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Experimenting with Magnetic Components: The Challengers

pchan — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:40:40 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by pchan on 1/27/2022 9:40:40 PM

Welcome to the Experimenting with Magnetic Components challengers page!

Our Experimenting with Magnetic Components Competition a(n) collaboration/association with Bourns, has now launched. The 10 challengers will use the Magnetic Components kit to experiment, test, build, or just play around with transformers, inductors, line filters, and more in their projects. These Challengers will receive a Challenger Kit for FREE.

Please join us in congratulating the official sponsored Challengers. We look forward to reading all your initial blogs introducing your project designs.

Smart Coin Sorter
Synopsis: Experiment and build an oscillator for use in a smart coin sorter and see the possibility of using any of the coils as the transmitter coil, study what possible filters can attenuate noise.

Enrique Albertos's project blogs

Test Gan Quick Mobile Charger Different CMC
Synopsis: Experiment with different common mode chokes in a GaN Mobile charger with 65W output.

F. Yao's project blogs

Chokes in the Lab
Synopsis: Experiment with inductors as LAB project building block, including uses, applications and measurement.

Jan Cumps's project blogs

Experimenting with Magnetic Components
Synopsis: I am interested to experiment the challenge kit in using for the practical testing laboratory to design the suitable circuits and to study their I-V characteristics.

karthickiot's project blogs

Filtering Output Noise 5volt Mobile Charger
Synopsis: Using a spare old phone charger with high output noise, I want to build a circuit that can filter this noise.

manojroy's project blogs

Go Discrete: Go Power
Synopsis: Use the kit's radial inductor parts for designing the buck-convertor stage and experiment with common mode chokes.

navadeepganeshu's project blogs

Ideal vs Real Inductors
Synopsis: Experiment and compare an ideal inductor with no parasitics, perfect linear impedance vs frequency plot, no SRF, no DCR vs a real/practical/non-ideal model of inductor. I will also talk about the importance of SRF and Q-factor and how a single inductor can behave as a tank circuit at higher frequencies thereby severely affecting the performance of the circuits.

rsjawale24's project blogs

Experimenting with Magnetic Components
Synopsis: Experiment with a line filter to check for possible scope of frequency signal entering into input power. I will also experiment with various kit inductors to find the quantity of fluctuation reduction when a fluctuating current flows and storing electric energy as magnetic energy. I would like to experiment with Pulse Transformers to turn ON and OFF using a switch at an operating frequency and a pulse duration that delivers the required amount of power.

Swathi C's project blogs

Multi-Inductor Interleaved Boost Converter
Synopsis: Experiment with an Interleaved boost converter that is suited for high power application due to lower ripple content in current. I will investigate the performance variation of IBC with the change of inductor value because inductance has a big impact on input current ripple and output voltage ripple.

Taifur's project blogs

Power Supply Noise Rejection Filters for Sensitive Devices
Synopsis: I'll use this Magnetic components kit to create multiple power supply topologies.

vinayyn's project blogs

Congratulations to all our selected challengers!

Good Luck Everyone!

Tags: challengers, experimenting_with_magnetic_components, bourns

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migration.user — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:59:30 GMT

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Experimenting with Magnetic Components: The Challengers

pchan — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:55:29 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Documents by pchan on 10/21/2021 8:55:29 PM

Experimenting with Magnetic Components

Welcome to the Experimenting with Magnetic Components challengers page!

Please join us in congratulating the official sponsored Challengers. We look forward to reading all your initial blogs introducing your project designs.

javagoza

Project: Smart Coin Sorter

Synopsis: Experiment and build an oscillator for use in a smart coin sorter and see the possibility of using any of the coils as the transmitter coil, study what possible filters can attenuate noise.

Enrique Albertos's project blogs

fyaocn

Project: Test Gan Quick Mobile Charger Different CMC

Synopsis: Experiment with different common mode chokes in a GaN Mobile charger with 65W output.

F. Yao's project blogs

Jan Cumps

Project: Chokes in the Lab

Synopsis: Experiment with inductors as LAB project building block, including uses, applications and measurement

Jan Cumps's project blogs

karthickiot

Project: Experimenting with Magnetic Components

Synopsis: I am interested to experiment the challenge kit in using for the practical testing laboratory to design the suitable circuits and to study their I-V characteristics.

karthickiot's project blogs

manojroy123

Project: Filtering Output Noise 5volt Mobile Charger

Synopsis: Using a spare old phone charger with high output noise, I want to build a circuit that can filter this noise.

manojroy's project blogs

navadeepganeshu

Project: Go Discrete: Go Power

Synopsis: Use the kit's radial inductor parts for designing the buck-convertor stage and experiment with common mode chokes.

