Asked by: Kate
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Solenoids are a great way to induce linear motion for pushing, pulling or controlling switches and levers.This smaller solenoid is designed to work directly with 5V which makes it a great match for embedded projects. It has a throw of about 4.5mm and 2 M2 mounting holes on the body.
The wire lead is about 2" long and is terminated with a 2-pin JST PH connector.
Click here to download datasheet 
When reading this datasheet the part is a push type, with a push shaft type B.
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Q:
How can this component be integrated to a circuit- given the PH connector?
A:
Hi Kate,
Thank you for your question, you could cut the connector off and once you used a multimeter to work out the positive and negative wire you could wire them into the circuit that way.
Best Regards
Cullen
Answered by: Cullen Lewis
08-Feb-19
Q:
How much force dose this have? And how much current do you need for max for Example?
Asked by: Paul Meynell
A:
Hi Paul, this would depend on your supply voltage and also the duty cycle at which you would set this to. If it was based on a 5V supply voltage you could obtain approximately a 300gf as a maximum, however this would only be moving around 0.5mm and based on needing 12W would be around 2A. You could only sustain this for a 10% duty cycle, as such it could only do this for 1 second in a 10 second period. If you were wanting a constant cycle you could achieve around 80gf as a maximum moving a similar distance on the stroke. The bottom graph in the datasheet shows how the force is effected by the distance the solenoid moves.
Answered by: Michael Lockhart
28-Nov-18
Q:
Can this be driven directly by the BBC micro:bit? If not, do you have a relay for the micro:bit that can drive it?
Asked by: JT
A:
Hi there,
Thank you for your question. In theory yes if your solenoid was low enough current it would work but it would need to be 5-10mA of current draw as the micro:bit cannot supply a lot directly.
You would need to instead use one of our BBC micro:bit Motor Driver Board, our BBC micro:bit Robotics board or the Monk Makes Relay Board we sell. These are linked below
https://www.kitronik.co.uk/46123-low-voltage-relay-for-microbit-solid-state.html
https://www.kitronik.co.uk/5620-motor-driver-board-for-the-bbc-microbit-v2.html
https://www.kitronik.co.uk/5641-all-in-one-robotics-board-for-bbc-microbit.html
Best Regards
Cullen
Answered by: Cullen Lewis
22-Oct-18
Q:
Could you suggest a suitable MOSFET to drive this from a PICAXE18M2?
Asked by: andrew
A:
Hello Andrew, Unfortunately we don't have any MOSFET, also depending on the application that the solenoid is being used in would depend on what item you would require.
Answered by: Michael Lockhart
02-Jan-18
Q:
Do you have PUSH type solenoid?
There is a pull type solenoid on the picture above.
There is a pull type solenoid on the picture above.
Asked by: Vadim
A:
This solenoid is the push type. The image is however just a stock photograph provided by the manufacturer for the entire range of solenoids.
Answered by: Aaron Sturman
28-May-14
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