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300 Watts PWM Controlled Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit

Last Updated on August 3, 2020 by Swagatam 118 Comments

The following article which discusses a 300 watt pure sine wave inverter circuit with automatic output voltage correction, is a modified version of one of my previous posts, and was submitted to me by Mr. Marcelin. Let's learn more about the converter implementations.

The Design

The idea was inspired by the design presented in this article by me, however Mr.Marcelin has refined it considerably for better efficiency and reliability.

To me, the modifications and the implementations done  look great and feasible.

Let's understand the design elaborately with the following points:

IC2 and IC3 are specifically configured as the PWM generator stage.

IC2 forms the high frequency generator required for pulsing the PWM waveform which is processed by IC3.

For processing the IC2 pulses, IC3 needs to be fed with a sine wave equivalent information at its pin#5, or the control input.

Since creating sine waveform is a bit complex than a triangular waves, the later was preferred as its easier to make yet performs as good as a sine waveform  counterpart.

IC1 is wired up as the triangular wave generator, whose output is finally fed to pin#5 of IC3 for the generating the required RMS sine equivalent at its pin#3.

However the above processed PWM signals needs to be modulated over a push-pull kind of arrangement so that the waveforms are able to load the transformer with alternately conducting current.

This is necessary for achieving an output mains consisting of both positive and the negative half cycles.

Circuit Operation

The IC 4017 is introduced just for implementing this action.

The IC generates a sequentially running output from its pin#2 to pin#4, to pin #7, to pin#3 and back again to pin#2, in response to every rising pulse edge at pin #14.

This pulse is derived from the output of IC2, which is  set to 200 Hz strictly so that the outputs of IC4017 results in a 50 Hz across the sequencing from the above discussed pin outs.

Pin#4 and pin#3 are purposely skipped, for generating a dead time across the gates triggers of the respective transistors/mosfets connected to the relevant outputs of IC4017.

This dead time makes sure that the devices never conduct together even for a nano second at transition zones, and thus safeguard the health of the devices.

The sequencing positive outputs at pin#2 and 7 trigger the respective devices which in turn force the transformer to saturate with the alternating battery power induced in the respective winding.

This results in the generation of around 330+ V AC at the output of the transformer.

However this voltage would be a square wave with high RMS if it wouldn't be processed with the PWM from IC3.

Transistor T1 along with its collector diode is fed with the PWM pulses such that T1 now conducts and grounds the base trigger voltages of the outputs devices in accordance with the PWM content.

This results in an output that's an exact replica of the the fed PWM optimized input..... creating a perfectly carved pure sine wave AC equivalent.

The circuit has additional features such as a manual output voltage correction circuit.

The two BC108 transistors are stationed for controlling the gate drive voltage levels of the mosfets, the base current of these transistors are derived from a small sensing winding on the transformer which provides the required output voltage level information to the transistors.

If the output voltage goes beyond the expected safe level, the base current of the above transistors may be adjusted and reduced by varying the 5K preset, this in turn brings down the conduction of the mosfets, ultimately correcting the output AC to the required limits.

The BD135 transistor along with its base zener provides a stabilized voltage to the associated electronics for sustaining constant PWM output from the relevant ICs.

With IRF1404 as the mosfets, the inverter would be able to generate anywher around 300 to 5000 watts of pure sine wave output.

 

 

 

Many drawbacks and flaws were detected while assessing the above circuit details. The finalized circuit (hopefully) is presented below.

The above circuit may be further enhanced with an automatic load correction feature as shown below. It is implemented by the inclusion of the LED/LDR opto-coupler stage.

