Successful TPU-ECD replication !

[Fuse_box41]

Hi Im Bill. I'm new here. I'm 38, male from Florida. First of all I'd like to say "Great Job" to those who have been working so hard on the TPU. I never imagined it would get even this far back when I first saw the video. I am impressed by the whole Open Source Energy Project. It's about time someone stepped up to the plate. Thank you everyone for all your hard work. And this is coming from a good ol' southern boy with a little electronics knowledge and alot of concern for the way our world is headed.

I have worked on BEAM Robotics and some analog control circuitry projects made with digital IC's. I have been experimenting with electronics for about 12 years on and off.

Been reading the board for about 3 days to try and get an idea of how to start building the TPU. I saw the original video quite some time ago on the internet somehwere (youtube?) anyways, I've been wanting to experiment with this device ever since I first heard of it.

I used to play around with a circuit called the "POD Power On Demand Circuit". It's on the JLN Labs site somewhere. It used a steel core which was then surrounded by permanent magnets to create an (opposing field?). That fixture was then wrapped with about 150 turns of .22 wire which was then fed with square pulses of about 40 khz. It generated 150 volt negative spikes with the permanent magnets and about 50 volt without. I still have my coil around here somewhere. lol. Maybe I'll hook it up again for old times sake. Maybe I will try to reverse engineer it or convert it for use with the TPU. It had some weird connections so I would have to look at it again.

I could never figure out how to convert the spikes in the POD circuit because I with thinking about trying to manipulate it via capacitance but I see now by studying the TPU that I was missing some vital components. Like the circular copper core. And the three input pulses/coils. I also see how it is possible for conversion to happen in the TPU via the parallel setup (by being fed back into the loop and using the inductors to re-capture it). To me it looks like a big open feedback loop that you can hook a load into.

So right now I'm cleaning up my computer room and Im going to start building. I'm starting at the beginning. I dont have much equipment to work with but I think I can at least get started on the first few steps. I need an oscilloscope bad. I have an old radio shack probe scope that I can hook to my PC but that will not do the trick. I need a real scope. And I need a couple of analog meters. All I have is a digital meter. The big yellow one from radio shack. Lol everythings from radio shack, except some chips and solar cells I got from mouser and solarbotics. I was thinking the TPU could maybe be converted to solar startup eventually.

So I've read and read and read and now I'm ready to slowly start building. I'll keep you guys posted and try to document as much as I can. I have a video camera so that might be a good solution for that problem. I apologize for my video etiquette in advance. lol. Yea.

[otto]

Hello all,

@Bill

welcome on board here.

You need 3 oscillators, a scope, a lot of wires ......lot of time.....a mind that is open for new knowledge....

As said, welcome.

Otto

PS: we are here to help and share our results

[Fuse_box41]

Im working on my oscillator set up now. I'm going to start basic. I havent experimented in a long time though so I have to relearn some basics. I have a few problems Im working on right now. I want to experiment with different oscillator set ups. I want to set up a cascaded oscillator but not sure which 74 chip I want to use. I have 74hc14, 74hc240, 74hc244, and some others. I would have to rummage and organize to see what else I have.

I've already set up my first 555 oscillator just to play and experiment around with but I need a wider frequency range. researching that now. It's almost like I have to start at the beginning again. I haven't experimented in a long time. :-)

Is there somewhere you guys keep all your circuit schematics? Like a group download page or something with schematics and mechanical diagrams? I would like to rummage through them if that's ok.

Bill

[z.monkey]

Howdy Y'all,

You know you could drive this whole thing with one PIC processor.  Tie some Darlington transistors to a few GPIOs. The collector of each Darlington transistor is tied to a field coil of the TPU.  Use an interrupt routine to set the time base and then rotate the bits where the Darlingtons are attached.  This way you can control the frequency and pulse duration with the code in the interrupt routine very precisely.  Of course you are going to have to learn assembly language to do this.  But this is a small price to pay to avoid dealing with those archaic 555 timers.  The TPU device is very intriguing to me.  I have been reading the TPU forums for quite a while.  I am a little busy with other projects right now, but eventually I would like to try and take a stab at a TPU project.

Blessed Be Brothers...

[turbo]

Hello all,

@Bill

welcome on board here.

You need 3 oscillators, a scope, a lot of wires ......lot of time.....a mind that is open for new knowledge....

As said, welcome.

Otto

PS: we are here to help and share our results

You do not need 3 oscillators if you decide to use a microchip.
This microchip is clocked by a crystal and the code decides what happens next.
I agree with z.monkey to stay away from 555 timers as far as possible.

Marco.