I am trying to make a 5V mini relay switch when the HDMI indicator LED in my DVD player lights up.
I have unsuccesfully tried to trigger the mini relay (5V, 40mA) via an optocoupler (4N33 - infrared/darlington) "piggybagged" on the indicator LED (1,2V 2mA), but the relay doesn't switch, only "hums" slightly. Supplying an input of 1,5V from before the indicator LED resistor (220ohm) generates the same result. I even tried using the (normally unused) basis of the optocoupler as input, hoping it was more "sensitive" - but still only "humming"
The setup works when "piggybacking" a standard 3V LED (>10mA), where the relay swithes fine. What have I overlooked ?
Any suggestions for (simple) curcuitry I could use to trigger the 5V relay from the 1,5V 2 mA input (I only have 5V supply power available) ?