Homemade Electronic Levitron

[zannadootothetenth]

how much did it cost to make that give me a million ideas lol

[cyberelectronics]

@zannadootothetenth It is really cheap. Was built using components found in my home.

[pogpog28]

..And in the future, Man created "LUV"...Levitron Utility Vehicle...

Knock! knock! knock!

Tommy...it's time to eat your breakfast...c'mon down honey...

[TheRulilu]

Lindo CHE (but in inglish)!!!

[ThereRLG2006]

What you NEED is a light-weight, Mylar-based Disco-Ball and some white LED's to send it shining all over the place. Tin foil is a good start, but you need a little more pizazz!

[g3dog100]

1;44 isn't homemade... you just covered a levitron globe with tin-foil. get a life...

[pspassdoll]

make a tutorial please

:)

and yes i'll get my hottest cousin to blow u off

[Diabolomania2000]

Please make a tutorial!

I BEG YOU!

[jrisomfoobar]

Is it an air core electromagnet or not? Also, if a magnet is used in the core, but not strong enough to hold only to the load, will it work and use less amperage? I'm thinking of making one, and possibly adding what would essentially be a stepper motor on the bottom to make it spin.

[cyberelectronics]

It's an air core electromagnet. You can't place a magnet in the core, because there is a Hall effect sensor. For less amperage use more turns and thinner wire.

[jimmytom5420]

@jrisomfoobar google it

[xxxfurkanxxxx]

cooooooooooool

[adak154B2]

ok thanks.. and can you tell me the diameter of the coil center and the number of turns of wire?..

[cyberelectronics]

Please read the description (I didn't count the number of turns of wire).

[adak154B2]

you used a fixed frequency for the electromagnet?

[cyberelectronics]

Don't worry about the frequency, the pulse's obtained from the Hall sensor.

[bamboo4127]

What's the song name? I like it :)

[Jonnyth3boy]

what voltage is going through it?

[cyberelectronics]

9V DC

[Exotarman]

Just as a curiosity....what would be the frequency you were using for the electromagnet?

[cyberelectronics]

Approx.: 50-100Hz

[DjLeon95Antiracist]

ha ha perfect will make one to teach my hamster how to fly :P

[orangeblueandlavenda]

anyone have one of these things hooked up to a dark light solar cell?

[NovaN0va]

siriously...GTFO...this is the third time ive seen your spam comment!

[MrGandrew]

NovaNova: well then tell me how it works!

[v1ngds]

have you got a how to make vid

[cr99991]

Is that with a FAN series controller?

Also, I like the music.

[cyberelectronics]

Opamp + MOSFET + Hall Effect Sensor + Coil

That's it.

[auburn722]

gay music

[pattonnn666]

@auburn722 gay msuik ? no, it cals future music ! this is 2010 body, not 1984, and AC/DC or rock is dead, finish, finito!

[TheEZhexagon]

string threw the middle of the old ball trick, ive seen it many of times

[cyberelectronics]

Nope.

[MrTurboturbine]

where have you seen it before?

[ahmads120]

hi you divec is cool but can i ask you if you can tell me where i can find the thing that you uesd in the Electronic cirtcal plese anser me i whant to make one for my teatcher and if i can find this thing in home

[ahmads120]

sory for my english

[cyberelectronics]

Please read the description on my website and for the components try to search in google (ex. Farnell).

If you have other questions, just send me an email.

[afdhalatifftan92]

Fucking awesome!!

[IMJamby]

Hi man, pheraps you remember me, some months ago i asked you some questions about this project but i wanna ask you another question

My IRF4905 heats up a lot, infact i must dissipate it with an heat sink and a fan over it.

The same occours with che coil, but of course I can't put a fan near it or the permanent magnet will fly away ;)

The circuit consume about 300mA with che permanent magnet attacked and about 0,8-1A without it

Do you have the same problem? How to resolve?

Thanks for any advice.

[cyberelectronics]

Hmm... I don't have this problem.

My IRF is cold (I use without heatsink).

Coil temp. approx. 60C.

Check the connections from the IRF. You can try a bigger coil with more turns.

The current rises because the magnet was removed and the coil remains ON all the time.

[musiclearner9222]

Can you help me make it? please?

[cyberelectronics]

Just read the description from my webpage.

[muhasyim]

halo friend ..can i now you webpage?? tanks..i like tu build it same like you..you geniuss bro

[cyberelectronics]

Thks, but I'm not a genius :)

See my youtube Profile

[Rall]

Is there any limit to how big this can be made?

