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Re: Flyback Driver PCBs



Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> 

Okay boards began production today.  They should be here  by Friday.

Not only will this board be one heck of a flyback driver,  it will also
drive a small SSTC if you use a different capacitor value in the oscillator,
and use IGBTs with anti-parallel stealth diodes.

Once again,  the boards are availible.  Price is 22$ each, I have as many as
anyone could want.

The board has everything on it to drive the flyback except the flyack
itself,  a supply for the flyback and a supply for the logic (which can be
both if you want to run at low powers <30v)

You can use IGBTs or MOSFETs as the switching transistors in the half
bridge.  All parts are readily availible.

If anyones interested, Electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net  I'm taking orders now.

Regards - Jim Mitchell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs


 > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > Once again...
 >
 > There are zener diodes that are in seires with the mosfet gates,
obviously
 > bringing the gate voltage down to 15v.
 >
 > There is no schematic.  It is a TL494 driving two gate drive ICs,  a gate
 > drive transformer and a half bridge of whatever you want.
 >
 > IF you insist on telling me over and over again how wrong I am,  I suggest
 > you find something else to do,  you're really not trying to be helpful but
 > rather antagonistic.  And no one wants to hear about this.
 >
 > Regards - Jim Mitchell
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:08 PM
 > Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Dan" <pbursa-at-cfl.rr-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:51 PM
 >  > Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Thats plenty impressive.  The problem with Aron's flyback driver is
 > that
 >  > it
 >  >  > is limited to 15v input.  I had the same driver for a while but I
was
 >  > using
 >  >  > a TL494 so I could put up to 40v into it.
 >  >
 >  > No, it's not. The 555 is. Gates of  mosfets shouldn't see more than 20
 >  > volts. So TL494 -at- 40 V doesn't sound right( not to mention the fact
that
 >  > TL494 doesn't sink current.)
 >  >
 >  >  > If you're saying you get 4" out of a single flyback at 25v you're
 > either
 >  >  > lying or not measuring right.
 >  >
 >  > Thats what I'm saying :-) Flyback # 8-598-998, four turns of primary
and I
 >  > AM measuring right
 >  >
 >  >  > At 25v on the primary I can pull a 3" arc before my small flyback
 > (which
 >  > has
 >  >  > a 1" diameter secondary) Starts to arc over internally.
 >  >
 >  > get better flyback :-)
 >  >
 >  >  > This is similar to Steve's flyback driver except it uses a TL494 for
 >  > better
 >  >  > control over the flyback with adjustable duty cycle.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Once again,  a switch is a switch.  If the flyback is in resonance
 > you'll
 >  >  > get the same sparks on any half bridge in the world if you're
driving
 > it
 >  > at
 >  >  > the same voltage
 >  >
 >  > Really ? why is there so many different types of  flybacks, then ?
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Did I mention I wasn't running my flybacks in resonance when I was
 > pulling
 >  >  > these 3" arcs.  I just set the frequency around 30KHz and I'm sure
if
 > the
 >  >  > flyback was in resonance it would perform much better.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Once again,  this isn't a thread to elaborate on my spark lengths.
It
 > is
 >  > to
 >  >  > ask whether there is interest for a flyback driver PCB.
 >  >
 >  > You didn't post any schematic and your description of output of the
driver
 >  > sounds rather un-exiting
 >  > Regards - Vladan
 >  >
 >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:53 AM
 >  >  > Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Original poster: "Dan" <pbursa-at-cfl.rr-dot-com>
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > two inches arc with halfbridge driver ? that's really not
impresive.
 >  > With
 >  >  >  > HVguys simple flyback driver I can get 3-4 inches -at- 25V and Steve
 > Wards
 >  >  > half
 >  >  >  > bridge driver does easy 5 inches -at- 60V.
 >  >  >  > I suggest you work on your design a bit ;-)
 >  >  >  > regards - Vladan
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  >  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  >  > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:01 AM
 >  >  >  > Subject: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Hello List:
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > After the recent sucsess of my SSTC boards, and my recent
 >  >  > experimentation
 >  >  >  >  > with a high powered flyback driver,  I have decied I'd like to
 > have
 >  >  > some
 >  >  >  >  > flyback driver boards made.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > The boards would be custom 2 sided boards,  utilizing a half
 > bridge
 >  > of
 >  >  >  >  > MOSFETs or IGBTs,  and a variable oscillator and gate drive
 > section.
 >  >  > This
 >  >  >  >  > would work wonders as a flyback driver and as a GP high
frequency
 >  >  >  > generator
 >  >  >  >  > for different experiments.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > The board would use a TL494 oscillator, that way the duty
cycle
 > and
 >  >  >  >  > frequency would be variable.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > I recently built an identical flyback driver and it works very
 > good,
 >  > I
 >  >  > am
 >  >  >  >  > able to drive flybacks with half wave AC up to 150v or until
they
 >  > start
 >  >  > to
 >  >  >  >  > break down from overvoltage (about 50v in)  and I have been
able
 > to
 >  > get
 >  >  > 2"
 >  >  >  >  > sparks from a single small flyback (a new style DC one).
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Anyway if there is any interest in these please let me know
and I
 >  > will
 >  >  >  > send
 >  >  >  >  > word to have them made.  I have already designed the board and
 >  > things
 >  >  > seem
 >  >  >  >  > to look good.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Regards - Jim Mitchell
 >  >  >  >  >
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