Hi

I have a 16F627A and a 5 volt relay DPST (OMRON G5V-1).

I can drive the the relay coil (167 ohms) ok using a single pin from the Pic.

However, the max current the I/O pin can source is 25ma, and the coil really needs 28ma. Could this burn out the PIC if left driving the relay too long?

I was hoping that I could parallel two I/O pins to drive the coil but when I do this, the relay does not throw at all.

Is there a problem when paralleling two Pic I/O pins together?

J