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Wirelessly powering an LED strip

MisterPonda
MisterPonda over 2 years ago

Hello everyone

I want to make a little project so I can wirelessly (just a few centimeters) power an LED strip (just a short section) using a transmitter and reciever coil.

I have a 6V 4Ah lead acid battery. I want to use this as the input. I want to convert this to an AC signal around 100kHz and connect the transmitter coil to it. 
On the other side I will have the reciever coil that goed to a rectifier and then to the LED strip (5V 1.9W).

What is the best (and most simple) way to do this? I was thinking about using a Colpitts Oscillator. Can this work?
Also is the battery ok or should I just start with a 12V voltage from a bench psu to make my life easier?

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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago +3
    You will need a power oscillator. I did a project that used a single chip power oscillator for wireless power that might work - depending on how much power you need. You can see the circuit here: …
  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago in reply to MisterPonda +2
    Wire coils work even better than PCB coils. I made the receiving coil resonant at the oscillator frequency (by adding a capacitor) to maximize efficiency. The larger the number of turns the higher the…
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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 2 years ago

    To be honest, I think you're better off to use a commerical Qi wireless transmitter and receiver, although depending on the distance and power, maybe it is a stretch as some will do quite a few watts, but not at any distance!

    Doing something like you proposed is potentially very dangerous because what you're doing is essentially building an unregulated radio transmitter! If your signal is switched quickly (square waves) for efficiency, your 100kHz carrier will have (theoretically) infinite harmonics at every 100kHz (i.e. 200, 300, 400, etc.) but with somewhat decreasing power. This will cause interference to radio transmissions and potentially may generate stray electric fields that may cause equipment nearby to malfunction. Sure, a small coil at such low frequencies is not an efficient radiator and you're probably relying more on inductive coupling rather than on radiation, but the unintended effect can make your device very unwelcome especially in sensitive environments (e.g. labs) or if you cause disruption to legitimate services (e.g. aviation NDBs, long-wave, short-wave and medium-wave broadcast radio).

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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 2 years ago

    To be honest, I think you're better off to use a commerical Qi wireless transmitter and receiver, although depending on the distance and power, maybe it is a stretch as some will do quite a few watts, but not at any distance!

    Doing something like you proposed is potentially very dangerous because what you're doing is essentially building an unregulated radio transmitter! If your signal is switched quickly (square waves) for efficiency, your 100kHz carrier will have (theoretically) infinite harmonics at every 100kHz (i.e. 200, 300, 400, etc.) but with somewhat decreasing power. This will cause interference to radio transmissions and potentially may generate stray electric fields that may cause equipment nearby to malfunction. Sure, a small coil at such low frequencies is not an efficient radiator and you're probably relying more on inductive coupling rather than on radiation, but the unintended effect can make your device very unwelcome especially in sensitive environments (e.g. labs) or if you cause disruption to legitimate services (e.g. aviation NDBs, long-wave, short-wave and medium-wave broadcast radio).

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