I've constructed and tested an eddy current brake. The test was a failure. I used about 8m (30 turns) of 0.33 mm (#28 AWG) insulated copper wire wound into an 85 mm coil. It has about a 1.5 Ohm resistance and rated for 1.4 A max current. Therefore I did not use more than 3V to test it. I will try boosting the voltage a bit more since I don't care about destroying it. However, at 3V and about 450 RPM I did not see any breaking (movement of the tibia). This is not a standard eddy break coil configuration. I wanted to try a core-less design.
I am also working on a new Femur designed to print in one piece. Both eddyBreak.FCStd and femurBlock.FCStd are available in BreakerOne_experimental_2020-06-04.zip
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