This is it !

[gmeast]

Stop teasing me Greg or I will magnify the photo and patent it. Just kidding. Looks like a good thing to me. I am prepared for eye strain for a good cause. I thought you were going to take a break and slow down a bit ! I'm still kinda layed up a bit. I have a pool of money put aside enough to buy all the parts several time's over, hope you don't mind if I build several controllers. As soon as you give the go ahead I can have a buy up and go hard, i'll have an area cleared away for running and testing long term, i'm just going to go ahead and order the core for the choke, i'll compare the data on it to some other's and depending on price i'll get some similar but different one's for test's. I think I will try to get some more silver coated wire too. I have money to get the PCB's done also,


Cheers

Hi Farmhand,

OK sounds good on the PCB's. How we gonna do that? How much do we want on the PCB? I want to 'socket' the counter, comparators and somehow the clock ... so traces and socket through-plated holes for those anyway. The driver is really a dilemma, the traces, ground plane(s) and everything dealing with that needs to be 'just so'.

Logistics: I will most likely need the PCB's first to test stuff. What ... should I send the database to you and you order them and ship them here ... or to you and you send me some ... or what? I have no money at all. I've just been able to keep up with electronic parts ... that's it. I'd like to sell a bare-bones board. I know many 'listers' would buy them ... I could use some income ... and I'd like to make something for this effort ... we both can you know ... that would not be selfish. Not many participants in the thread. I'm sure some are watching anonymously ... waiting for someone to say just enough.

Technically, it's solid ... just logistics and some other finalizing details.

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[Farmhand]

Hi Greg, it might be best if I send you the money for the the PCB's they are probably done there anyway and that would get them in you're hands that bit quicker. We can work that all out, we might need two boards and several "Runs" of boards so to speak. I really know nothing of board making, i'm a boiler-maker not a board-maker. Haha. If you PM me an estimate of how much for the boards you want to get done first or whatever, i'll send extra. No probs. You still have my email address ?

Cheers

[gmeast]

Poly-Phase Controller

Hi all,

I've finalized the Poly-Phase Generator architecture. A basic 'Board Set' will allow you to generate a set of 3-Phase signals that are designed to interface with some IGBT or MOSFET Gate Driver IC's. The pulse-widths of all of the phases are the same, but are (collectively) variable as is the frequency. The same Board Set can also be configured to provide a single Phase signal with both variable frequency AND variable pulse-width. As well, the Controller can be expanded to as many as 5 phases ... all with both variable frequency AND variable pulse widths. Frequencies range from 0.25 Hz with a PW of 0.25msec to about 250KHz with a PW of 0.5usec.

The above figures are what was achieved on a solderless breadboard. The performance should be better because of short traces, filled ground planes and a better placement of the components ... as well as a 'switched' voltage regulator that will also reduce power considerably when compared to a linear regulator.

This thing will be available like this:
.... here's the board and a bag of parts plus some instructions ... you build.

For now, those are the plans anyway, but not until we've done preliminary tests of the entire system which includes the big toroid and a couple of chokes. That's what this thread is all about anyway ... a replication of something that's already been done, but with an alternate controller.

I'll post some pictures once I have a set of boards.

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[FRC]

gmeast

Are you saying you are going to be selling kits for these ?

FRC

[gmeast]

kits

Are you saying you are going to be selling kits for these ?

FRC

Hi FRC,

I'm not going to 'give' any kits away. If we sell anything, it will only be the generator, it IS a uniquely separate and stand alone part of this. I'm pretty sure most people would appreciate proceeding with the replication without having to reinvent what I've developed here. It's just another tool ... like an oscilloscope ... it's a very special signal generator with applications extending far beyond, and definitely not limited to, COP>1 experimentation.

Believe me, it would be very difficult to build one of these without continually fighting the mechanics of it. It's just a controller. It has little to do with the actual technology itself demonstrated in the opening video of this thread. I wish I could have just 'bought' an appropriate controller and proceeded from there to replicate the effect. The 'effect' is NOT about the controller, it's about the whole thing.

So "YES" I guess you inferred correctly.

