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EMP Generator Schematic

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Author:XOIIO
i enjoy inventing, taking apart electronics, and rebuilding them. i also have a hobby of creating batch files, i greatly enjoy programming batch. i also enjoy coding and decoding binary code.

Intro: EMP Generator Schematic

These are my plans for an EMP Generator. It uses flash circuits from disposable cameras to power the coil. I plan to make an instructable of it soon. Leave me any comments or tips. Thanks. The parts list is as follows: 1project box 3 flash circuits (from disposable camreas) 3 AAA battery holders 1 9v battery clip 1 9v battery holder 1 390 ohm resistor 1 red L.E.D 1 green L.E.D 1 12 DC PC relay 2 L.E.D holders 5 momentary switches 2 on/off switches wire 1 iron core coil 1 momentary switch (2 contacts) The small diagram on the back is an alternate firing setup if the momentary switch with 2 channels is not available. It would require another relay, momentary switch and 390 ohm resistor, and inexplicably a blue LED. After looking at the original I am actually impressed with the elegancy of the design. Not bad for something I drew in class :)

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elliottclark says:
would it be possible/safe to substitute the AAA batteries for higher voltage batteries to make the pulse last longer?

Aug 3, 2012. 6:52 AM REPLY

elliottclark says:
i have a feeling im gonna sound a bit like a noob but what is a project box...

Jul 31, 2012. 9:50 PM REPLY

glutnix_neo says:
The circuit looks like an LED blinker to me....

Jun 20, 2012. 12:33 AM REPLY

darkevilapie says:
erm you do know that lots of army equipment is emp proof? (there goes the world domination plan)

Jun 10, 2012. 2:39 PM REPLY

abadon says:

Nov 21, 2011. 11:19 AM REPLY Here's a hint to build a directional EMP device with a ton of power. Take a wire strand and discharge a high-capacity high-voltage capacitor through it. The result is that the wire strand will "explode" and will release a huge (supposedly in the megawatts) EMP wave. However, in order to make it more effective, it is best to "explode" the wire in a parabolic dish so that the EMP will be focused and directed towards a target.

XOIIO says:

Nov 21, 2011. 2:40 PM REPLY Yeah, thats simmilar to some military applications. I have an array of 30 400v capacitors I made, I'd just need to find some wire that works well.

Nyxius says:

Mar 25, 2012. 3:03 PM REPLY when the wire flashes you could try focusing it with a magnetic field. You could probably achieve higher efficiency by using it to limit broadcast frequencies. Just flashing the wire gives white noise.

h8864 says:
If this works and you take over the world, I call second in command okay

Mar 19, 2012. 1:27 PM REPLY

Jyromefedx says:

Now this is all in theory, But for a large scale EMP device could you not use a modified version of Richard Willis's "power multiplyer" to achieve those Immense amoun have no power to there cellular phones with a push of a button.

Power Multiplier schematics --> http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument;jsessionid=9A6AA6153EAE21369B3F59534D9CD353.espacenet_levelx_prod_6?CC=WO&NR=2

nathanid95 says:
"this is just a little doodle I made in class"

Jan 8, 2012. 3:21 PM REPLY

can anyone verify the soundness of the design? I'm debating between a modified version of this schematic and the one found here http://72.52.208.92/~gbpprorg/mil/herf/Final_Report_David_Yeh.pdf

ARJOON says:
wouldn't it be better with a 555 oscillator?

Nov 11, 2011. 2:13 PM REPLY

XOIIO says:
I'm not evens ure where that would go in the design, this is just a little doodle I made in class, and decided to share it.

Nov 11, 2011. 11:41 PM REPLY

worlock93 says:

May 17, 2011. 11:28 PM REPLY Why is the triforce on these plans? Is this Ganon trying to pull off yet another crazy plan that will bring about world destruction? Will the "Hero of Instructables" rise to save us all?