 

For the final verified design of the above circuit please refer to the following post:https://homemade-circuits.com/2013/10/modified-sine-wave-inverter-circuit.html




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  2. mirmurtaza says

    hello sir i need favour from you i need 300watt pure sine wave inverter with cut off voltage using arduino and mosfet kindly i have less time in my project i will be very thankful to you i need your whatsapp number also thanks

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      mirmurtaza, you can try the following concept:

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/arduino-pure-sine-wave-inverter-circuit/

      Reply
  3. Ali Hassan Hassan says

    is 6V on transformer RMS value or peak-peak.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      RMS value

      Reply
  4. GIULIANO VIGARANI says

    Good evening, you have an inverter circuit to have 115 volts to 400 hz three-phase power about 100 watts.
    Thank you
    Greetings
    Giuliano

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi, yes you can try the designs presented in the following links:
      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/three-phase-inverter-circuit/

      Reply
  5. Lord James says

    Sir I’m really need your help in getting
    The value of R1,R2 and C1 on the first inverter circuit
    Because no value is indicated
    Can only see voir texte on the left coner of the diagram
    Thank you sir
    Hope to hear from you soon

    Reply
    • Swag says

      Hi Lord, That will need to be confirmed using a frequency meter and by gradual adjustment of the relevant presets in a practical set up. Calculating it here may not be appropriate, since a practical confirmation would help you to achieve a better and a foolproof accuracy.

      Reply
  6. ISMAIL ADELEKE says

    Hi swagatam, if the 220vac output of the above second diagram is connected to the standing or ceiling fan, will the standing or ceiling fan make hum noise? If yes, what to do to eliminate the noise with the same diagram? Then will the rotational speed of the fans will be the same as that of sine wave?
    Ismail, from Nigeria.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Ismail, as far as I know, connecting a high voltage capacitor such as a 0.22uF/400V across the trafo output wire helps to reduce the hum, this could be further improved with a series inductor.

      Reply
  7. hui says

    ok, thank you, sir… i am on working this circuit, hope it will work as desired 🙂 …

    Reply
  8. hui says

    hi, sir…
    what the function of C3 on the Collector TR3 and how much of its value????

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi hui, it helps to genearte the required triangle waves for the IC2 and for the final PWMs

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      it can be a 1uF/25V capacitor

      Reply
    • hui says

      and.. the resistor to the gate, what the value should i used for ??

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      100 ohms will do

      Reply
  9. Paul Richard says

    Sorry mr swagatam, suppose i need 25kva as an output of my inverter, what requirements do i need to make 25000watts as an output power

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      use more mosfets in parallel and upgrade the transformer to 3kva power……

      Reply
  10. Swagatam says

    It will happen if either the transformer wattage or the battery AH is not sufficiently rated for handling the load…

    Reply
  11. Joremie Jutba says

    hi sir is the schematic already 300 watts?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Jeremy, for achieving 300 watts the trafo should be rated at 350 watts and the battery at around 100 AH

      Reply
  12. Kolley says

    Hi sir,
    Pls help, I build an inverter using IC 3524 the inverter is working fine on some appliances but won't work well with a small fan, hair clipper and a desktop computer. Pls what can I do to fix this problem.
    Thanks in advance

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Kolley,

      measure the output voltage of the inverter when you connect those loads, if you find the voltage dropping would indicate an inadequate battery current or transformer wattage.

      Reply
  13. Kolley says

    Hi sir,
    I build an inverter using ic 3524, the inverter is working fine on some appliance but won't power a small standing fan and a small clipper. Pls what can I do?
    Thanks in advance

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Kolley, the fan wattage could be beyond the capacity of the inverter power that's why it's not able to move it…you may have to increase the battery AH and/or the transformer amps for upgrading the inverter range

      Reply
  14. Harendra Singh Mewari says

    I am developing 3000 W invertor using pwm technique for that I need to design a transformer with 50 hz frequency the resulting transformer is bulki and costlier, I am using 1000 hz pwm frequency for switching, if I design transformer with this frequency the resulting transformer is comparably very small and cheap.
    My question is — is that ok to design transformer according to pwm frequency? Please help me out with this problem.

    Thanx..

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      You will need to employ a ferrite core transformer design for fulfilling the design idea.

      A 1kHz will not do, you may have require above 20kHz for an efficient response from the ferrite core trafo…and in the next step the output from the ferrite trafo will need to be rectified and converted back to AC at 50Hz frequency in order to make it usable with the normal electrical appliances.

      Reply
  15. Sanjed S3 says

    can i use 2pair of irf3205 and 600va ups transformer for 300w inverter ????

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      yes it can be tried

      Reply
  16. Sanjed S3 says

    can i use 600va ups transformer instead of 5A transformer 12-012v for 100w inverter for 90w load ( 1 fan )

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      yes it can be used.

