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How does Magnetic Levitation work? Crude Levitator circuit

How does Magnetic Levitation work? Crude Levitator circuit

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How does Magnetic Levitation work? Crude Levitator circuit Yue: I wonder if the potentiometer didn't give a very fine adjustment in the reference voltage voltage divider. What about bigger electromagnet with neodymium magnet instead of ceramic magnets? When I followed TheSignalPath's tutorial for a Bring Your Kids To Work Day demo, I had to use a scope to help me debug / fine tune. Maybe the MOSFET driver introduced too much delay / filtering? There might also be too much overshoot from the output turning completely on or off (as opposed to a scaled PWM duty) due to inverting signal delays / sensor delays and the mass of the magnet. Why not have the potentiometer R2 replace R3 to make the non-inverting input adjustable? I wonder if the Honeywell Hall effect sensor can sink any current to maintain a stable Y output voltage, so while R2 is adjusting a baseline inverting input, it might not be able to adjust the equilibrium point as a part of the feedback loop, and only is adjusting an open loop equilibrium.
Date: 2020-09-05

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hi there, nice video but this is what you have exactly what you make, oscillating system. youre object must change his position to create an command with sensor to youre electromagnet; its like thermostat. few day ago i had some problems with my car - opel astra h 1. 6 gasoline - its funny how those things happen: ) - gasoline cars have ECU and lambda Oxygen sensors; to create almost perfect fuel mix they use 2 sensor and anticipation; you can try to slow magnet dropping not to make hit go up -maybe try to use some varistor! gl hf; )
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Hi frzz I have a solution for your magnetic levitation. you are trying to on and off the electromagnet which is the problem as it is digital in nature. you need to adjust it according to analog signal varying according to magnetic hall sensor. I hope you will try it. and succeed in this project. thanks
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greatscott the electromagnet's ability to lose the magnetic field is too slow, so your oscillation grows because it can't keep up once the magnet is saturated. Forget the iron core for the coil of wire and shrink it to concentrate the field directly in front of the coil.
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You can use a PID controller for stabilising the oscillation, they have many applications in electronics, I think that is a great topic to demonstrate in a video. Although I feel like you may have covered them in another video.
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How feasible do you think it would be to create a platform (sturdy enough to hold a person) that could float using something similar to this method?
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You should try to design a PID controller with Arduino o with Operational Amplifiers, that might help with the stability problem of the magnet.
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what if you use multiple electromagnets? like 4, 3 smalls ones in a triangle facing N for example and 1 big one in the middle with south
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This looks really interesting. But given the absence of a second part i take it you weren't able to create a stable levitation?
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