[cyberelectronics]

Scrapyard crane, big enough?

[Rall]

Oh dang. Nice!

[musiclearner9222]

This is so awesome.. I wish I had the brain to build something like this.. BTW... how many magnets are used? I can see only one electromagnet coil. Are there any other magnets on sides or at bottom?

[cyberelectronics]

One electromagnet coil and a single neodymium magnet (inside the ping-pong ball).

[Daveflex]

would this work if the coil was underneath the spinning top??

[cyberelectronics]

No, it doesn't work.

Here we have 2 forces: the gravitational and from the electromagnetical field (generated by the coil).

These 2 forces must be in opposite direction.

[flyboy21141]

Dude, thats friggin awesome! You can probably make lots of money from selling that.

And the lasers reflecting off of the aluminum ball made me think: FLOATING DISCO BALL! : D

[cyberelectronics]

I tried with a small "ping pong" disco ball (with small mirrors), it was amazing. :)

[cafemm]

the second one and the third are just... orgasmic¡¡¡¡ you can work as a designer

[cafemm]

good job. it´s great

[poyss71]

yes it will work upside down

only the bottom part must be other side up, so will have 2 be the floating part and the ring that stabilises upper part should be moved down

[Lidmotor]

Thanks for this. There is a bunch of guys working on a project over at the Energetic forum called " One magnet no bearing Bedini" that can use this idea. I think that we can float the magnet and use the Bedini circuit to spin it up. Thanks. Love the song.

[crob227]

your setup is probably doing this already. just at a lower weight

[Lidmotor]

crob----I think that I can add this to my TOP CHARGER and get the top completely levitated. I wonder how fast I could get it to spin. WOW!

[munst0r]

Will this work if you turn it upside down (if you put the electromagnet at the bottom)?

[cyberelectronics]

No, It doesn't work.

[IMJamby]

Hi, I have another problem with the electromagnet...

In your site i see this dimension: outer diameter 30mm, inner diameter 8mm and height 10mm...But it isn't say how many windings are there.. How should I build it? All together ho long is the enameled copper wire?

Finally, if I wanna buil a more powerful electromagnet for take the permanent magnet far more is it possibile?

Sorry for my english man...

[cyberelectronics]

Sorry I don't know how many windings are on the coil.

But I wrote about the electrical characteristics in the pdf (like inductance, resistance).

The Hall sensor works only in a small range of distance, in a relative small magnetic field.

You can obtain higher magnetic field, adding more neodymium magnets, but with this you will add more weight to the system, so you will need a more powerfull electromagnet. Anyway, you can add only few mm or 1-2 cm to the distance.

I also speak bad English.

[cyberelectronics]

Try the link in my youtube profile.

[IMJamby]

Me and a Friend of mine are making this project thanks to your beautiful idea...

The only electronic component hard to find is the Linear Hall-Effect Sensor (SS495B) It's hard to find in usual shops... I think it must be bought on internet. Am I right?

However i would thank you so much for all the instructions..

[cyberelectronics]

Hi.

If you can't find the linear SS495, try with TLE4905 (with digital output, not the best, but it's ok).

The device in this video was made with TLE4905.

I bought the SS495A from TME Electronic Components.

You're welcome.

[IMJamby]

I've found the SS495A and i'll finish the project very soon but what is different to TLE4905? What differeces will I notice?

[cyberelectronics]

The SS495A is better than TLE4905.

The output voltage of SS495A varies in proportion to the strength of the magnetic field (linear from 0>5V).

The output voltage of TLE4905 can be 0V or 5V (depending by the pullup voltage).

Using SS495A, you can calibrate the device, more quickly and will be more stable.

Also with the trimmer (P1) you can change (a little bit) the distance between the flying object and the coil.

[AssassinXCV]

What is the song that is playing??? It's So! catchy and it has a nice beat

[cyberelectronics]

Dj Martinez - I wanna be free

[xaqom1211]

wow

[enlightenthemass]

has everyone noticed people can build stuff like this in their home..we can send a man to the moon.. and we can harness the power of nuclear fission... but we CAN'T have a fully electric car that uses free energy!BULLSH1T

[Sacredmystic]

This will make a nice science project over break for my youngster. Thanks for the post.

5/5*

[321815730]

i read the instructions but didnt understand anythin could you please make a video explaining how to do it.

[321815730]

this is very good, but can u put a video showing how to make it please!! i beg off you!

[cyberelectronics]

Thanks.

