Ultrasonic Mist Maker || DIY or Buy
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In this episode of DIY or Buy we will have a look at an ultrasonic mist maker and find out whether it makes sense to create a driver circuit for the ultrasonic piezoelectric disc. Or if we should rather just buy the commercial product instead.
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2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats
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Engineering experimentation and failure are positive learning experiences, part of the process, and sometimes just plain fun. What they are never, is stupidity.
Agreed!
(Congratulations on the number two top comment too!... I think...)
10:47 PM
6/19/2019
Ive failed at so many things, thanks for saying that. Life is worth the experiment.
Depending under how much pressure you work on a task a failure can eat you away much more than you would think. Nowadays development departments are no kndergarden, the persons who are the loudest/aggressive/pursuing/stupidest are promoted, thus many experts who think in silence for themselves work at home in their basement or just keep calm...
Depending on the middle to low management corpus, engineers suffer more ore less for less money than the con artists of management.
The moment the "art" designer and economy enginer is valued higher than the "application/design/electronics engineer" who do solve the problems, you should just change workplace :-\
Agree, and it would be great if Scott could overcome it and make the sequel videos, thus he reviewed what is actually the problem with the project in the previous video. Then he can explain the ideal of circuit behavior and its output and also practically correct the mistaken project.
He was being self-deprecating.
I love your peace of art xD
Thank you ;-)
No sabía que Proyectos LED seguía a GreatScott. Que pequeño es el mundo.
Proyectos LED sounds alittle bit dirty
*peace... GreatScott pronounces it like that :P
Una leyenda frente a otra XD
Very cool project! I appreciate that you went through the trouble of trying to build the circuit and showed your failures. That is always encouraging to see because failure is a huge part of engineering! I have so many projects that fail that don't make it into my videos. Thanks for another great video!
"Watch my stupidity?" Do not say that man, you did a great job! Thanks for sharing!
Agreed 100%.
I love how you underline everything and draw the circuits with a pen! Thanks for the collection of awesome videos!
I love that you still produce and upload your failures! It makes me feel better about my own. I fail so hard on such simple circuit concepts sometimes, I wonder if I'm just not smart enough to be trying this stuff! You're WAY ahead of me tho so seeing you accept defeat leads me to believe it's just part of the nature of engineering in general. Just like in my programming work, sometimes its 10% design and build, 90% debugging and rebuilding.
Now if I can just learn to be as cool headed as you about it! I find myself verbally and physically assaulting inanimate objects on a daily basis.
Don‘t know if you‘re seeing this but I really feel you. I always feel like “can’t be that hard right?” only to realize that it realistically is not that easy.
What you do in the video explains the very heart of electrical engineering "Theory combined with failures + success" The reward being the success after failures. Gratifying.
I was trying to understand how them foggers work for a half hour now, you explain it so simple and good in a minute, thanks!
For your 555 time + mosfet circuit, you could have added a DC blocking capacitor in series or discharge resistor for the crystal, it's a similar problem with crystal radios that use a piezoelectric for the ear piece that received a half wave rectified signal
Wow the mist maker in the pumpkin looks sp00ky
2sp00ky4me
SPOOPY
*SP00PY
makes me wanna D00T
Dooty
Thanks GS, for going through lengths teaching us, it's greatly appreciated
Something I always tell my students : "If you are not failing, you are not learning."
Fun to watch you go through all the processes you did. Thanks!
If your requirements include "cheap," DIY will almost never win. The advantage DIY gives you is that you can build something higher quality, for a reasonable price. Your "expensive" circuit could be a great starting point to add features and make something great!
I beg to differ. It does take engineering skill but there is probably a cheap DIY way of driving that transducer at 1.7 Mhz
@@metatechnologist but wouldn't it be great to scale this up for a greenhouse or sauna, a massive high quality water vapor belcher
What a cool series! I'd love to see even more of these! =D
Great video! This channel deserves recognition over 99.9% of the channels on youtube.
A failure video. Loved it. That's what happens 90% of the time for us newbies but no one posts them and makes everyone else trying things get frustrated. This helps thanks a lot.
Just love an honest living being.
Thanks for most interesting vids l enjoy every video.
