• New PCB Electromagnets for Ferrofluid Control

    Carl Bugeja • 11/08/2021 at 09:54 • 0 comments

    I managed to design new pcb electromagnets that can control ferrofluid! Video below:

    This was also tested with the Applied Procrastination's Ferrofluid Tank: 

  • New Testing PCBs

    Carl Bugeja • 06/26/2018 at 20:37 • 1 comment

    Today i have ordered some new test boards with a total of 9 pcb coils. These have different turns, and three of these coils also have a 5mm diameter hole in the middle to test them with an iron core. This should increase the magnetic field of the windings and attract stronger the ferrofluid. 

  • First Test

    Carl Bugeja • 06/16/2018 at 16:52 • 0 comments

    First Ferrofluid with PCB coils test!

    The magnetic field of the windings need to be a little stronger but the concept seems to be working.  The idea is to have ferrofluid dancing around from a simple PCB. This is obviously just a concept but with more windings and perhaps with a core in the middle of these printed windings, it can be possible. (Also, I need to find a way not to stain the container with the ferrofluid .. its a little messy)

    This was tested with my open source Linear PCB Motor board:

    https://hackaday.io/project/158017-linear-pcb-motor