navadeepganeshu's project blogs

rsjawale24

Project: Ideal vs Real Inductors

Synopsis: Experiment and compare an ideal inductor with no parasitics, perfect linear impedance vs frequency plot, no SRF, no DCR vs a real/practical/non-ideal model of inductor. I will also talk about the importance of SRF and Q-factor and how a single inductor can behave as a tank circuit at higher frequencies thereby severely affecting the performance of the circuits.

rsjawale24's project blogs

swathic

Project: Experimenting with Magnetic Components

Synopsis: Experiment with a line filter to check for possible scope of frequency signal entering into input power. I will also experiment with various kit inductors to find the quantity of fluctuation reduction when a fluctuating current flows and storing electric energy as magnetic energy. I would like to experiment with Pulse Transformers to turn ON and OFF using a switch at an operating frequency and a pulse duration that delivers the required amount of power.

Swathi C's project blogs

taifur

Project: Multi-Inductor Interleaved Boost Converter

Synopsis: Experiment with an Interleaved boost converter that is suited for high power application due to lower ripple content in current. I will investigate the performance variation of IBC with the change of inductor value because inductance has a big impact on input current ripple and output voltage ripple.

Taifur's project blogs

vinayyn

Project: Power Supply Noise Rejection Filters for Sensitive Devices

Synopsis: I'll use this Magnetic components kit to create multiple power supply topologies.

vinayyn's project blogs

Congratulations to all our selected challengers!

Good Luck Everyone!

Tags: challengers, experimenting_with_magnetic_components, bourns

Experimenting with Magnetic Components: About the Competition

rscasny — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:54:23 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by rscasny on 10/21/2021 8:54:23 PM

Experimenting with Magnetic Components

About the Competition

As far back as 1820, when Hans Christian Ørsted passed a current through a wire causing a compass need to move due to the magnetic field produced (Ørsted’s Law), magnetism has inspired simple experiments that would ultimately change the world with a slew of innovations. Michael Faraday's simple experiment of passing a magnet through a cardboard tube wrapped with wire causing an induced EMF (Faraday’s Law of Induction) formed the foundation of commonplace devices like the electric motor, transformer, generator, and electric guitar pick up.

Today's generation of magnetics are finely engineered devices that are utilized in advanced applications, spanning power conversion, filters, oscillators, circuit isolation, and many more. To this end, element14's Experimenting with Magnetic Components competition is an opportunity to provide our participants a kit of magnetic components so they can conduct their own experiments and blog about what they learned. Our judges will select the best experiment-blog reports and award some really great prizes to the winners.

What kind of experiments can the participants perform?

It depends on your interests! EMI suppression, filters, DC/DC converters, power line noise suppression, isolation power supplies, and more. It's totally up to you, so use your imagination and creativity.

What do I need to do to win the Grand Prize or Runner Up Prize?

After the month long enrollment period is complete, and the 10 FREE magnetic component kits are shipped, you will have 8 weeks to complete your experiments, write two blogs, and share what you learned about magnetic components. You will be judged by the quality of your final blog and what you learned about these components.

What do I get if I don't win the Grand Prize, but I wrote the two blogs?

If you successfully finish, yet are not the grand or runner-up prize winners, you will be eligible to receive the finisher prize. But remember, you have to write two blogs by the deadline to be considered a finisher!

JOIN THE CHALLENGE

Who is Eligible to Enroll?

Any element14 member can enroll in the Experimenting with Magnetic Components competition. But to receive one of 10 FREE magnetic component kits, you need to submit an application by the enrollment deadline, September 10th, 2021. (If you're not an element14 member go to https://www.element14.com/community/create-account.jspa to create an account or register here. It takes less than a minute to register.)

Important Dates

Enrollment Begins:	July 29, 2021
Enrollment Ends:	September 10th, 2021
Applicants Selected:	September 14, 2021
Challenge Begins:	September 21, 2021
Challenge Ends:	November 15, 2021

Blogging Requirements: Only 2 Blogs!

In order to successfully finish this competition in full, you are required to blog twice during the competition period. You can blog more than twice, if you wish. Our recommendation is:

Write Blog 1: Introduce yourself and explain what experiments you plan to perform. Due October 5th, 2021.

Write Blog 2: Show the results of your experiments, using images, screen captures, videos, tables, charts, etc. Then tell us what you learned about magnetic components. Due November 15, 2021.

Please also tag your blogs with 'Experimenting with Magnetic Components.'

The Prizes

There will be two great prizes: a Grand Prize and a Runner Up prize. We will also offer a finisher prize to those who have met the requirements for finishing the competition in full by November 15, 2021.

