The goal of this project is to construct and optimize a low voltage gauss gun; essentially a series of solonoids that when powered produce a magnetic field that propels a projectile at high velocities.In order to produce the currents needed to create the magnetic field in the coil, capacitors are charged using a boost converter (an inductor circuit that steps up voltage, thereby acting as the direct current version of the AC step up transformer.). When the capacitors are discharged through the coil there is a large current for a brief time forming a magnetic field that can be used to pull a projectile towards the center of the coil. LEDs and photodiodes are positioned in the space between each coil, acting as sensors that can switch the coils on and off, using comparator circuits on a PSoC microcontroller/system on a chip.The goal is to achieve 5% efficiency with the multi-stage gauss gun, which would theoretically yield a muzzle speed of 70 m/s for a 5g projectile.
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机译：该项目的目标是构造和优化低压高斯枪。本质上是一系列的电磁体，通电后会产生磁场，从而以高速度推动弹丸。为了在线圈中产生在磁场中产生所需的电流，需要使用升压转换器对电容器进行充电（升压电感电路电压，从而充当交流升压变压器的直流版本。）当电容器通过线圈放电时，短时间内会有大电流形成磁场，该磁场可用于将弹丸拉向线圈中心。 LED和光电二极管位于每个线圈之间的空间中，充当传感器，可以使用PSoC微控制器/片上系统上的比较器电路来打开和关闭线圈，目标是通过多级实现5％的效率高斯枪，理论上对于5克射弹，其初速为70 m / s。
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