2018/10/31

Cheapmondo


Came across the Quasimondo and Cheapmondo circuits to excite transformer/rectifier oscillations and tune in snubber and decided to implement it using junkbox parts:

  • Mosfet: 05N03L
    • Logic level gate
    • Ron 4mohm @4.5Vgs Id=55A
    • Id max 80A
  • "gate driver" 
    • transistor PNP 2N3906
    • basis resistor 1k
    • pulldown 150ohm
  • Clock generator 
    • 74LS14 hex inverter
    • RC feedback
      • 1uF
      • 1kOhm

Simulated in LTspice (using 0.1uF to get higher oscilator freq and lower sim time)
got some LTspice help from:
https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/428100 on how to use schmitt trigger in ltspice
http://electronicsbeliever.com/how-to-sweep-resistance-in-ltspice-with-step-by-step-tutorials/ on how to sweep resistor values




Not pretty but it works well :-)


Here is a 500VA toroid oscillating at 1Mhz.
Here it is dampened out. 

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