Nice! I've been meaning to try this myself.
About the 139kHz; piezo transducers have multiple resonance modes. The 1.7MHz is fairly simple to figure out. This should work out the same way as the resonance frequency of a open cylinder. Basically, take the speed of sound in PZT ceramic, and use the disc thickness as your cylinder length.
The 139kHz you saw could be the radial resonance mode. This comes from the piezoelectric material getting wider when it compresses, and is mostly controlled by the diameter of the disc.
Aloha from Naalehu in Hawaii! I loved watching and did learn...thank you! It's my quest for diffusing essential oils that led me to you. Again, thanx, Linda
I always wanted to know how an infuser worked. Other videos kept telling me about how they infuse the air with scent. Finally this video explains the principle behind it. Thank you.
The 140 kHz resonance is a radial resonance, while the 1.7Mhz is a thickness resonance. Only the thickness resonance will interact well with the water...
As far as generating the drive signal, the simplest method would have been a Class-E amplifier. Just build up current in a small inductor and dump it into the piezoelectric device (a capacitor) at a 1.7 MHz rate...
I bought a mister kit and hooked up a oscilloscope to it to find the frequency of the driver, it reads a solid 114khz when it’s misting water
@@3nealweber3 If you can detach the transducer, you can hook it up to a NanoVNA or any other network analyzer that can measure the S11 parameter and look for the mechanical resonance frequency of the transducer (the frequency with minimum reactance). This is the frequency your mister should be running at. You will still get output at different frequencies, but running at the resonance frequency will provide more mist at the same output power. This measure isn't exactly right because the output is probably driven through a transformer and the transformer's leakage inductance should be considered, but it's close.
FULL BRIDGE REC... OH WAIT
SCWfan06 do you watch ElectroBOOM
RobertTunaru
Is that a question?
boom, here comes the boom,... oh wait not that movie
Hahahahah
Mother of all
Excellent video, and being humble about one's failures is a great virtue. Congratulations!!
Holy cow I just love watching your videos I feel like I learn something new from them everyday. 😁
more diy or buy
Very interesting, I didnt know you could create water vapor this way.
me, not too.
This is how vaporizers work without boiling water
You cannot achieve higher vapour pressure using this vibrator method than what we would get normally at that temperature. It only acts like a catalyst that speeds up the journey to equilibrium point but doesn't shift the equilibrium point.
you are great man.you always teach us something even if your project didn't work.respect you.
I don't see this as a failure. The goal was to see if it was cheaper to make this unit yourself or buy it. The test produced a clear answer: buy. That's a success. Well done! :)
First, the water is not turning into vapor form. Instead, the mist you saw is water in droplet form.
About driving the piezo, I would recommend transformer coupling, where a pulse transformer can be used. The reason for such a coupling method is that the distance of travel of the piezo piece is related to the peak-to-peak voltage. Basically, you will only need an oscillator, a mosfet driver (which can be as simple as an buffer opamp), and a pulse transformer.
The pulse transformer sounds like it could work. I might give it a try.
yes yes keep trying Thanks
GreatScott! This will be too simple to you. Lol. Btw, i drive my transducers through this transformer approach, which works like a charm. The tranducers has its own resonance frequency, where you dont have to worry about capacitors or what so ever.
+GreatScott The signal source can be an LC resonator.
Hi. I need your help. Can you send me your schematic about this circuit. I tried but it not work. My email: learningisglorious@gmail.com. Thank you very much!
Thanks for the theory part. I was just wondering how my air humidifier worked without boiling the water.
You are the best teacher I ever had great Scott.
Thanks a lot.
Failure is no stupidity. Plus you call yourself great Scott for a reason :)
Thanks for saving us the hard tests
You just have to add a series capacitor to the output of the 555 timer and it will make the unipolar AC signal bipolar by supressing the DC component.
Hey! I made my pumpkin out of two speakers and an LED light strip this year! I was just messing around so it was just a fun hour long project.
Sounds interesting :-)
Failures are a fact of electronics development. They happen and we continue our pursuit of knowledge. Thanks for posting the video.
I would say that this was a cool start to a new chapter, DIY or Buy. I enjoyed the new content!