TheIronHobo says:
the third triforce is courage nerd high five*

Jun 3, 2011. 12:59 AM REPLY

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XOIIO says:

May 18, 2011. 12:45 AM REPLY That's my logo. I had made a logo before that was an X with likes heading out to each side, but then someone said it looked like a swastika, so I made this. Each section of the triangle has a letter in a secret code that correlates to a word, and the lines also have meaning, but it's too much to go into

Darkmaster6090 says:
What is the logo called? Sorry if I am being stupid

Aug 22, 2011. 1:03 PM REPLY

XOIIO says:
It isnt called anything, its just my logo

Aug 22, 2011. 1:27 PM REPLY

milamber says:

Feb 10, 2011. 8:00 PM REPLY how about swap the capacitors out for a 50kv flyback transformer and then strobe the circuit with a simple 555/relay flasher circuit

XOIIO says:
That sounds like it might work. I haven't got much experience with 555's though.

Feb 10, 2011. 8:32 PM REPLY

milamber says:
I wander what the effects would do compared to a regular emp

Feb 21, 2011. 12:18 AM REPLY

Tobor 2.0 says:

Do you mind if i print off these imiages? I think I will try to build it.

Feb 9, 2011. 1:10 PM REPLY

XOIIO says:

Feb 9, 2011. 3:11 PM REPLY Not at all, even better, We could make is a collab instructable. I lack the parts to create such a thing, but I would gladly offer help and advice, and we could post the project when it's done.

Tobor 2.0 says:

Good. Do you mind telling me what the 11th and last thing on the list are, beacause i couldn't quite make them out.

Feb 12, 2011. 11:25 AM REPLY

XOIIO says:

Feb 12, 2011. 3:52 PM REPLY The last is some kind of switch, and i'm not sure about the 11th, but htere are 5 of them. I am going to look for the original schematic, sorry that the pics are a bit of a mess.

Tobor 2.0 says:

Feb 12, 2011. 11:36 AM REPLY P.s. on the seckond image could you tell me what it says under the picture and, the 9th thing on is a 12 . pc fan right?

XOIIO says:

Feb 12, 2011. 3:54 PM REPLY The 9th thing is a 12 vold DC relay, and under the pciture i believe it is saying that you could substitue smaller resistors in place of the 390 ohm one, a 220 and 150 or something. I'm looking for the original schematic.

Vadimk says:

Nov 12, 2009. 4:07 PM REPLY EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse. Simply put an EMP creates an intense but short pulse of EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference). The power requirements nesisary to even disrupt electronics fro 10ft away are far beyond what is coming into you're house. To distrou electronics (the only way for it to last more then a few seconds) it would need to be many thousands of times stronger. Think of it this way. A nuclear bomb creats an EMP wave but it's area of influence is much smaller then the explosion. That being said it is possible that this schematic could yeald a working device but it would never be powerfull to disrupt a computv reseer 6 inches away. The only efect if any would be the loss of tv reception.

Nyxius says:

Feb 5, 2010. 12:24 AM REPLY this is true...military grade "directional" EMP generators have ranges of only several hundred meters, but have power requirements of several gigawatts of power. The only way they can generate this much power and remain portable is to make the pulse width very short. The air force has tested a small EMP generator that is compact enough to fit inside a AMRGGM missile (Advanced Medium Range Ground to Ground Missile).

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genius245 says:
1.21 gigawatts?

Feb 17, 2010. 7:25 AM REPLY

jongscx says:
I think you mean jigowatts :-P

May 20, 2010. 1:49 AM REPLY

VadimS says:
Ther is no such thing as jigowatt. Watt, Kilowatt, Megawatt, Gigawatt, Terawatt.

