3

The Ti datasheet indicates that a maximum quiescent current draw of 1.5 uA
applies in LPM3 (low power mode 3) with a 32768 Hz clock.

Of course the MSP430 MCU can be used for a lot more than crystal
controlled timing delays at the price of more power usage.


Cheers,
Terry

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On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:00:14 PM UTC+2, Test wrote:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

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You can use a RTC, like:
https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1339A.pdf

and program it to set the Square Wave Output every hour.

Bye Jack

 

Terry Porter wrote:

Test <test@.nil.invalid.com> writes:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a
weather
meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much
amps
for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to
aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

The old favorite ne555 will be suggested by many, but it does draw
1 - 5 mA while doing nothing.

Vampire voltage?

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2017-10-27, bruce2bowser@gmail.com <bruce2bowser@gmail.com> wrote:

Terry Porter wrote:
Test <test@.nil.invalid.com> writes:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a
weather
meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much
amps
for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to
aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

The old favorite ne555 will be suggested by many, but it does draw
1 - 5 mA while doing nothing.

Vampire voltage?

the internal voltage divider

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[rickman]

Test wrote on 10/25/2017 9:00 AM:

I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/191910820176

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[rickman]

rickman wrote on 10/27/2017 7:12 PM:

Test wrote on 10/25/2017 9:00 AM:
I've been looking for a low power and low cost timer device or info on how I
could use to build one. I need to turn a relay on on a 5V device (a
weather meter
doing a number of other task as well). The weather meter uses too much
amps for
it to run on a battery.
The low poer timer device would run on coin cell batteries and very hour or
another predetermined time turn on a relay which would then turn power on the
weather meter (it uses a 9V battery). I've gotten a number of links to
aruduino
like systems but these use too much current.

Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/191910820176

If 15 mA is too much current, you can use this with a low power MCU board.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/262500451836

Here is a low power MCU board.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192298481194

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Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998