      Reply
  17. Swagatam says

    this will happen if the current from the inverter is not sufficient for the load.
    the load sucks more current dropping the voltage.

    Reply
  18. Paul says

    Sir is there any modification for this circuit to produce the output of 220v at 60hz?
    and can i use 12-0-12 2amp transformer?

    Reply
  19. Debashees Sikder says

    SIR, are you sure circuit diagram 1 & 2 are pure sine wave (like as MAIN AC)?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      waveforms will be pwm based sine wave, equivalent to pure sine wave.

      Reply
  20. biannz says

    hi sir i finally build this 300 Watts PWM Controlled, Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit with Output Voltage Correction but if i power the circuit the two mosfets get very hots without plugin any load its get hots for even 4 to 5 seconds why sir please i need your help thank you im looking forward to hear from you son.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      disconnect the transformer from the mosfet and first confirm the frequency inputs at pin14 of IC4017 and pin3 of IC2 555.
      pin14 should have a frequency of 200Hz, pin#3 of IC2 should have a frequency of 500Hz.
      Once these are confirmed, remove the diode connections from the gate of the mosfets and reconnect the transformer with the mosfet and now check the response from the mosfet and the trafo output. It should work as expected without heating….after this connect the diodes to the gates and check the response again….also keep the load correction removed initially while doing the above tests.

      Reply
  21. biannz says

    Hi sir thank you for de good job you have provided i pray that god will guide you and give you more knowledge so that you can produce more circuit,sir this300 Watts PWM Controlled, Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit with Output Voltage Correction i been study this circuit for about one week,sir i am not too much good in calculation so please i need you to assist me,can i replace 47nf in place of 50nf and100k pot in place of 180kpot? cos its difficult to get it here and also we have only NE555 can it be use thank you i hope to hear from you son/

    Reply
  22. biannz says

    Hi sir thank you for de good job you have provided i pray that god will guide you and give you more nor rage so that you can produce more circuit,sir this 300 Watts PWM Controlled, Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit with Output Voltage Correction i been study this circuit for about one week,sir i am not too much good in calculation so please i need you to assist me,can i replace 47nf in place of 50nf and100k pot in place of 180kpot? cos its difficult to get it here and also we have only NE555 can it be use thank you i hope to hear from you soon

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      yes ne555 can be used, see previous comment for the remaining answers.

      Reply
  23. biannz says

    Hi sir thank you for de good job you have provided i pray that god will guide you and give you more nor rage so that you can produce more circuit,sir i been study this circuit for about one week,sir i am not too much good in calculation so please i need you to assist me,can i replace 47nf in place of 50nf and100k pot in place of 180kpot? cos its difficult to get it here and also we have only NE555 can it be use thank you i hope to hear from you son. 300 Watts PWM Controlled, Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit with Output Voltage Correction

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Hi Biannz,

      thanks! instead of 100k you can try using 220K pot that would give you a better range of selection. 47nF can be replaced with 50nF

      Reply
  24. zinnaboy2 says

    sir in this circuit 300 Watts PWM Controlled, Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit with Output Voltage Correction can bc548 replace bc108 transistor? sir i have search every electronic shops here in my country all they is NE555 they don't have SA555 can i use ne555 without problem? sir in your comment you said pin2 of the IC1 should remove and connect to pin3 of IC4 should we follow that or ignore and build the circuit as it provided? thank you i am waiting for your rply.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      zinnaboy the first diagram has many flaws in it so don't try it.

      Reply
  25. Debashees Sikder says

    Sir,in our village home the electricity's volts is low(150 -170v) .Can i use a 16 – 0 – 16v 20a transformer for charge a 120a battery?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      what is the voltage of the battery?

      Reply
  26. Debashees Sikder says

    Dear Sir,is it a pure sine wave inverter as like our main electricity?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      NO, it's a modified sine wave.