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[gmeast]

Poly-Phase PWM

Hi all,

Boy ... this is a quiet thread now! Anyway, here's a video of an enhancement that is a permanent part of the Poly-Phase Controller ... "PPC" for short. The video shows the prototype doing low-frequency operation with FULL digital PWM control. At that low frequency there are more than 4,000 discrete steps of adjustment precision from 0% to 100%.

YouTube - Greg's Poly-Phase Controller doing PWM @ low frequency

... more details accompany in the video description.

Enjoy. Thanks,

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[cikljamas]

Hi Greg (and others) !

You are soul of this thread, and you do not give up just like that, i admire
your efforts, and time, and belief in final outcome of your enterprise, and
you make me also thankful for all this in this "this is it" stuff !

Armstrong said once upon a time in Hollywood studio : this is (not it) small
step for one liar but giant step for man kind ( )but i hope you are going
to be able to say proudly same sentence very soon and not lying to audience
like Armstrong and lot of other OU Armstrongs did a lot of time ...

I am not able to help you in any way, and since i understood that fact i just
withdrew from this thread, but i am watching you from time to time and i
just cant believe how persistent you are !

Tesla is smiling on you from the sky !

Peace and love like Tyson likes to say

And finally if you allow me one question :
Dont you think your OU is waiting for you just behind the door ?
How long you are going to wait before you decide to open it ?

Sorry, it is two questions after all !

[gmeast]

it's you!

Hi Greg (and others) !

You are soul of this thread, and you do not give up just like that, i admire
your efforts, and time, and belief in final outcome of your enterprise, and
you make me also thankful for all this in this "this is it" stuff !

Armstrong said once upon a time in Hollywood studio : this is (not it) small
step for one liar but giant step for man kind ( )but i hope you are going
to be able to say proudly same sentence very soon and not lying to audience
like Armstrong and lot of other OU Armstrongs did a lot of time ...

I am not able to help you in any way, and since i understood that fact i just
withdrew from this thread, but i am watching you from time to time and i
just cant believe how persistent you are !

Tesla is smiling on you from the sky !

Peace and love like Tyson likes to say

And finally if you allow me one question :
Dont you think your OU is waiting for you just behind the door ?
How long you are going to wait before you decide to open it ?

Sorry, it is two questions after all !

Hi cycleman,

Nice to hear from you. I'm designing the circuit boards now. I have a rugged poly-phase circuit now. It will be useful in other research and applications. I'm very excited AND poor $$... but that's OK because that's the way it goes most of the time for ideas and goals that are RIGHT and HONEST.

... glad you're watching ... stay tuned ... COP>1 IS just behind the door ... getting ready to "open it" (as you put it) but the door must be 'unlocked' with THE RIGHT KEY, first.

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[cikljamas]

Hi cycleman,

Nice to hear from you. I'm designing the circuit boards now. I have a rugged poly-phase circuit now. It will be useful in other research and applications. I'm very excited AND poor $$... but that's OK because that's the way it goes most of the time for ideas and goals that are RIGHT and HONEST.

... glad you're watching ... stay tuned ... COP>1 IS just behind the door ... getting ready to "open it" (as you put it) but the door must be 'unlocked' with THE RIGHT KEY, first.

Later

I am crossing my fingers for you and for man kind !
After all, you just went too far to give up now !
I just put this link in one other thread and allow me to put it here too :

YouTube - Chicken a la Carte

It has got a lot in common with free energy and cheap food that every
man in this world has right to have because God gave him that right,
but man took him away...

Peace and love !

[gmeast]

switching voltage reglulator

Hi all,

I wanted to demonstrate the attributes and advantage of a switching voltage regulator over a linear voltage regulator ... the main difference being lower power consumption by your circuit. The regulators are bucking 13.5VDC down to 5VDC. This regulator circuit will be used on the Poly-Phase Controller for obvious reasons.

