# Oprate a relay with xbee

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/oprate-a-relay-with-xbee/12594>\
**Category:** XBee Programamble (S2C & 900 HP)\
**Tags:** relay, xbee\
**Created:** [February 26, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/oprate-a-relay-with-xbee/12594 "2014-02-26T16:27:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@Wireless](https://forums.digi.com/u/Wireless)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/oprate-a-relay-with-xbee/12594/1 "2014-02-26T16:27:22Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to oprate a 3v relay with a single xbee.  
The issue here is that the xbee output is just not strong enough.  
I need some boost to the xbee’s weak signal(the relay does work with the xbee power source(3.3v).

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Hmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@Hmax](https://forums.digi.com/u/Hmax)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/oprate-a-relay-with-xbee/12594/2 "2014-03-03T08:38:02Z")

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Whats about using a solid state relay?  
I’m going to use a Sharp S 216 S02 (but did not try it out till now - it’s just ordered).

Or refer to [https://sites.google.com/site/xbeerelaycontroller/](https://sites.google.com/site/xbeerelaycontroller/) (Chapter “The Transistor”).