well i have done some experimenting with the generator again..mostly playing around with the PC storage scope .. anyway this is why i made it , because i needed a way to see which armature wasnt as good as the rest, and to find out why..
the first pic shows that the main peaks alternate every two ,thats when two magnets are over one armature at the same time..
That peak in the center of the first pic , has a little dip in it..i should be able to fix that..but i have'nt identified which armature it is yet
The blank spot in the second pic is where i shorted out one armature.. whats interresting about that pic is the peak that is supposed to be to the left of the blank spot , isnt much of a peak, i know which armature that is, its the only one of eight that was wound with thicker wire , ie less turns per same cross section area..and given that my wind generator may never see the speed that the propeller wind generators see , i may have to replace that one ..
needless to say i got the program and the ADC working satisfactorally although if anyone knows Pascal and is familiar with graphics viewports i could use some help with that ..
oh the wind speed indicator is doing well , it has been very windy tonight and it is spinning like .. well ..really fast..