I like the idea of the "thin layer of fuck" ! Nice one, Scott !
I was waiting for Pierce oscillator circuit design. with 1 Mhz Op amp out.
Who needs more diy or buy videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think Scott will do it
Blablablablabla!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I appreciate your hard work, so that we got many results of your experiments.
If you opened the one you bought and had a look at the circuitry it uses, do you think it would be possible to wire in more than one piezo disk and produce more vapour? Great video as always!
For what it's worth, they do sell multi disc models, but they aren't as cheap. 3 disc are easy to find, and I think I've seen a 5 or 7. I bought a 3 in the past and it works great for those mist fountains where I feel the single discs are lacking.
Sony look at the guts of a sonicare toothbrush, way different principle.. they use a layer steel transformer style in the shape of a tuning fork with coils wrapped around it.. very interesting.
It is sealed with potting compound
If you wire in one more piezo-electric disc with the one that's already with that item, it will decrease the frequency.
@@novadelp5969 why?
Great Work, But was a bit sad at the end of the video. Would've loved to see you recreate the internal circuit using your own components (circuit from the bought Mist maker)
That was my plan but I could not access the circuit from the mist maker. See the end of the video.
Awesome, loved the explanations, diagrams, the methods. Kudos for you pal! Thanks
First time on your channel. Loved the theory as well as the self-sarcasm.
1.7 Mhz has to be managed with appropriate components. I suggest to use ham radio oecillator and suotable semiconductor. Maube you can salvage them from LW radios. Anyway I appreciate ypu post also failures. Thi is sign of fairless. Grazie
1.7 MHz is pretty forgiving frequency to work with. Most transistors produce plenty of gain well into the VHF range
Yeah, I was thinking the same - those half bridge/full bridge drivers are made for driving high frequency transformers in switching power supplies and similar stuff where much lower frequencies are used. Using 1,7 MHz for those circuits would not be very efficient - and large power MOSFETs and IGBTs made for high power are too slow to work properly at that frequency. They would probably never be fully on or off and mostly work in linear mode with huge losses and wouldn't handle much power at all.
The built in "dead time" of 150-400 nS in those drivers are also needed for those, to ensure one set of transistors get enough time to turn fully off when the other turns on. For 1,7 MHz those MOSFETs are probably not the best choise ether
- there are other transistors more suitable for RF (I havn't very much experience my self working with frequencies that high - most I have played with is audio circuits and power circuits, that range from DC up to about 100 kHz)
Pier Aisa do you speak english
Wow, All this is beyond me right now. I would probably just buy one as well. But as a hobbiest, I appreciate how you can share your failures and it seems like it must have been fun attempting to problem solve this issue with the knowledge you have! Two questions, "did anyone ever successfully do this in an affordable way?" And, "is there any way to make sure the components don't corrode?" There was some rust on your oscillator/atomizer which perhaps could have affected it's performance but what do I know.
could you make a video about the individually adressable led strips? :)
Man a lot of experiments. I was about to try to make one. Now i know what to do. Thanks a lot
This video is awesome just for the theory. We have a cool mist humidifier at home and I always kinda wondered how it worked to create mist so quickly.
Could you try making your own 3D printer with an Arduino and RAMPS
This. Or maybe a raspi zero or greater as the controller.
That would be creative its only been done like half a billion times all ready?
Or even a Table CNC Router
Not a problem. Most of the cost of a 3d printer has to do with the steppers themselves. The more granularity, the higher the precision. The higher the precision, the slower the speed. The faster the speed, the more processing power required and the more momentum tries to sabotage you. It's a battle where physics is constantly trying to kick your ass.
if you can make the mechanic parts its not a big deal to build diy 3d printer.
And also videos about circuit design and calculation
I saw few video about mist or humidifier but your detailed explanation opening parts and explained everything exelant and making alternative cheapest technology awesome very best tutorial video sir thank you 👍
I appreciate the video on a failed attempt on a build. most people are to proud to show it. This is awesome. I look forward to more videos...
DIY/Buy: air conditioner (evaporator coil/condenser/refrigerant, not thermo-electric)
I can imagine, but would be *cool* to see Scott make one, esp. low-BTU solar powered.