May 20, 2010. 9:20 AM REPLY

milamber says:
petawatt exawatt zettawatt yottawatt

Feb 10, 2011. 7:58 PM REPLY

Blofish says:

Jul 21, 2010. 5:00 AM REPLY Number Prefix Symbol 10 1 deka- da 10 2 hecto- h 10 3 kilo- k 10 6 mega- M 10 9 giga- G 10 12 tera- T 10 15 peta- P 10 18 exa- E 10 21 zeta- Z 10 24 yotta- Y Number Prefix Symbol 10 -1 deci- d 10 -2 centi- c 10 -3 milli- m 10 -6 micro- 10 -9 nano- n 10 -12 pico- p 10 -15 femto- f 10 -18 atto- a 10 -21 zepto- z 10 -24 yocto- y

XOIIO says:
Alright then...

Jul 21, 2010. 6:52 PM REPLY

jongscx says:
Brush up on your Back-To-The-Future, it was a light-hearted movie reference. sorry. however, I think Doc pronounced it Jiga-watt, so sorry about that too... http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm

May 21, 2010. 11:11 PM REPLY

VadimS says:
Ya sorry I didn't get it till after I commented and started thinking about what he meant by 1.21. lol

May 22, 2010. 7:10 AM REPLY

Nyxius says:

Jul 21, 2010. 3:36 PM REPLY Movie note: Jigawatts was an accidental mispronunciation of Gigawatts entered into the script as a kind of equivocational jab at complex scientific naming procedures.

genius245 says:
one point twenty one jigawatts

May 20, 2010. 12:56 PM REPLY

petler477 says:

Dec 15, 2009. 3:55 PM REPLY i believe nuclear emp waves are not smaller than the blast area. besides already working one are already being made and they are alble to disrupt electronics. http://amazing1.com/emp.htm

Nyxius says:

Feb 5, 2010. 12:30 AM REPLY This is true, modern military grade EMP bombs have ranges from< 1 mile to several hundred depending on where the blast originates and how high it is. If the intent is to simply disrupt communications (& not to fry electronics) then ranges on the order of thousands of miles are possible.

XOIIO says:
I don't want a really strong one, I mainly want it to be able to kill cheap watches or calculators nearby.

Nov 13, 2009. 11:46 AM REPLY

nathanielg says:

Jun 30, 2011. 11:45 AM REPLY You should build a marx generator and connect the output to a coil.This device could be pochet sized and also completely wipe out electronics

Nyxius says:

Feb 5, 2010. 12:02 AM REPLY You could improve output using a capacitor array and voltage multiplier to increase the strength of the pulse by decreasing the pulse period. You could also use a multi-coil array to store the energy needed in a magnetic field. Use the increased voltage generated by the collapsing fields to power your larger coils.

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nathanielg says:
sorry about that nyxius i did not see your other comment below

Jun 30, 2011. 11:49 AM REPLY

Nyxius says:
also like trike said, the device will probably fry itself with all the feedback...one time shot.

Feb 5, 2010. 12:03 AM REPLY

tazerboy says:
put a diode with a high rating to dissipate the feed back

Mar 25, 2012. 4:18 AM REPLY

XOIIO says:
Ahh, this brings back good memories. Isn't it great what can be thought up during class?

Dec 31, 2010. 3:26 AM REPLY

Nexoid says:

Sep 7, 2010. 7:42 PM REPLY You could use lightning to power a BIG emp that could take out electronics within a large area. Just think of the power of a 5 gigawatt blast! And FYI I made a emp with a camera circuit and several capacitors connected in series for a few thousand volts an it had no amazing outcome. It could still break stuff within an inch or so. But what u could do is use a camera circuit with capacitors in series then channel it through a transformer then put the outcome into a microwave magnetron. And there you go: u got yourself a few thousand volt HERF gun/ maser!!

XOIIO says:
OK, explain how you would capture a lighting bolt.

Sep 10, 2010. 8:52 PM REPLY

Nexoid says:

Sep 11, 2010. 11:12 AM REPLY I would say you use some form of lightning rod. My idea is that you uses kite with a very thick wire during a storm and well you know channel though a coil of wire... That's it

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