I have very little idea what I'm doing. I have experience with SOME DC electronics outside the computer chip, for lack of a better term, but don't know too much about the components found on the chip itself. So, I could figure out how to work with motors, lights, etc. The final product type of stuff, but not how to adjust them? Something like that....
Currently I'm trying to take a small electromagnet (which is yet to be made) and create a constant, but adjustable "pulse" or strobe effect with the electricity going into it. I'm not sure how to do that. If I knew even just the name of a part or parts that can create a pulsed DC signal, then i could probably figure out how to do it, but I'm not even sure what I'm looking for.
In other words, I would like the small electromagnet to basically go on-off-on-off..... and so on. I'm not sure on the power source yet, it depends on the parts available. I suppose I need to be able to adjust the duration of each pulse for how long it is both "On" AND "Off". Would I need to use one or multiple potentiometers or something similar?
As you can tell, I have very little clue how to do this, but it's a project I've had in mind for quite a while now and would like to try it out, as I now will have some funding to do so.
Thank you for any help, suggestions, or sources of information you can give me.
Nick
Currently I'm trying to take a small electromagnet (which is yet to be made) and create a constant, but adjustable "pulse" or strobe effect with the electricity going into it. I'm not sure how to do that. If I knew even just the name of a part or parts that can create a pulsed DC signal, then i could probably figure out how to do it, but I'm not even sure what I'm looking for.
In other words, I would like the small electromagnet to basically go on-off-on-off..... and so on. I'm not sure on the power source yet, it depends on the parts available. I suppose I need to be able to adjust the duration of each pulse for how long it is both "On" AND "Off". Would I need to use one or multiple potentiometers or something similar?
As you can tell, I have very little clue how to do this, but it's a project I've had in mind for quite a while now and would like to try it out, as I now will have some funding to do so.
Thank you for any help, suggestions, or sources of information you can give me.
Nick
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