Miniature steam engine - The Wilesco D2 (and some Arduino)

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Күн бұрын

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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@vinayakjadhav1719 5 жыл бұрын

Omg, You taught me How Strobe light works. Ty for your Time and Efforts.

@philmol Жыл бұрын

I just ordered a D2 to see this magic working in my home!

@jparky1972 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. I was thinking of photo resistors or a rotary encoder. This is much simpler.

@JeremyCook 5 жыл бұрын

Ha, yeah - didn't end as I thought it would, but that works nicely too!

@siddhantchaudhary4946 5 жыл бұрын

That rpm measuring idea was ingenious

@ahmedallam9612 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Joob, we appreciate all the genius, practice, efforts and work you are delivering

@michaelhawthorne8696 5 жыл бұрын

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

@elisaferreira8441 2 жыл бұрын

Now I understand better how the old 🚂 works.

@sharedinventions 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Joop_Brokking 5 жыл бұрын

I only had an LED and a potentiometer in the spare parts drawer ;-)

@jeff3741 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@JaydenLawson 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@ed-jf3xh 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@noealves8400 5 жыл бұрын

great piece of hardware! thanks for sharing! please add (if you can) the link for buying one of those!

@bassome3000ify 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome as usual 👍💪😊

@vast634 3 жыл бұрын

Add a dynamo and a LED, and you can make artificial light out of natural light.

@chaiandchords3225 Жыл бұрын

Any tips to get the D2 to work? Mine is stopping after 10 seconds or less. Thanks

@khoitran3500 2 жыл бұрын

Can you send me the link from where I can buy this machine ? Thanks much

@paulhorn2665 5 жыл бұрын

I was guessing that it was running something 1800-2000 RPM by its sound. Now I know its true :-)

@CanalSHAWBE 4 жыл бұрын

Ótimo trabalho amigo 👍

@samuelkohtala5915 4 жыл бұрын

Can you couple a belt to power for example Lego Technics gears?

@JxH 5 жыл бұрын

eBay says, roughly $100 price class.

@cosmicrdt 5 жыл бұрын

How many watts of energy could this generate? What if you hooked it up to a tiny dc motor?

@rsyoung01 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@daskasspatzle2396 5 жыл бұрын

No is just left to do the optimization that it can run on a tea candle ;-)

@zaragonrl 5 жыл бұрын

Did you just assume it wasn't or can't run at 3600 rpm or did you test it in some way?

@Joop_Brokking 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sh-wn3it 5 жыл бұрын

Can you also measure the torque with the Arduino ?

@eddydogleg 5 жыл бұрын

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?