      Reply
  27. Debashees Sikder says

    Dear Sir, I made picture-2 but,it is not able to make a pure wave from.In our market (7)555,1mfd and 50pF is not common.I used here ne555,47pF,1.1MFD (BY PAIRING 2p 2.2MFD POLAR CAPACITOR =1.1MFD {pairing each – } BY POLAR CAPACITOR ). Sir, PLEASE HELP ME.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      Dear Deb,

      Please refer to the last circuit given in the following design and add one more 555 stage for getting the required results:

      https://homemade-circuits.com/2013/10/making-3kva-modified-sine-wave-inverter.html

      Reply
  28. achilles hector says

    are you sure its 300 watts ?

    Reply
  29. Swagatam says

    The chopped PWMs have no connection with moset/transformer switching rate.
    Because mosfet/trafo are switched with another IC, it may be with a 4017, or with 4047 etc, and this frequency is fixed at 50 or 60Hz.
    The PWMs are only used for chopping or breaking up the above 50 Hz conduction of the mosfet so that the average ON time of the mosfets create a voltage equivalent to a standard sine voltage.
    We do this by adjusting the duty cycle of the PWM, if we remove the PWM from the mosfet gates, the mosfets would conduct fully, and create voltages upto 350V which could be dangerous for the appliances.
    And the transformer here does not act as a filter, it steps-up whatever waveform is induced at the primary and produces it on its secondary

    Reply
  30. Swagatam says

    Hi Marcelin,

    Welcome back!
    Nobody have really completed the project, but according to me the proposed designs a full fledged and perfect and would give the intended results as proposed in the article, especially the last diagram which is a simpler version of the previous design.

    TIP35 would require a base driver stage, you can connect 8050 transistor with it in Darlington configuration.

    Regards.

    Reply
  31. Swagatam says

    a 12v/220v trafo will require 12v pulsing at the 12v winding for producing 220v, but here since PWM is used the average value across the mosfet drain could be much lower than 12v, therefore to compensate this drop we need to use with a trafo having lower input winding voltage, so that the output never gets affected and stays close t0 220V mark

    Reply
  32. alex says

    hello Mr swagatam is this a PURESINE WAVE output inverter or it is a modified sine wave inverter like your other post please tell us straight because a lot of us want to build it but we want to be certain before we buy the parts. Thank u for ur usual support

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      helo Mr. Alex, all pure sine wave inverters in the market are actually modified sine wave inverters….it's just the quality of the modification that differs, some are crudely modified some are perfectly modified.
      In the above design, the waves are perfectly modified according to me, so it can be considered as puresine wave.

      Reply
  33. hamza says

    thanks 4 de circuit can u please give me de description of upto coupler

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      I have explained the optocoupler construction in this article, please refer to it:

      https://homemade-circuits.com/2011/12/how-to-build-simple-electronic.html

      Reply
  34. Swagatam says

    Hi thanks! yes it's being tried by an interested member of this blog Mr.Robin Peter.
    He has submitted some interesting waveform details and corrections regarding the above design, I would hopefully update them all here soon.

    Reply
  35. Swagatam says

    …yes surely the PWM via the diodes are reducing the RMS of the mosfet conduction thereby reducing the output voltage proportionately…that's why I have suggested the use of 9-0-9 or 6-0-6V trafo and not a rating that may be matching the battery voltage.

    Reply
  36. Swagatam says

    The above concept that I have presented is impeccable and will surely work, but your suggestion might be also correct due to one issue in the design, the problem may be with the 200Hz at pin14 of 4017 and the same frequency at pin2 of IC2(555).
    I think, pin2 of IC2(555) must be raised to many khz for producing correct pwm via the gates diodes.
    for this we need to add a separate astable MV for the IC2(555).
    I'll think more about it and update the article accordingly soon.

    Reply
  37. alex says

    helloMr Swagatam I noticed u had a modification which u ommited ic1 and some other components but now I do not see it again. did u remove this and used the other circuit that is ther now with the two 555 and the transistor please explain here thank u

    Reply
  38. randy stewart says

    How does optocoupler protect the circuit?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      the LED light increases proportionately with increase in 220V output which lowers the LDR resistance thereby lowering the potential at pin#5 of IC2 resulting in proportionate decrease in mosfet conduction and subsequently reduction in the mains 220v out.

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      By translating input voltage levels into illumination and then to varying PWMs

      Reply
  39. Swagatam says

    it may be due to incorrect or low quality transformer or battery not fully charged.

