04-23-2023, 07:28 PM
Thanks, Joel.
Yes, I generate a series of short pulses from which I get the back EMF, charge a capacitor, and from there I'm stuck, because I was trying to connect the output of the capacitor to the input directly or with a diode. Of course, it's not working, because I've never tried to isolate the output from the input. I'm yet to see where the primary of the transformer should be, but I'll experiment.
Thanks for pointing this out. That's a golden nugget.
By the way, at times you refer to a "capacitor dump". As far as I understand, you mean periodical discharging of a charged capacitor using some kind of oscillator (spark gap, neon bulb, relaxation oscillator, etc.).
Yes, I generate a series of short pulses from which I get the back EMF, charge a capacitor, and from there I'm stuck, because I was trying to connect the output of the capacitor to the input directly or with a diode. Of course, it's not working, because I've never tried to isolate the output from the input. I'm yet to see where the primary of the transformer should be, but I'll experiment.
Thanks for pointing this out. That's a golden nugget.
By the way, at times you refer to a "capacitor dump". As far as I understand, you mean periodical discharging of a charged capacitor using some kind of oscillator (spark gap, neon bulb, relaxation oscillator, etc.).