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This page relates the parallel advances of the [[: | This page relates the parallel advances of the [[: | ||
- | ===Brussels, sometime around here=== | + | ===Abstract=== |
- | Image | + | * Regarding the Mudwatts we set up during our last session, the first to start (during the session itself) maintained a high performance behavior, blinling around 3-4 times per second over the course of several months. It just slowed down a little during Christams holidays, because it dried up, but once watered, it was back on track. |
- | Working | + | * The other two never started. Paul consequently washed them and filled them back with the good estuary slush we provided to the first one, and they started, later and slower than our first champion. The first one blinked approximately once every 1.5 sec, the other once every 4 sec. |
+ | * Regarding joule thief (JT) circuit tests, we managed to light up and LED with a voltage as low as 0.46 V and a current as low as 0.8 mA. | ||
+ | * As a comparison, we saw that the lowest voltage | ||
+ | * During this intersession, | ||
- | ===Cardiff, September 14th=== | + | ===Paul, September 14th - Mudwatt news=== |
- | Je n’ai pas eu le temps d’avancer sur les MFC, prochaine étape brancher le capteur de courant et faire une page web pour data monitoring/ | + | * Two Mudwatts |
- | ===Cardiff, October 3rd=== | + | ===Brussels, September 23rd - Joule thief circuit experiments=== |
- | Je n’ai pas eu le temps d’avancer sur les MFC, prochaine étape brancher le capteur de courant et faire une page web pour data monitoring/logging, finir électrode graphite et tester le circuit maison. A ce jour deux Mudwatts sont toujours sans signe de vie, la première tourne à 3 ou 4 blinks seconde. | + | {{>http://www.flickr.com/ |
- | ===Brussels, February 28th=== | + | ==Setup== |
- | Images | + | * Power source |
- | Intentions boue | + | * Lab power supply with automatic current regulation |
+ | * 100 kohms adjustable resistor between the + pin of the power supply and the + pin of the currentmeter. | ||
+ | * Measurements | ||
+ | * Analog currentmeter going from 0 to 1 mA, placed in series between the adjustable resistor and the joule thief circuit. | ||
+ | * Digital voltmeter measuring the voltage between the - pole of the adjustable potentiometer and the ground. | ||
+ | * Joule thief (JT) circuit | ||
+ | * 2N3904 transistor | ||
+ | * Coil, made of | ||
+ | * A 2.5 cm ferrite tore | ||
+ | * 10 coils of wire | ||
+ | * A measured resistance around 0.7 ohm | ||
+ | * This measure may be imprecise, as a commercial 1 ohm resistor was measured at 1.6 ohm by the same digital ohmmeter | ||
+ | * A yellow LED | ||
+ | * A 1 ohm resistor in series between the + pin of the power supply and the feedback coil | ||
+ | * Connection pattern similar to [[https:// | ||
- | ===Cardiff, March 6th=== | + | ==Results== |
+ | * LED on JT | ||
+ | * Little light spot on yellow LED at 0.46 V and 0.8 mA, which disappears at 0.6 mA. | ||
+ | * We cannot see any visible difference when placing a 47 uF across the + and - of the power source. | ||
+ | * LED alone (fed by the power supply without the JT circuit) | ||
+ | * Little light spot at 1.654 V and 0.05 mA. | ||
+ | * Quite bright at 1.8 V and 0.3 mA. | ||
+ | * Very bright at 1.9 V and 0.4 mA. | ||
+ | * Therefore, current does not seem to be the limiting factor to feed the JT. | ||
- | Images | + | ==Does it work to use a joule thief circuit to charge a capacitor ?== |
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- | ===Cardiff, May 4th=== | + | * According to [[http:// |
+ | * Very well explained in the article itself. | ||
- | “Ca se précise! Les deux Mudwatt dont j’ai changé la terre pour de la boue collectée au même endroit que la dernière fois fonctionnent, mais pas au même rendement que la première (1.5s pour l’une, 4s pour l’autre). Enfin, au moins elles marchent. Y aurait-il moyen d’effectuer des mesures sur la composition de la boue pour voir si on peut booster le rendement en imitant la première batterie? | + | ===Michka, February 28th - Robot concept ideas for V& |
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+ | ===Michka, end of April - Replicating the JT experiments=== | ||
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+ | * The replication of the experiments performed during the intersession in September failed. | ||
+ | * As a consequence, | ||
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+ | ===Paul, May 4th - Mudwatt news=== | ||
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+ | * The two non-working Mudwatt were washed and their mud source was replaced by the good slush which made the other Mudwatt work so well. | ||
+ | * After the usual setup time (few days), they started up slowly, one blinking every 1.5 s, and the other every 4s. |