Joost RekveldFinally finished building, testing and calibrating (sort of) this 1 KV power supply; first display is in Volts, the second in mA. Things are slowly coming together...
With my crude metal-working skills and capabilities I built this strange contraption of steel and mica, hoping it will be fit for purpose and able to resist high voltage and high temperature.
Next iteration of weird see-through oven in progress..
Coming Friday I will have the privilege to participate in one of the reflective moments of the great Oscillation festival organized by q_o2 in Brussels. I will be sharing the stage with Alanna Stuart, Marie Thompson, Gary Stewart and Femke Snelting, and there will be a panel moderated by Elena Biserna.
#OscillationFestival #q_o2 @elenabiserna
#OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter #DialoguesWithMachines
It turns out that coils of 220V heater wire are also quite powerful emitters of electromagnetic waves, and that heavy-duty temperature sensors are also excellent antenna's. So today I kludged this low-pass filter on to the temperature sensor input to get rid of the unwanted signals and now it seems to work fine..
#Thermocouple #AnalogElectronics #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
Browsing some corporate publications, not sure this particular one from 1939 succeeded in conveying the 'romantic' dimension.
A bit of oven development in progress...
Drilling for rock salt in Germany, early 19th century.
Testing ways to mount heater wire that will hopefully not result in tripping the fuses.
Yesterday was the opening of the first ever Research Days organized at KASK&Conservatorium in Ghent, loosely structured around the topic of play. The image is bad picture of Luanda Casella's great presentation during the first panel. Today I will be trying out a lecture performance at 17h, tomorrow I will be in a panel discussion with Kate Fletcher and Lambros Malafouris, moderated by Anca Uşurelu.
#schoofofartsgent #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
