MCP23017 I2C I/O Expander to Relay Kit with ULN2803

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Hello,

I have succesfully connected an MCP23017 to my Arduino Mega and got it to blink a LED using a 330 Ohm resistor. Now I am trying to drive the relay's on a Velleman K6714-16

K6714-16 datasheet: https://www.velleman.eu/downloads/0/illustrated/illustrated_assembly_manual_k6714-16.pdf

MCP23017 datasheet: **broken link removed**

I connected the output pin through a 330 ohm resistor to an input pin on the Velleman K6714-16 and connected the ground pin of the Velleman card to the common ground. For some reason this works for about 5 blinks and then the MCP23017 is blown up. If I use an Arduino digital output pin instead of an MCP23017 pin everything works fine.

I think I do something wrong with the wiring.



Regards,

Edwin
 

After some further testing it seems the problem is of a different nature, the test with the blinking led seems to work for a few seconds and then stops blinking. After resetting the microcontroller it most of the time continues blinking until it stops again after a while.
 

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