My Motors got me to Tap into Radiant Energy

[prochiro]

@ Kogs
Congratulations and well done. Sorry about the diodes, will explain below.

@ All
JS is the expert on circuits here and all I am saying here is subject to his correction. I have vary bad eyes and had severe problems soldering a circuit with the extreme small size presented in the PDF. I also had several of the small copper lines burn and they are hard to find and repair. Sooooooooo, I enlarged just a bit and added much wider copper everywhere. I remembered that JS wanted us to send each fet in and out to a large buss and not combine them before getting to that buss. Sooooooooo, I really enlarged my copper at the pads and built up1/16 to almost 18 inch solder so the pads acted as a buss and held capacitance. The capacitance is a big issue some have forgotten. After having some diagnosis trouble, I put a two pin disconnect after the resistors going to the fets. Later I found that four boards was hard to handle at one time so I put the lower part of the circuit up to the fets on one board and all the fets on another. Bolting these two board together with two bolts made one board of the mess. By being able to separate the upper from the lower also gave me ability to work on the fet area and not mess up the lower part as well at fast diagnosis. After populating the boards I covered copper with all the solder they would hold.
This was not my first board as I made many before that and this is why I recommend that when you order an expensive board, you first etch it and make it work. These two boards actually cost me under five dollars to create minus the parts. I used one 12x12 inch clad on one side to do it. I got 15 of these on ebay for 45 dollars here.
5 Kepro Circuit Systems 12" x 12" Single Side Copper Clad Circuit Board | eBay

That is enough to make 20 sets of Monsters and the boards are vary strong. Two times stronger than any I have seem. When you guys put your circuits in motor vehicles or bikes, keep this in mind.
Kogs, I use 18 volts because I am using four sets of regulators at one time. Each regulator, when on, takes away mote than a volt. If you put in 12 volts, with four regulators you may end up with much lower than 12 volts at fets which will not hit them hard.
These diagrams I am presenting here are not the final product as we are in experimental stage. I see in the future a small purchased board which may be quite different than this. It does work and work well with NO weakness or problems anywhere. I present these as a starting point for your own builds only. The copper in the lower part does not need to be this heavy but the fet stage really does need this sort of structure.

This is the lower part, up to fets;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nnky7wtkck...erUPTOFets.jpg

This is the fet stage;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb0y8t5bux...onsterFets.jpg

I show multiple circuit here but you can separate at will.

Hope this helps some as we need many of these working in every country of the world.
Dana

[sampojo]

@Cornman good suggestion

Hey Corn guy (reply from Pg 67 Post 2010)
I missed that one! Yeah I think it can go in there. I do see though that we are trying to operate at about 1/10 the JS design capacity, 100A's, arent we? Dana has reported cool operation, kinda limited test info still at this point. Machine has been losing FETs but he seems to be getting some voltage spikes.

And somebody please riddle me this, as Robin used to say to Batman.
(@prochiro @Ufo)
With an 8-brush Imperial, you have 2 motor brush pairs. So it would seem you should have only 2 driver boards, but pretty sure Dana is using 4 driver setups that use dual Mosfets, but on one big board he has manufactured. Guess I got a lot of studying to do on this 4-stator motor hook-up, which is the plan with my QP10 motor. Gotta go over all that arduino hookup and coding stuff! But a little illumination of this big picture to me would be a helpful steer in that direction

SOOO if lower amperage ops are reliable, I notice with this design the FETs could be brought back-to-back to share a heat sink if footprint considerations become important i.e. boxing the drivers up in a rugged compact control box.

But I think things can be wiggled around to be brought inline and make room for a bigger heat sink. One thing is certain with a 2-layer board design limitation to control cost is that the FETs must maintain the mirrored back-to-back installation you may notice in the current PCB. So an FET could be moved down and maintain the existing spacing between them along the Y-axis. I'll try again soon, as I need to start my honey do list asap.

Good eye Cornman! (check your PMs)

[sampojo]

Re: Dana Post 2012

Dana, nice work on splitting the FETs off. Is that from the T3001 program? I could not get around too easy on that hummer of a CAD program! Definitely for the pros among us. Definitely an attractive idea separating the boards...

[Cornboy 555]

Back in Time.

Hey Corn guy (reply from Pg 67 Post 2010)
I missed that one! Yeah I think it can go in there. I do see though that we are trying to operate at about 1/10 the JS design capacity, 100A's, arent we? Dana has reported cool operation, kinda limited test info still at this point. Machine has been losing FETs but he seems to be getting some voltage spikes.

And somebody please riddle me this, as Robin used to say to Batman.
(@prochiro @Ufo)
With an 8-brush Imperial, you have 2 motor brush pairs. So it would seem you should have only 2 driver boards, but pretty sure Dana is using 4 driver setups that use dual Mosfets, but on one big board he has manufactured. Guess I got a lot of studying to do on this 4-stator motor hook-up, which is the plan with my QP10 motor. Gotta go over all that arduino hookup and coding stuff! But a little illumination of this big picture to me would be a helpful steer in that direction

SOOO if lower amperage ops are reliable, I notice with this design the FETs could be brought back-to-back to share a heat sink if footprint considerations become important i.e. boxing the drivers up in a rugged compact control box.