Its pretty eazy
I would like thermoelectric
How about solar heated absorption type compressor, then a high btu capacity 'cold battery' to store the temperature negative energy 'cold' then a water pump to pump this fluid through a radiator and a fan to cool the air in a room.
DIY nuclear power plant
Again a nice Video, Scott! Also a great Idea!
LBLJLALRLNLE LHLALNLSLELN du musch des in englisch schreiben...
Er ließt ja nicht nur das, was in Englisch geschrieben ist
LBLJLALRLNLE LHLALNLSLELN Aber vielleicht wollen auch nicht Deutsch sprechende Wissen was du schreibst.
Ja, in dem Fall schreibe ich auch immer Englisch aber im falle eine Kritik? (Bzw. Feedback)
Ich glaube eh das er Deutsch versteht
Thanks, you saved me some money. And I'm looking forward to more DIY or buy videos.
Learned a lot from this episode. Thanks for making it!
'The first circuit I came up with was a true sign of my genius.'
Do not confuse failure with stupidity. Failure is still a learning experience! Stupidity is not!
Fantastic video. THANK YOU for sharing. I love that you shared your failure. This is so valuable
Your presentation is awesome. I use it to inspire the kids into science & technology !
hey Scott nice video... thumbs up . you really did it well... i never knew how mist maker works.. your designs were not stupidity it was fun ..enjoyed it. i was wondering will it work with normal piezo buzzer (speaker) ? like using 555 timer to generate frequency and then using op-amp like LM324 with +ve and - ve power supply? just a rough idea....
yeah, i was thinking the same. just use an op-amp to create a DC offset and you'll have an AC signal, yeah?
At 5:05 it didn't work because you charged the piezo capacitance. After charging once, it'll never discharge again because you don't have a discharge path. That's why you use "AC".
Fernando Zigunov very accurate.
You need add inductance at 5.05
Plus protoplasm
Amazing, Interesting, Fascinating , Educational, Helpful . . . . . this is really a great approach to teaching !
Literally had the same problem, trying to figure out if there was a better way to do it, this was both interesting and helped me out a lot. thanks1
u r just "GeniuS" mahn...........!!!I really enjoy your content!!!!!!!!! 😍
Thanks
Don't know what I enjoy more, the content, or the awesome accent of his voice, haha!
2:53
Scott: by utilizing Full...
me: BRIDGE RECTIFIEER !!
Scott: H-Bridge
me: aaaw
Your videos are great! Keep them coming, learned a lot from you.
More DIY or buy, it's a brilliant concept!!
8:17 "i hope you enjoyed my stupidity" ... I-
I wished I was as smart as he is , ( at least with electronics ! )
Just what I wanted...
I am 555 timer . Nice to meet you
Hi :)
fuck you. fuck you for being so rare!
I spent my childhood and early adult life wondering how these damn things work, never got around to looking it up. Thanks for the video :)
i have a lot of respect for this man
teach the pumpkin how to smoke?
great video, what about a DIY or BUY for arduino
I second that " Wow " everything I want to know about mister and drive circuits . remember no experiment ever fails , very informative TY
Well for sure, I learned why I drive a bus, and am not an electronics expert. This was an excellent video, as I wanted to know how an ionising diffuser works. Thanks for the vid...
you can get them on aliexpress for less than 3€
Honey FPV
...and you will receive them in January....if your lucky
Upcycle Electronics i usually get my items in like a week to two weeks from aliexpress (in belgium)
Honey FPV
I just ordered a bunch from AliEx myself. I bought from 10 different sellers. A few of the sellers were fast, but most took a week or more just to ship the item. They print a tracking number but they don't actually process the order and take it to the logistics carrier right away. I wish more people would write reviews that state:
1.) Order Placed: (DATE/in Chinese Time)
2.) First Tracking Number Ping: (DATE)
3.) Delivered: (DATE/number of business days)
4.) Condition/product quality/etc.
Even the listings with better feedback lack this kind of info. In my opinion, the delay between the order paid and first tracking number ping by the logistics carrier is the most important feedback possible. That info tells a buyer everything about the quality of the seller. I try to order from sellers that have better feedback, but it's still a shot in the dark.