I don't have a video for this, sorry.

Go to my webpage, where you can find a simple HowTo description.

[002007mark]

0.o shiny^^

[elmeister4evayoknow]

man, I just have to thank you for this project... you're now my science Idol, thanks for sharing your wisdom... it was very useful

1000 stars

[ssonic116]

sweet i like the end with the specil red lights how can i make one? JUST JOKING lol youve alreadt been through enough "how can ibuild this" how can i build that" stuff. nice vid.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

hey, accidentally one of my magnets fell down and just broke up in two pieces... it still will work?

[cyberelectronics]

Yes

[elmeister4evayoknow]

even if they're rusty?

[elmeister4evayoknow]

hey, I got two neodymium magnet from a useless hard disk, but those are small and flat... not like the one of the video, those magnets will work with the experiment too? o has to be exactly like yours?

also I wanna ask, where you connected the transistors, condensers, resistances and those things at the beginning... in a protoboard? or what?

[cyberelectronics]

Yes, will work, but attach to this magnet a small metalic object (or a piece of simple magnet) for more weight.

Yes, I used a protoboard.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

thanks friend... really, you're the best =)

[elmeister4evayoknow]

and also I have to ask... it's necessary to have a neodymiun magnet? it can't be a ferrite magnet? (the black ones)

[elmeister4evayoknow]

and what's the white thing attached to the magnet?

[cyberelectronics]

Nothing, only a plastic object. You can attach anything to the neodymium magnet.

I recommend to use a neodymium magnet, because it's more stronger than a simple magnet.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

but I can use a ferrite magnet also?

[cyberelectronics]

Yes

[elmeister4evayoknow]

thnx dude... you saved my day ^^, I hope I complete this project well, u_u'...

anyway... the last question is... the size and shape of the magnet it's neccesary to be like that one or can be different sizes and shapes?

[elmeister4evayoknow]

I have one question, if you have time and you can answer me, please do it: I want to know what you used to support the Hall Sensor and also to mount the leds and laser diodes (with "what you used" I mean the structure itself, the thing with the *mirror thing* where the leds and laser diodes)

answer me this question as fast as you can please

[cyberelectronics]

At the beginning of this video you can see the original metal support, used in aromatherapy to evaporate essential oils with a candle.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

but all the structure of the aromatherapic candle support is like that? with the things like mirrors at the corners?

[cyberelectronics]

No.

I found this on a souvenir store. About the "mirrors": some simple glass balls, used only for design. I replaced these balls with 2 Leds and 2 Laser diodes (pointer).

[elmeister4evayoknow]

but the  "mirrors" for design came with the the chandlier (the support of the candle)? or you put them there?

[cyberelectronics]

Yes, the "mirrors" for design came with the chandlier

[elmeister4evayoknow]

ohh, thnx master, now I'm ready...

^^ kudos, you're the best

[elmeister4evayoknow]

I'm still amazed with this... maybe in the world are better than you at this, but man... you're still the best =), kudos

[callmeyang]

thanks for posting this bro! cool job!

:D

[wtfmate176]

lmao the upgrade was putting tinfoil on it lol

[coreyaustinmiller]

hello can anyone tell me what font he used at the beginning of film i have been looking for it forever! and nice vid.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

that's a protoboard I think with some condensers and such other things =], look at the description

[phoenixblazestorm]

dude, this iz sooooooo coool, how do i build one ?

[cyberelectronics]

All descriptions available on my website (see my profile).

[elmeister4evayoknow]

or give me a link where is the exactly one... please and thanks =P

[cyberelectronics]

Here I can't post links. I've send to you an email.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

thanks dude... really you're the pro man, awesome... all hail to you ^_^

[elmeister4evayoknow]

and is pretty cool, you are a master ^_^

[cyberelectronics]

Thanks :D

Song name: Dj Martinez - I wanna be free

All descriptions available on my website (see my profile).

[elmeister4evayoknow]

the song is a remix or the original one?...

can't you send it to me via e-mail?

[cyberelectronics]

The song is the original one.

[elmeister4evayoknow]

cool music, can you tell me the name of the song?

by the way... can you tell me the materials to do one of this levitrons on my physics class?

[corndog5595]

cool....i have the real levitron omega...its so aweome when you master it. it took me at least 10 hours to, but now that i have it only takes me like 5 minutes when i take it out again

[cyberelectronics]

I like this device, day and night :)

[corndog5595]

me 2...if i had access to the right supplies i would make my own levitron, but sadly i dont