But I think things can be wiggled around to be brought inline and make room for a bigger heat sink. One thing is certain with a 2-layer board design limitation to control cost is that the FETs must maintain the mirrored back-to-back installation you may notice in the current PCB. So an FET could be moved down and maintain the existing spacing between them along the Y-axis. I'll try again soon, as I need to start my honey do list asap.

Good eye Cornman! (check your PMs)

Hey JOEY, i had the (seeing) problem about pulsing all the gates, too, but it is all explained in the motor thread with UFO's excellent diagrams. If i had the time i would gladly hunt back the info for you and post the link, BUT alass.

Maybe if someone is going over that part now they could post a link.

One other thing @all, installing some neons across the fets to alarm you when voltage is becoming critical, would be a good idea? you would probably want 3 so when 300v or more is Returning back to say hello, you can back off, or check why this is not flowing from your output brushes.

I love seeing working lights on this stuff, visual things are very important, to help anyone who is watching, and trying to understand, what we are doing.
Warmest Regards Cornboy.

[iankoglin]

Hey Corn guy (reply from Pg 67 Post 2010)

And somebody please riddle me this, as Robin used to say to Batman.
(@prochiro @Ufo)
With an 8-brush Imperial, you have 2 motor brush pairs. So it would seem you should have only 2 driver boards, but pretty sure Dana is using 4 driver setups that use dual Mosfets, but on one big board he has manufactured.

G'day Sampojo
Dana is writing the Arduino program to run the P56 motor to run the Macc Alte generator all the brush pairs are used to drive the motor we do not need to use any for a generator
Kindest Regards

Kogs still looking/learning

[sampojo]

One other thing @all, installing some neons across the fets to alarm you when voltage is becoming critical, would be a good idea? you would probably want 3 so when 300v or more is Returning back to say hello, you can back off, or check why this is not flowing from your output brushes.

I love seeing working lights on this stuff, visual things are very important, to help anyone who is watching, and trying to understand, what we are doing.
Warmest Regards Cornboy.

Hi Cornman, neons sound really great and np to add along required traces. I have sufficient room for sure. Is this the same as at the beginning of this thread where it glows orange on hot voltage but if it is getting RE, it goes purple? Can you suggest exactly where to put them on the diagram?

Concerning heat sink issue, I think I can just drop IC5 (second MOSFET) down to stagger them, not so much back to back as in the thumbnail? Thats about all you can get there without the upper and lower traces getting too close. Then a nice thick piece of aluminum can slide in-between with maybe even some fins as a tophat? You likee?

[Ufopolitics]

Neons...

Hi Cornman, neons sound really great and np to add along required traces. I have sufficient room for sure. Is this the same as at the beginning of this thread where it glows orange on hot voltage but if it is getting RE, it goes purple? Can you suggest exactly where to put them on the diagram?

Concerning heat sink issue, I think I can just drop IC5 (second MOSFET) down to stagger them, not so much back to back as in the thumbnail? Thats about all you can get there without the upper and lower traces getting too close. Then a nice thick piece of aluminum can slide in-between with maybe even some fins as a tophat? You likee?

Hello Sampojo,


Nice board!, great work!
The Neons go between Drain-Source of FET's...they will "absorb and monitor" the level of spikes according to brightness, now seen it in too much of the "Lady Colors"...is not good and your fet's will go anytime if so.


Regards


Ufopolitics

[Cornboy 555]

Yep.

Hi Cornman, neons sound really great and np to add along required traces. I have sufficient room for sure. Is this the same as at the beginning of this thread where it glows orange on hot voltage but if it is getting RE, it goes purple? Can you suggest exactly where to put them on the diagram?

Concerning heat sink issue, I think I can just drop IC5 (second MOSFET) down to stagger them, not so much back to back as in the thumbnail? Thats about all you can get there without the upper and lower traces getting too close. Then a nice thick piece of aluminum can slide in-between with maybe even some fins as a tophat? You likee?

Yes Sampo, me likee, thanks for all you are doing.

Warm Regards Cornboy.

[sampojo]

Couple ExPCB ideas need feedback

With the expressed interest in having the FET board separate from the driver section, and myself having a jaundiced eye toward the extra setup fees at ExPCB, I thought I could tolerate the idea where I could take the hack saw to a single board and viola!, presto-chango boards are separated So to that end, here below is a demonstration of that idea showing room made to do it and cut along the green line. If this is considered a good idea it should be pushed just a little further where the pads in the middle are maybe brought together so that a 3-pin jumper could join the 2 with the proper cable. It would have the 2 driver connections and the ground would have to be brought up to a connector.

Should this design be pursued?



The second item I am unclear about is grounds. I put a lot of pads around the corners, some on the ground path as is quite normal in board design. However Did I read some where recently that nary the grounds of the motor circuit and the controller circuit should meet? If this was a control box and it was all grounded to the chassis of an electric asym powered scooter, is that appropriate?