I placed my last order 10/9. I've received 3 things already but there are 3 more that are still in China right now according to tracking. The fastest I have received stuff so far is 9 days, and I'm in Los Angeles California USA. This is one of the largest trade hubs with China as California is the gateway to the mainland US. If the seller is responsible I should get stuff very fast.... That's been my experience so far, but this is my first real experience with AliEx as I am looking for eBay alternatives for the small stuff.
Link product plz
@@UpcycleElectronics could you please post the link
How about a capacitor in series with the positive square wave circuit?
Does not work. Tried it.
BJTs are much faster than MOSFETs as far as I understand, and cheaper. Maybe a Darlington bridge or totem pole of some sort would work?
Did you play with the value of this capacitor? I think the value may influence the impedance vs. frequency response.
GreatScott! I could never get the hang of mosfets but as far as using a capacitor to create the a.c. would you not have to replace the piezo in the circuit with a resistor then where the resistor joins the f.e.t connect a decoupling capacitor from there to the piezo and then from the piezo to ground. I guess you could replace the f.e.t with a transistor
Searched this comment!
Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing your experience and your art!
I think everything would be a BUY. I watched your vid for 3 mins, started scrolling through and seeing tons of circuits and bits and knew it's definitely easily to buy.
I put my finger on one of those ultrasonic piezos when they were working once. It hurt like hell...
Why does that happen? It feels like it's being crushed
Answers to why?
Yeaaaah bruh ! Me tooo .....
Co-worker ask me to try and fix his humidifier decades ago, on the side of the device's it said ultrasonic, thought that was just BS packaging to impress consumer's, that is till I put my finger on the element, Ouch, not BS packaging after all.
Yeah it hurts like all hell
That is the same schematic for the wireless thingie
Correct
GreatScott! Kahan se milega
This is so cool. This channel makes me curious about so much
You always surprise me with your video's! Keep up the good work!
6:26 dude, I know you're hardcore, but haven't you heard of breadboards? Those white things with holes in them. They're pretty handy. Also, can't you just make a radio oscillator with a couple of plain BJT? Why all the mosfet driver shenanigans?
Yes, he does use breadboards. In almost every single one of his videos.
It is just not a good idea to use one in high-frequency circuits because the parasitic capacitances.
The mosfet drivers were there to turn on the mosfets on and off really fast, because you need to charge and discharge the gate quickly.
I solder stuff in mid air all the time. if its convenient, that is.
50w bluetooth audio amplifier: DIY or Buy?
Utkarsh Amitabh Srivastava yes I am
Absolutely DIY, unless you don’t mind the usual HPF bulls***.
The Lame Gaming Channel good luck to make a 50w amplifier that has got bluetooth 4.0 and cost less than 10 dollars and not bigger than your phone
I like this style of video! More please!
I’ve learned a lot in this video although it wasn’t a successful DIY , thanks a lot Scott , you’re really great (:
0:15 how the heck didn't you burn your hands :D
kael'thas sunstrider The terminator can't be burned by a candle
Hi
wifi ledstrip lights DIY or BUY??????????????
yes i want it
DIY
"Complete Failure" ... sounds like a lot of my projects :) I enjoy your videos, thanks!
yes I havea "diy or buy" video idea. A ballistic chronograph. I do archery... and I have been planning one for some time. Is one of the reasons I got interest for electronics. I can say I understand much more your videos by now. thanks for the good work.
He's left handed... 🙃🙃
ULTRASONIC WASHING MACHINE, just to stay in this topic, very popular , expensive to buy, but maybe cheap to DIY, from china a ultrasonic transducer is not very exprensive.
Thumbs up for Scott to read!
I think the project size is too big.
you are the best, never seen in my life ,thank you sir for upload the video,good luck sir
Excellent episode! I have been curious about those mist makers.
3d printer DIY or buy :D
It does not work on semen :( should i change the frequency?
Make sure the connection between the balls and the piezo is tight enough.
😂
You saved a lot of my time, and also shared your valuable experience thanks : ☺
i really enjoyed watching you ingeniousity!!! hahahah best video i have watched in several weeks!!