Easy Bluetooth Enabled Door Lock With Arduino + Android

Step 2: About The Transistor

We'll start by focusing on one of the main components of the circuit, the transistor. Our transistor will allow us to control a device that requires more current than our Arduino can supply, by sending the transistor different values. The type of transistor we are using (the TIP120) has a base, collector, and an emitter which are labeled here. We will send the signal from pin 9 on the Arduino to the base of the transistor, and depending on the value sent, current will increase or decrease.