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Connecting a 12V relay to Arduino

Step 3Choose your transistor

First find the Datasheet of your transistor. For example search for "2N2222 datasheet".

Your transistor should comply to  the following things:

- It has to be NPN not PNP !!

- Ic should be bigger than the value you calculated in step 2

- Vceo should be bigger than the supply voltage

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