Miniature steam engine - The Wilesco D2 (and some Arduino)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- It’s small, quiet and mesmerizing to watch. On a 20ml (0.68fl oz) water refill it can run for 30 minutes! And I simply couldn’t resist it to add some Arduino.
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Omg, You taught me How Strobe light works. Ty for your Time and Efforts.
I just ordered a D2 to see this magic working in my home!
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best.
I was thinking of photo resistors or a rotary encoder.
This is much simpler.
Ha, yeah - didn't end as I thought it would, but that works nicely too!
That rpm measuring idea
was ingenious
Thanks Mr Joob, we appreciate all the genius, practice, efforts and work you are delivering
I remember building a bigger version of this while at school....This is dainty and a talking piece you can set up in your house.... Nice video
Now I understand better how the old 🚂 works.
I measure RPM with Arduino by adding a small black tape to the wheel, and measure the time between light intensity changes using a photo-transistor.
I only had an LED and a potentiometer in the spare parts drawer ;-)
What a cool little machine! To measure the rpm i thought you were going to put the LED on one side of the flywheel holes, and gave a light sensor on the other side of the holes that detects the flashing. Great video!
Awesome as usual 👍💪😊
When the RPM drops to 0 have the Arduino turn on a small fan to blow out the candle. Then an IR sensor to measure the heat from the candle and turn off the fan.
I'll bet the little engine could drive a fan made with nerf blades. Of course, you'd have to shield the candle to keep the fan from blowing it out. And, with a shield, I would bet a tea candle would work as the shield would direct most of the heat up.
Ótimo trabalho amigo 👍
Add a dynamo and a LED, and you can make artificial light out of natural light.
I was guessing that it was running something 1800-2000 RPM by its sound. Now I know its true :-)
great piece of hardware! thanks for sharing! please add (if you can) the link for buying one of those!
Awesome!
eBay says, roughly $100 price class.
Can you send me the link from where I can buy this machine ? Thanks much
Good 👍
Can you couple a belt to power for example Lego Technics gears?
Any tips to get the D2 to work? Mine is stopping after 10 seconds or less. Thanks
No is just left to do the optimization that it can run on a tea candle ;-)
How many watts of energy could this generate? What if you hooked it up to a tiny dc motor?
do not say it is useless, it could recharge a cellphone.
Did you just assume it wasn't or can't run at 3600 rpm or did you test it in some way?
I tested the rpm with an oscilloscope, a sound recorder and a slow mo video. All returned approximately 1800 rpm. But indeed, you always need to double the strobe frequency to be 100% sure.
Hi joop...do you have an email to get in contact as I need some help with a arduino drone project I'm working on right now?
No code supplied, but if i made a big one, i could grind my wheat to make bread flour... off Grid living
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Can you also measure the torque with the Arduino ?
You could with a moment arm and strain gauge. It would be tricky on an engine as small as the one in this video. Could you do it by replacing the flywheel with the rotor of a brushless motor then using the current from the brushless motor into a load bank calculate a torque?
Useless now, perhaps. But wait until the Zombie Apocalypse. It will be a great model for rebuilding civilization..... :D
:-)
Make subtitle to the video 😂,