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Would there be any problem with rapidly turning on an off electromagnet with capacitors and transistors?

Say you charged some caps in a parallel circuit and you discharged them rapidly into a electromagnet over and over in succession?

Say 10 caps where charged and you discharged the first one then the second... so on

If you controlled these with a micro controller how fast could you get it to work?

Update:

Say you charged some caps in a parallel circuit and you discharged them rapidly into a electromagnet over and over in succession?

Say 10 caps where charged and you discharged the first one then the second... so on

If you controlled these with a micro controller how fast could you get it to work?

If this is impractical what would be a better solution, to get the fastest strongest discharges ?

Update 2:

If this is impractical what would be a better solution, to get the fastest strongest discharges ?

Update 3:

Sorry i was trying to edit i just seem to be making a mess.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    An inductor and a capacitor will form a resonant circuit. The resonant frequency is 1 / (2 pi sqrt(LC)) Hz.

    That will limit the speed that each capacitor will discharge. For large inductors and caps, a micro controller could do the switching much faster than the caps would actually discharge.

  • guru
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It can easily operate in GHz it just needs proper design!

    How fast and how strong is only (almost) limited by your budget!

    Hope this properly answers your question

    Guru

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