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"The Cool Magnet Man" provides an excellent tutorial on the practical aspects of the design and winding of your own electromagnets here

This is a summary of his procedure:

Before you can start with the construction of an electromagnet, you first need to figure out the following:

1. What will the core be made of
2. What magnetic flux density are you trying to achieve
3. How many turns will be required for this along with
4. How many amps will be flowing through the wire
5. How big will the wire have to be to handle the current
6. How much surface area will you have for cooling the coil
7. How big will the electromagnet be due to the above
8. What voltage rating will the insulation of the wire have to withstand
9. What will be the inductance of the electromagnet
10. Obtain the core, wire, bobbin (form for the winding)
11. Wind the coil
12. Test the electromagnet

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This page cites the CMM's tutorial and provides my commentary on the use of electromagnets with a Raspberry Pi.

"The Cool Magnet Man" provides an excellent tutorial on the practical aspects of the design and winding of your own electromagnets here

This is a summary of his procedure:

Before you can start with the construction of an electromagnet, you first need to figure out the following:

1. What will the core be made of
2. What magnetic flux density are you trying to achieve
3. How many turns will be required for this along with
4. How many amps will be flowing through the wire
5. How big will the wire have to be to handle the current
6. How much surface area will you have for cooling the coil
7. How big will the electromagnet be due to the above
8. What voltage rating will the insulation of the wire have to withstand
9. What will be the inductance of the electromagnet
10. Obtain the core, wire, bobbin (form for the winding)
11. Wind the coil
12. Test the electromagnet

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Superb Surrey University inductor winding page here

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This page cites the CMM's tutorial and provides my commentary on the use of electromagnets with a Raspberry Pi.

"The Cool Magnet Man" provides an excellent tutorial on the practical aspects of the design and winding of your own electromagnets here

This is a summary of his procedure:

Before you can start with the construction of an electromagnet, you first need to figure out the following:

1. What will the core be made of
2. What magnetic flux density are you trying to achieve
3. How many turns will be required for this along with
4. How many amps will be flowing through the wire
5. How big will the wire have to be to handle the current
6. How much surface area will you have for cooling the coil
7. How big will the electromagnet be due to the above
8. What voltage rating will the insulation of the wire have to withstand
9. What will be the inductance of the electromagnet
10. Obtain the core, wire, bobbin (form for the winding)
11. Wind the coil
12. Test the electromagnet

____________________________________________

This page cites the CMM's tutorial and provides commentary on the use of electromagnets with a Raspberry Pi.

"The Cool Magnet Man" provides an excellent tutorial on the practical aspects of the design and winding of your own electromagnets here

This is a summary of his procedure:

Before you can start with the construction of an electromagnet, you first need to figure out the following:

1. What will the core be made of
2. What magnetic flux density are you trying to achieve
3. How many turns will be required for this along with
4. How many amps will be flowing through the wire
5. How big will the wire have to be to handle the current
6. How much surface area will you have for cooling the coil
7. How big will the electromagnet be due to the above
8. What voltage rating will the insulation of the wire have to withstand
9. What will be the inductance of the electromagnet
10. Obtain the core, wire, bobbin (form for the winding)
11. Wind the coil
12. Test the electromagnet

____________________________________________

This page cites the CMM's tutorial and provides my commentary on the use of electromagnets with a Raspberry Pi.

Ah, The Cool Magnet Man is my friend.

"The Cool Magnet Man" provides an excellent tutorial on the practical aspects of the design and winding of your own electromagnets here

This is a summary of his procedure:

Before you can start with the construction of an electromagnet, you first need to figure out the following:

1. What will the core be made of
2. What magnetic flux density are you trying to achieve
3. How many turns will be required for this along with
4. How many amps will be flowing through the wire
5. How big will the wire have to be to handle the current
6. How much surface area will you have for cooling the coil
7. How big will the electromagnet be due to the above
8. What voltage rating will the insulation of the wire have to withstand
9. What will be the inductance of the electromagnet
10. Obtain the core, wire, bobbin (form for the winding)
11. Wind the coil
12. Test the electromagnet

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This page cites the CMM's tutorial and provides commentary on the use of electromagnets with a Raspberry Pi.