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pwm in series

magnus2112
magnus2112 over 9 years ago

So, am currently building a SSTC(solid state tesla coil), and i am trying to get the coil to pulse at a high frequency.

I found this pwm module that pulses at a high frequency (Power Pulse Modulator - PWM-OCXi v2.1), but i have a lot of simple high voltage pwm modules laying around, and i was wonderig:

If i run them in series, can i obtain a higher frequency?

What i mean, is that, if i pwm the power supply to the next pwm module, wil i obtain a higher frequency?

 

Thanks for eny help image

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 9 years ago

    Hi Magnus,

    I suspect the each module will have its own output, controlled by its own circuitry. If you use one module as the power supply for another module you will find that it either works but not as well as having the correct power supply or it doesn't work at all. The frequency of the output should not be affected.

    John

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  • magnus2112
    magnus2112 over 9 years ago in reply to jw0752

    Thanks the reply John image

    I investigated  if it was posible to change a pwm module to give me a higher frequency, and i stumbled upon a solution that i will use.

    If i switch the capacitor on a 555 pwm module, i supposedly change the  frequency. So,i think that will be the solution i will use.

    Magnus

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 9 years ago in reply to magnus2112

    Hi Magnus,

    Here is a data sheet on the 555 timers:

     

    http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1727559.pdf

     

    There are some suggestions and formulas for changing the frequency of the PWM circuit. In most cases there are 2 resistors and one cap that will effect the frequency and duty cycle of this circuit.

     

    John

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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago

    Simple answer, probably not

     

    You will need to modify the one PWM to run at a higher frequency, but a higher frequency does not equate directly to a higher voltage

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  • magnus2112
    magnus2112 over 9 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

    I know image

    The reason i am trying to run it at a high frequency is becouse of noise!

    right now, the coil makes a lot of noise when shoting sparks, and if puls it to a higher  frequency it might make less noise

    Btw hers the schematics am using:

    http://rpsx.eu/upload/cZbf3yvw.jpg

    Magnus

     

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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago in reply to magnus2112

    just based on the circuit you provided, you are already well above audio range (350KHz) for the oscillator so there is no point in increasing the frequency

     

    you may have an issue with breakdown in your coil or the sparks themselvs are what is making the noise and thats part of the way it works when sparking and ionizing the air, it creats compression waves or something like that.

     

    feed an audio signal into the oscillator at the right point and you could get it to play music at the spark image maybe!

     

    anyway as said, I dont think changing the frequency of the 555 is going to help

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