The TPU uncovered? (A PROBABLE technique.)

[pauldude000]

@Feynman

Okay, first of all, I have just read through the entire thread.  Paul, I think your ideas here are excellent. You should not listen to detractors who have nothing to contribute.   

Update:

I have finished the Arduino microcontroller protocol, including the implementation and circuitry.  The device is called Gemini.  I will tell you how to build it with full plans and part list for free.  If you want I can also build one for you.

Don't offer, if you are not serious, as I will take you up on it in a heartbeat.


@all

Due to the experiments conducted over the last week, I have determined that each coil may well be specific to a design frequency, which should be no real surprise to anyone at this point. The size (diameter) of the collector coils, and the characteristics, size, and placement of the control coils determine the necessary input frequencies. I started to see a drastic increase in voltage output at around 4.9Mhz (I threw the coil setup together) which is from poor designing during the "thunking" stage. I've also noticed a drastic waveform changes.

However, I cannot push the overclocked 555 any higher, (2.7mhz MAX cmos 555 timer stabilized in its timing circuit with two signal diodes and a NPN transistor to help regulate internal waveform, thus keeping the waveform as close to 50% duty cycle as possible in the timing circuit itself. Circuit Diagram somewhere earlier in this thread.) and my highest frequency  (B&K) generator only goes to 5mhz.

I have noticed some interesting things:

1. A horizontal coil should not magnetically interact much with a vertical coil..... Yet my scope set on dual channel, comparing the controls to the collectors were showing obviously something happening, as the output waveforms from each were matching, and on XY I had a somewhat circular pattern (for those whom know what this means)......

2. Small, improperly designed coils may well work..... OUTSIDE YOUR FREQUENCY GENERATING CAPABILITY (Ugggghhhhh. ) No wonder so many have come so close, but never were "there", so to speak. The results thus far gained are from WEAK harmonics (possibly 3rd or 4th from a much smaller wavelength higher actual design frequency)

3. AM "Nodes" appear at a harmonic. Switching through the scopes frequency ranges demonstrated various superimposed waveforms, upon the original waveform through Amplitude Modulation. (unless 60hz is measured in microseconds, it is not line interference... )

4. At such resonance, very small frequency bandwidth changes drastically affect the voltage on the collectors.

Noting all this could well spark some insight. Hopefully they were worth jotting down.

Paul Andrulis

[pauldude000]

@Feynman and Loner

Concerning collector coil material...

There is a simple solution if Air core. Figure the circumference of your desired toroid. Cut a hollow flexible tube to this length. Wind your controls on this tube. Cut one (or more) wire(s) of ordinary copper at > circumference x 2 + 4 inches <.

Push through tube until only 2 inches remain. Bend wire(s) around and reinsert into tube and push through. Bend tube until other end protrudes. Pull both ends until you have your desired toroid. (Until tube ends meet.)

This gives you a testing toroid, in which you can find the right frequency which gives best results. You can at any time cut the copper wire and replace with another material, without having to re-wind the controls, and the frequency will stay the same.......

Paul Andrulis

[BEP]

1. A horizontal coil should not magnetically interact much with a vertical coil..... Yet my scope set on dual channel, comparing the controls to the collectors were showing obviously something happening, as the output waveforms from each were matching, and on XY I had a somewhat circular pattern (for those whom know what this means)......

Sorry to butt in.....

When looking at magnetic coupling between coils, perpendicular to each other.... Induction still occurs. The magnetic is still crossing the secondary wire. The pulse width will be related to the time it takes for the field to cross the diameter of the wire. Hence - extremely short pulses in-phase with the primary.
I found this is a good way to create incredibly short pulses from a circuit that isn't capable of short pulses.

[Feynman]

Hey pauldude,

Good to hear you are making some progress. . . a few questions...

How many control coils are you using?  What is the configuration of your collectors (2xparallel/1xseries, etc)?
What voltage are your control input signals? And what diameter is your TPU?


As for replicating the computer controlled oscillator, you need:

Arduino: $35, http://sparkfun.com
Three LTC6904 programmable oscillators: $3/each, http://digikey.com
Three OPA633 buffers: $9/each, http://digikey.com

And lastly, you probably want your choice of amplification, which generally will be either a fast MOSFET driver/high-speed MOSFET, or a vacuum triode like the 12AX7.

[Feynman]

CMP2X is a digital magnetic compass, which can be used in I2C mode to detect deviation from magnetic north pole (heading). It appears as 24xx series EPROM, with a different I2C address. This compass uses orthogonal two-axis magnetic sensor from Honeywell (HMC1052).