Daemon2004
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Hi there guys, im new to this forum so hi .
At the moment i'm a struggling design technology student on a 2 year course and its now time to create my concept idea but i am totally lost as to how to incorporate the electronics into the design.
I am designing and manufacturing a compact car battery jump starter unit that will be no bigger than 220mm x 70mm x 70mm. The design will have to be based around the internal componentry this time as this project is strictly function over aesthetic.
My ideas came from when my car failed to start one morning, and without a donor car to jump start i was stuck. The ones on the market are quite expensive and bulky meaning it takes up vital space in the car. I am currently on the development stage of design and now it comes to the crunch where i have to specify the electronics i will use.
I have come on here hoping that you will be kind enough to submit some ideas for me to work with. The problem i have is that i need about 12v and around 900 amperes sustained for around 5-6 seconds to give the user enough time to attach the unit, switch it on, wait and then turn the ignition.
Obviously using a huge battery to provide this defeats the object so my idea for the process of electrics was something along the lines of:
Small Power Source (4v etc) >> Transformer (Jumps current up to 12v) >> Power capacitor (power storage) >> Release Switch.
The problem is this system would fail to deliver 900 amps + and space needs to be kept to a minimum.
I am really enjoying this project, so far lol. If you have any ideas on how i could achieve this please reply to this post.
If you know what parts would be required and have any info such as price, where to buy them etc that would be great.
This is my last project now so i'm hoping to make it something special and i hope that i can get the power out of the unit needed to make it function.
Thanks
Dan
Hi there guys, im new to this forum so hi .
At the moment i'm a struggling design technology student on a 2 year course and its now time to create my concept idea but i am totally lost as to how to incorporate the electronics into the design.
I am designing and manufacturing a compact car battery jump starter unit that will be no bigger than 220mm x 70mm x 70mm. The design will have to be based around the internal componentry this time as this project is strictly function over aesthetic.
My ideas came from when my car failed to start one morning, and without a donor car to jump start i was stuck. The ones on the market are quite expensive and bulky meaning it takes up vital space in the car. I am currently on the development stage of design and now it comes to the crunch where i have to specify the electronics i will use.
I have come on here hoping that you will be kind enough to submit some ideas for me to work with. The problem i have is that i need about 12v and around 900 amperes sustained for around 5-6 seconds to give the user enough time to attach the unit, switch it on, wait and then turn the ignition.
Obviously using a huge battery to provide this defeats the object so my idea for the process of electrics was something along the lines of:
Small Power Source (4v etc) >> Transformer (Jumps current up to 12v) >> Power capacitor (power storage) >> Release Switch.
The problem is this system would fail to deliver 900 amps + and space needs to be kept to a minimum.
I am really enjoying this project, so far lol. If you have any ideas on how i could achieve this please reply to this post.
If you know what parts would be required and have any info such as price, where to buy them etc that would be great.
This is my last project now so i'm hoping to make it something special and i hope that i can get the power out of the unit needed to make it function.
Thanks
Dan