Long-formTurbo Drive Concept for Counter Rotator
Putting a drive coil on a counter-rotator: 2.5V start, capacitor-fed LEDs, mutual inductance on the bench.
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Long-formPutting a drive coil on a counter-rotator: 2.5V start, capacitor-fed LEDs, mutual inductance on the bench.
Long-form6-magnet rotor vs 8 bifilar stator coils: coil passes from 400 Hz down to 100 Hz at 12–30 V, north/south fields, under 130 mA.
Long-formPapa Bale here with a messy bench update.
Long-formI fire up two circuits at once, chase meter spikes, and retell the day a three magnet rotor one literally exploded at speed.
Long-formEight-magnet eight-coil pulse motor lab — amp funnel coil wiring, pickup coils, and give-and-take battery measurements.
Long-formReal bench time with motor rotor magnets on a pulse motor rotor.
Build a working DIY pulse motor this weekend: parts list (~$20–$60), 1–3 mm coil placement, transistor circuit, reed/Hall timing, and…
I fired up the counter rotator at 2.5 volts and started putting drive coil sections in place to see how the mutual inductance and caps…
Papa Bale tests coil passes on a 6-magnet rotor and 8-electromagnet stator.
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