Hi All,
I am new to this forum and have been dabbling in electronics for a little while now. I am not a complete noob but way far off from being an expert. I am in dire need of assistance in building an EMP device (photos attached) for a testing project I have in Uni.
I have done a fair bit of research with doc google and I know that in order to obtain and EMP pulse the most standard method is to harness the EMF from a spark gap. However, I have stumbled across a pic which replaces the need for a classical spark gap with the use of an IGBT and a few high voltage Russian caps.
Judging from the pics I attached what I really need assistance with is how I would connect the primary and secondary windings up and would I need to separate the two windings with a dielectric e.g. glue? From memory the device is powered by 5 12v D sized batteries. I don't know what the exact value of the caps and IGBT are so any advice on what values I should use would be much greatly appreciated. The EMP device I am wishing to build does not have to be powerful at all; I basically just need it to provide enough juice to glitch very small devices like a calculator or to turn a energy fluorescent light bulb on when the button is pushed.
I apologise for being so long winded but I would be eternally great full if any resident expert could provide an insight on how I could achieve the result I am after. If I have missed anything or if there are any details that I could provide then please let me know.
Thank you kindly in advance.
I am new to this forum and have been dabbling in electronics for a little while now. I am not a complete noob but way far off from being an expert. I am in dire need of assistance in building an EMP device (photos attached) for a testing project I have in Uni.
I have done a fair bit of research with doc google and I know that in order to obtain and EMP pulse the most standard method is to harness the EMF from a spark gap. However, I have stumbled across a pic which replaces the need for a classical spark gap with the use of an IGBT and a few high voltage Russian caps.
Judging from the pics I attached what I really need assistance with is how I would connect the primary and secondary windings up and would I need to separate the two windings with a dielectric e.g. glue? From memory the device is powered by 5 12v D sized batteries. I don't know what the exact value of the caps and IGBT are so any advice on what values I should use would be much greatly appreciated. The EMP device I am wishing to build does not have to be powerful at all; I basically just need it to provide enough juice to glitch very small devices like a calculator or to turn a energy fluorescent light bulb on when the button is pushed.
I apologise for being so long winded but I would be eternally great full if any resident expert could provide an insight on how I could achieve the result I am after. If I have missed anything or if there are any details that I could provide then please let me know.
Thank you kindly in advance.
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