I am trying to build my own SONOFF like device by using a Wemos D1 mini and associated circuitry. I am facing an issue with electrical noise where whenever switching of the relay causes chattering behavior in my circuit. The issue does not happen always but happens mostly. I have built several circuits with ESP 12E , ESP 01 , WEMOS D1 mini and all of them exhibit some kind of erratic behavior.
I may not be able to explain all kinds of noisy behaviors I have seen but it has mostly been that when switching a relay, it switches ON and OFF multiple times or the second switch is triggered by the first one. I have done the following to either debug this or avoid this by:
- I have put a low pass filter on the input pins if noise at those pins may be causing this. This has had no effect
- I have replaced the 230V-5V module by a DC source to rule out interference from it - this has had no effect.
- I am using pre-built active LOW relay modules which I drive via a PC817 optocoupler to isolate the WEMOS with the relay but it has no effect.
- I have tried measuring the noise but I dont have a Oscilloscope to be able to see it. I have not been able to figure out if the noise is at the input or output PIN.
- The issue has no relation to the firmware on the ESP. I have had my own code , TASMOTA & ESPURNA frameworks, I am able to get a varying level of erratic behavior with all of them. TASMOTA device reboots when that happens while ESPURNA device switches ON and OFF several times or triggers the other relay.
- Also, if I disconnect the load form the relay and operate them the issue almost does not happen. The relay works just fine. So only when I connect the load (which is a fan or LED down lights) the chatter happens.
I have attached photos of the module I have built to enable somebody to point out some glaring issue but as I have made several modules in different configurations, I think that might not be an issue but open to hear if I am missing something there. I have also attached a circuit diagram of the whole circuit which it is based upon. Any ideas on how I can debug the issue more would be helpful. Thanks
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