Hi everybody,

I am working on a concept for a mini electric fence project. The system is very small, so that i prefer to use only a gate driver to create the voltage pulses. Idea is that the gate driver keeps a wire under perodic voltage pulses.

The input to the gate driver would be from an arduino (3.3V) and only needs 1 Hz frequency. Ideally it creates >50V pulses. Pulse length is not so important, but would be of course nice to play with this parameter as well.

Do you have any recommendation of such a gate driver? I will run some tests with FAN7382, but it requires > 10V input.

Do you believe I could misuse a gate driver for such a mini fence application? Or am I on the wrong path...

Would be great to learn from your expertise.

Thanks in advance
Paul

 

Where is the 50V coming from? A gate driver doesn't magically make voltage.

 

I thought a gate driver works as a amplifier of a digital or analog signal.... When I understand you right, the gate driver idea has no future, as it cannot create the higher voltage....

I am learning now about charge pumps and high voltage circuits... will send an update, once I am more educated

 

50V will not make an electric fence.

Bob