The Grand Prize will have two options:

Option A	Option B
Dell G15 5510 15.6" Gaming Laptop Computer - Grey Intel Core i7 10th Gen 10870H 2.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6; 16GB DDR4-2933 RAM; 1TB Solid State Drive	Epson - Home Cinema 3200 4K 3LCD Projector with High Dynamic Range - White

Option A

Option B

Dell G15 5510 15.6" Gaming Laptop Computer - Grey

Intel Core i7 10th Gen 10870H 2.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6; 16GB DDR4-2933 RAM; 1TB Solid State Drive

Epson - Home Cinema 3200 4K 3LCD Projector with High Dynamic Range - White

The Runner Up Winner will have two options:

Option A	Option B
Apple Series 6 Watch	Samsung Galaxy Watch 3

Option A

Option B

Apple Series 6 Watch

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3

The Finisher Prize is:

MP730001 Handheld Digital Multimeter

The Magnetic Components Experimenter’s Kit

element14 is offering for this competition 10 kits FREE of charge. To be eligible to receive one of them, you must submit an application by the enrollment deadline (September 10th, 2021). Here is the kit:

Product Description	Buy KitBuy Kit
Line Filter, 51µH	Buy NowBuy Now
RF Choke, Radial Lead, Radial Lead, 3.3 µH	Buy NowBuy Now
RF Choke, 47µH	Buy NowBuy Now
High Current Choke, 10µH	Buy NowBuy Now
400 Volt Radial Inductor	Buy NowBuy Now
Inductor, Radial Leaded, 1 mH	Buy NowBuy Now
RF Choke, 1.8 mH	Buy NowBuy Now
Inductor, 100 µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Common Mode Choke, 12.5 µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Common Mode Choke, 9 µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Common Mode Choke, 7.5 µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Common Mode Inductor, 470µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Pulse Transformer, 300µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Pulse, Transformer, 250µH	Buy NowBuy Now
Choke, 100mH	Buy NowBuy Now

*Click buy now link to see product data sheet

The Judges

Top Members of the element14 Community will be our judges. They are:

Top Member

Top Member shabaz

Shabaz has studied Electronics Engineering followed by Law, and worked primarily in the fields of radio communications (military), telecommunications (infrastructure used by phone companies), data networks, and information technology. He was originally involved in hardware design, followed by software engineering and technical marketing.

Top Member

Top Member DAB

Don spent 35 years in the aerospace industry working on many advanced projects. His range of experience covers nearly every scientific field and most ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. He has a very broad interest and knowledge in science with extensive analysis in image, multispectral and hyper-spectral analysis. He has also worked on a wide range of embedded computer applications, including integrated search and rescue systems.

Thank you to our Judges for offering their time and service.

Tips on Writing Your Application

If you want to get a chance to obtain one of the 10 FREE Kits, you will need to submit an application no later than September 10th, 2021. The key to a winning application is to provide as much meaningful information about your proposed experiments as possible.

Please don't write a book! The application should be detailed enough to give the judges a good idea of what you plan to do and how you plan to pull it off. By answering each of the following questions in your application, you will provide the judges with the information they need to make their decisions:

(a) Describe your technical background.

(b) Why are you interested in this competition? What's your interest or experience with magnetic components?

(d) Have you participated in the element14 Community? If so, please provide some links to what you've done. If you are a new member, answer "New Member."

All interested element14 members must submit an application before the end of enrollment on September 3rd, 2021.

Here are some other suggestions for completing a winning application:

1. Please complete all required information (contact information, etc.)
In the Project Title field, use "Experimenting with Magnetic Components" or your element14 member name. Please use the email address that is associated with your element14 profile.

2. Complete all of the application questions
Tell us why you want to be selected. Before deciding what you want to write, think about the following things:

You are entering a competition. The most persuasive applications are the ones that attract the eye of the judges.
A single sentence application will never be selected. This competition is not a game of chance.
Be as detailed as possible, but don't write a book.

Anyone Can Participate in Experimenting with Magnetic Components

Any element14 member can enroll in the 'Experimenting with Magnetic Components' competition. To receive one of the 10 FREE magnetic components kits, you need to submit an application by the deadline, September 10th, 2021.

General Questions

For any general questions about the Experimenting with Magnetic Components competition, please post a comment on this page.

To keep up-to-date with this competition, please bookmark it.

Attachments:

community.element14.com/.../Experimenting-With-Magnetic-Components.pdf

Experimenting With Magnetic Components.pdf

Tags: experimenting_with_magnetic_components, magnetic_components, bourns