Phidgets adds the 3053 - Dual SSR Relay to its family of relays

The 3053 can switch up to 9 Amp at up to 40 VDC or 28 VAC.


The 3053 fits nicely within our family of relays providing a Solid State alternative to the 3051 - Dual Mechanical Relay board for users who need a 2 relay board and do not require the higher voltage supported by the 3051. says Chester Fitchett, CEO of Phidgets.

We will keep selling the 3052 - Single SSR Relay Board for users who only need a single relay board. added Bernard Rousseau, Director of Marketing

Product Specifications

Output Contact on Resistance: 0.05 ohms
Isolation Voltage (Input to Output), time = 60s minimum: 5300 Vrms
Working Voltage for isolation: 2500 Vrms
Maximum DC Switching Voltage: 40VDC
Maximum AC Switching Voltage: 28VAC
Maximum Switching Current (AC or DC): 9A
Maximum Continuous Current @ 25°C (AC or DC): 9A
Min/Max Input Voltage (Control): 3 to 30V
Maximum Switching Speed at Zero Load: 300Hz
Turn-On Time at Zero load with 50 Ohm input impedance: 900μs
Turn-On Time at Switching 9A with 50 Ohm input impedance: 1.4ms
Turn-Off Time at Zero Load: 160μs
Turn-Off Time at Switching 9A: 160μs
Turn-On Time at Zero load using 8/8/8 on inputs: 1.90ms
Turn-Off Time at Zero load using 8/8/8 on inputs: 130μs
Input Wire Gauge: 16 to 26 AWG
Output Wire Gauge: 12 to 24 AWG

Software Environment

Unlike a lot of our competitorʼs products that require their users to write some firmware code in order to use their sensor, we are completely Plug and Play says Bernard Rousseau, Director of Marketing. With Phidgets, you plug it in and start using it and when it comes to programming, the user, not us, decides which operating system and which computer language he wants to use, added Rousseau.

Users can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented Application Programming Interfade (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux. Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, Labview, Matlab, ActionScript 3.0, and Cocoa.

Phidgets also provides programming examples for all its products to help programmers write their own programs. The API Libraries as well as the examples and the documentation are available at no charge on www.Phidgets.com.