The following bumbling video makes the point. The 'switcher' circuit in the video uses the Texas Instruments TL2575HV (adjustable). I hope the video is helpful. Here:

YouTube - switcher1.MPG

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[gmeast]

switch-mode

Hi all,

Today I received the 'DIP-version' of the TL2575 simple 'switch-mode' regulator. This part is not the adjustable part and is 5VDC fixed ... which is what I want. I'm also using the same 1Amp, 300uH Toroidal Inductor (except the 'vertical package' ... smaller footprint # PE-52647NL). Building your circuit regulator as a switch-mode instead of using a linear is just good sense in my opinion. The switch-mode is so efficient you don't need a heat sink and in fact the data sheet says it's possible you won't use one. I was going to use the flat SM version with the heat sink on the back for sinking to the board, but instead, I'll use the DIP version and do any sinking through the Non-Circuit Connected pins ... there's 5 of them to sink to a fill-plane on the board ... they can be common to the GND Pins (3 of those) also ... making 8 Pins to carry off what little heat there will be to a 'beefy' PCB copper plane.

A picture of it showing the Orange wire as 5VDC Out and the two Yellow wires (upper B-GND, lower B+Vin Supply) is here:
http://02d1852.netsolhost.com/radian...-fixed_reg.JPG

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[7imix]

Hi all,

Today I received the 'DIP-version' of the TL2575 simple 'switch-mode' regulator. This part is not the adjustable part and is 5VDC fixed ... which is what I want. I'm also using the same 1Amp, 300uH Toroidal Inductor (except the 'vertical package' ... smaller footprint # PE-52647NL). Building your circuit regulator as a switch-mode instead of using a linear is just good sense in my opinion. The switch-mode is so efficient you don't need a heat sink and in fact the data sheet says it's possible you won't use one. I was going to use the flat SM version with the heat sink on the back for sinking to the board, but instead, I'll use the DIP version and do any sinking through the Non-Circuit Connected pins ... there's 5 of them to sink to a fill-plane on the board ... they can be common to the GND Pins (3 of those) also ... making 8 Pins to carry off what little heat there will be to a 'beefy' PCB copper plane.

A picture of it showing the Orange wire as 5VDC Out and the two Yellow wires (upper B-GND, lower B+Vin Supply) is here:
http://02d1852.netsolhost.com/radian...-fixed_reg.JPG

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Awesome man. I really appreciate the quality of your design skills. Looking forward to trying this out.

I have been taking a break from this, doing some stingo, slayer exciter, and tesla coil builds. I don't have the experience to design the transient protection for the clock, so I'm waiting for a more complete circuit before I continue on this project.

[gmeast]

progress

Awesome man. I really appreciate the quality of your design skills. Looking forward to trying this out.

I have been taking a break from this, doing some stingo, slayer exciter, and tesla coil builds. I don't have the experience to design the transient protection for the clock, so I'm waiting for a more complete circuit before I continue on this project.

Thanks ... nice to hear from you. I'm just designing away trying to make things fit onto Express PCB's Miniboard format for $$$ reasons. Some input from Bob has hinted to how/where/why re: chokes ... which should address the 'protection issue(s)'. I now have my samples from Micrometals ... they are very nice people. I have both T157-52, T157-45 & T130-52, T130-45 size/mix cores. The basic Poly Phase Controller circuit has matured as much as possible as a prototype. It's turned into a very generic and potentially universal pulse generator with extremely low power consumption for it's flexibility.

I thought maybe the switch-mode regulator variety would have some utility for other experimenters so I'll be passing this info' on to the community as I use it. Power regulation can be important to some research projects.

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[7imix]

Did Boyce ever drop enough hints about what to use instead of an optocoupler so we could figure it out? Some sort of digital logic mixed with a led/phototransistor or something?

[gmeast]

Did Boyce ever drop enough hints about what to use instead of an optocoupler so we could figure it out? Some sort of digital logic mixed with a led/phototransistor or something?

Yes he did. He said to use the exact driver parts as used in the 3G ... we have that parts list ... I remember someone posting it, then I lost mine and you or someone else re-posted it. The driver chip is the UCC27322 chip ... non-inverting, amplifying, logic level to VDD signal input, etc. No Opto's or anything else ... xxxxxx22 right to the gate.

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