What got done:
- Soldered on the chokes and finished the capacitor board
- Formed the work coil and soldered it to the board
- Connected the power supply to a switch and connected it to the driver circuit
- Connected an LED to show when the circuit has power
- Did initial testing with iron, achieving roughly 1000 degrees Fahrenheit in a short period of time
Issues:
- A power supply wire pulled away from the copper clad board, meaning we had to move our circuit around a little and re-solder for sturdier connection
- Our work coil reaches very high temperatures, especially with object being heated.
- Capacitor bank gets hot with prolonged use
Next steps:
- Part-Sim theoretical testing
- Possible future testing with varied capacitance
Bottom of the circuit
Top-down view of circuit
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