Magnetic Resonance Devices based on Don Smith Concepts

[Peterae]

There's a lot of conflicting information said by Don in his interviews.

What we need to remember is the devices were built many years before he had these interviews that describe their operation, and in between these years he has had a number of strokes, you then realize he is lucky he can talk at all in the interviews, his face is paralyzed down one side and as he talks he dribbles because of this.
He obviously has some trouble remembering exact build details as he stands there telling you a cap has one value and when the camera zooms in it's a totally different value.

I have not been able to verify the value of the large paper-oil caps he says they are 8uF 2000v but he also says they are wired in series, and in the pictures they are obviously in parallel.

Peter

[stprue]

What are your plans for the recharge coils?

[Peterae]

I will probably try making my own litz wire coils and work on the basis of making a few sets untill i have the recharge level right.

but

before this can be done i need to design and build a cpu based HV inverter 1200-2400v 50Hz to 240VAC system

[Yucca]

I will probably try making my own litz wire coils and work on the basis of making a few sets untill i have the recharge level right.

but

before this can be done i need to design and build a cpu based HV inverter 1200-2400v 50Hz to 240VAC system

Hi Peter, great new photo details, can't get better than that really in terms of quality from a video source.

What microcontroller are you planning to use for your inverter module? I've worked with quite a few platforms 68HC11, PIC, ATMEGA and lots of older Z80 based things. Some assembly code work but mainly C.

But for the past couple of years I have always used and recommended the Arduino/Freeduino platform. It's really quite powerful, cheap and very extendeable. Also a great development environment is available for free that allows you to code straight in C.

This UK based site sells micro boards and great addon screens (with code libraries to get running fast), I've ordered lots from these guys, great fast service and quality boards! Oh and the freeduino micro board comes already populated with an atmega168 with preloaded bootloader (what a price!).

http://www.nuelectronics.com/estore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

Development time is very fast and simple, just plug the board using USB cable to PC and the IDE compiles and squirts down the binary. Interrupt handling is a breeze and the ADC on ATMEGA is very precise and linear with quite fast aquisition time.

You can buy stackable breakout boards with breadboard layout for peanuts, a really well implemented platform and REALLY low cost.

Sorry to sound like an advert, but I REALLY like arduino lol.

edit: couple of photos of a pulse motor platform I buit with a freeduino module, delay and width adjusted with mini joystick on the LCD module:

[Peterae]

Hi Yucca

I have a micro electronics background from the 80's LOL so a bit outdated.
I have used C but normally for simple things like this i will use machine language and already have all the PIC development kit so will probably go with these as they come in anything from 6 pin upwards at very low £1-£2 prices.

I also was a Z80 pro  and designed quiet a bit of film animation equipment using them, shame really it's the one micro i have never returned to but have always loved the code structure of the good old Zilog chip.

I was a one man proto devolper at one point and always proto on my own pcbs, very fast turn around and a lot neater than breadboard ect.

Peter