Those default provided jumper icons look overly large and I need to look at a different footprint.

get at neons soon.

And another thingee, JS's desigh seemed to have symmetry on the heavy wires and all connected, with paths to FET1 and 2 equidistant. As you can see that is not possible with my green wire heavy trace. That would put the kibosh to this layout fast!!!

Edit: kibosh: meaning kill the design as incorrect!

Oh well I am going to go work on my motor now.

[Cornboy 555]

JS

Hello Sampojo, It might be a good idea if you wait for John Stone to return and have a look at it all, he won't be long now, and he may have some suggestions that will help.

Warm Regards Cornboy.

[Ufopolitics]

Ground...

With the expressed interest in having the FET board separate from the driver section, and myself having a jaundiced eye toward the extra setup fees at ExPCB, I thought I could tolerate the idea where I could take the hack saw to a single board and viola!, presto-chango boards are separated So to that end, here below is a demonstration of that idea showing room made to do it and cut along the green line. If this is considered a good idea it should be pushed just a little further where the pads in the middle are maybe brought together so that a 3-pin jumper could join the 2 with the proper cable. It would have the 2 driver connections and the ground would have to be brought up to a connector.

Should this design be pursued?



Those default provided jumper icons look overly large and I need to look at a different footprint.

get at neons soon.

Hello Sampojo,

I believe the correct answer as for the new layout of board...should be given by Dana or Sir John Stone...

I see it very nice and I believe it could save time and money by making a whole board then splicing it ourselves...that's what you meant right?

The second item I am unclear about is grounds. I put a lot of pads around the corners, some on the ground path as is quite normal in board design. However Did I read some where recently that nary the grounds of the motor circuit and the controller circuit should meet? If this was a control box and it was all grounded to the chassis of an electric asym powered scooter, is that appropriate?

Now about Grounds, what we were talking about-that I can remember- was to ground referring as the Batteries Negative Source and to the FET's Switching side of circuit, and of course to FET's Source. As far as the Asymmetrical Imperial, it can NOT be grounded...since we are using the Negative Gates to Pulse them, and using a common Positive to all.

On a "second note"...remember Radiant flows back in all our Asymmetric motors...and it tends to go to ground or Motor Stator Frame if there is a short distance SHE could jump to...so, it would not be recommended to add this motor ground to electronics...but to a Chassis Ground of the vehicle just for "discharge purposes".


Regards


Ufopolitics

[wayne.ct]

PCB mfg

If any of you are open to checking out an alternate PCB manufacturer with low prices, you might want to explore Eagle Cad Free edition and OSHPark.com. I have used them recently and with good results.

[prochiro]

@ Sampojo
JS, Bro D(Donald Haas) an I have shown diagrams of proven circuits. Donald's circuits are split and I have given them several times, the last at post 1985, I think in this thread. I believe that any of these are good but JS's may benifit from seperation between sections and larger pads. If cost is important to you, etch just one of these first to test. Acquisition of the correct board is the easy part and only takes an hour. You are spending a lot of energy trying to derive the perfect setup, but this is done by building one, watching it work and changing things then make a better one. I have been thru that and believe that My circuit is good but could be reduced or split into four. To me, it is more important to have a strong, goof proof setup than have a tiny one that fits into a tiny box at this time. That will come later. I have no need for neon's as I did the testing JS required and I KNOW the circuit.
Dana

[prochiro]

@ Sampojo
One thing that I see in your design is that your hookups are located on all corners. If you are planning on stacking all four into a small area or box you have a nightmare to hookup all those wires without taking them all apart. Having all wires possible in one location and possibly with a multi-plug it a good way to go. This is an example of what you will find when you buy a circuit without having it proofed first. Your circuit may work but with all those locations, you can not fit them together in the end the way you wanted too. JS has put a lot of time into his design and it shows much forethought and experience. This circuit, as machine is finding out, must be built, taken apart for study -testing-repair many times so functionality is important also. To do all this takes experience which means build several first then order a fleet.
Dana

[sampojo]

Wow, nice site OSHPark.com

If any of you are open to checking out an alternate PCB manufacturer with low prices, you might want to explore Eagle Cad Free edition and OSHPark.com. I have used them recently and with good results.

Thanks Wayne! These guys do Gerber data! And reasonably priced! Well I am intimately familiar with the circuit now putting it in ExpressPCB tools anyway. It has helped doing dry runs with the circuit diagrams and filled in some blanks for me on the BOM. Here is a comparison of pricing models.

OSHPark 3 monster drvr boards ($5/sq.in.) $50 $16.66/bd
ExPCB 4 monster drvr boards $100 $25/bd

OSHPark 20 monster drvr boards ($1/sq.in.) $200 $10/bd 150sq.in. min lots of 10
ExPCB 20 monster drvr boards $235 $11.75/bd proto pricing, have not investigated production pricing

No running design unde EcPCB still.

To get the Gerber data files, you must install Target 3001, load the JS/prochiro/DH files and extract the gerber files.