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« on: October 08, 2012, 10:34:48 pm »
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Here is an image http://i.imgur.com/sCGoZ.png of the components. It should be very simple. I have a Nerf gun, 12v power source, NPN transistor and Arduino.

I want to fire the gun (connect to 12v battery pack) when pin 13 goes HIGH via NPN.

I have tried a few configurations but nothing works, either I get nothing or the transistor gets so hot it starts to smoke.

I have been using both 2N3904 and MPS2222A which I can get working with LED fine so I know they work.
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2012, 10:43:07 pm »
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You need a series resistor between the base of the transistor and the Arduino pin, like this:
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