    Reply
  40. Swagatam says

    I think i have answered this question comprehensively, anyway yes it will drive the mosfets fully.

    Reply
  41. Swagatam says

    Yes that's correct, you got the concept right.

    Reply
  42. Swagatam says

    The meter is showing the RMS value or the average value, the peak voltage of the pulses are always 12V or equal to the supply voltage, so the mosets would be conducting fully during those instantaneous peak pulses.

    Reply
  43. Swagatam says

    If you are using a 12V battery then you can directly connect it with the ICs.

    Reply
  44. Swagatam says

    Yes a lower voltage trafo will generate a slightly higher voltage at the output and thus will last longer even when the battery is fully discharged.

    Reply
  45. Swagatam says

    that's correct.

    Reply
  46. Swagatam says

    with 12V trafo if the mosfets are allowed to push 12V into the trafo then the output would be equal to the rated output voltage.
    Using PWM we can reduce the average conduction of the mosfets thereby reducing their average ON time which in turn produces proportionately lower output voltage at the output of the trafo

    Reply
  47. Swagatam says

    Technically it should be equal to the transformer half winding voltage rating, that is if the trafo is 9-0-9V, then you may fix a 9V DC at pin#5 of IC2 for getting the specified output at the trafo output

    Reply
  48. Swagatam says

    The varying voltage level of the triangle waves determine the output pulse width therefore if the triangle waves are without sufficient peak levels, the result from pin#3 would be proportionately low which in turn will produce lower AC voltage at the output of the trafo.

    In the modified diagram I have eliminated the triangle waves because here I have empoyed a fixed average voltage at pin#5 such that the corresponding average PWM matches with the average of a triangle wave.

    You can refer to the following post for knowing more about 555 function as a pwm generator.

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2012/12/how-to-use-ic-555-for-generating-pwm.html

    Reply
  49. Swagatam says

    I have already rejected the first diagram due to many doubtful things hidden in it, so it's no use sending me the diagram.

    First of all the triangle waves shown there may not be from zero to peak, secondly the voltage correction stage is doubtful..

    The updated diagrams at the bottom are more reasonable and are on the same principles as the first one, except that it does not employ triangle waves which is anyway not crucial, according to me.

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  50. Swagatam says

    I did not modify the first design because it's unnecessarily complicated, rather I designed my own version, see the last diagram.
    Here I have eliminated the triangle waves because according to me the pattern of the waveform is not critical, the RMS needs to be corrected as per the specifications which I have tried to do through the opto circuit.

    The shown optocoupler is a hand made assembly made by sealing an LDR and LED face-to-face inside a light proof enclosure.

    Reply
  51. Swagatam says

    The "space" in the mark/space ratio of PWMs are the negative pulses, wider "spaces" would result in lesser voltage while wider "marks" would result in increasing voltages.

    I have updated the required design, you can check it out.

    Reply
  52. Swagatam says

    the present design would reduce the positive PWMs which we don't want, it should be just the opposite, so you are right the modification should be introduced at the gates of the mosfets, I'll correct it accordingly soon.

    Reply
  53. Swagatam says

    Actually the above modification won't correct a varying output load, so yes may be the modification was not correct, I'll redesign it and publish it soon.

    Reply
  54. Swagatam says

    it can used to control the height ( peak voltage) of the triangle waves resulting in an equivalent control at the output

    Reply
  55. Swagatam says

    in cases where there's no return path for the mosfet gate to discharge then it would be required.

    Reply
  56. Swagatam says

    Thanks Michael,

    The resistors are introduced neither for limiting current nor for restricting voltage, it's just a good practice to put a low value resistor at the gate….even if you don't put any resistor the mosfets won't get affected because these are MOS based devices specified with very high gate resistance.

    Applying the PWM at the IC pins would blow the 4017 IC.

    Reply
  57. Auston says

    hello Sir….
    what if i increase the frequency of the output pwm IC??(IC3 in first diagram)…

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      the output frequency would also increase then.

      Reply
  58. Swagatam says

    Hi Michael, you are right! Actually I have already addressed this issue to one of the readers who asked the same question a few days back, I can't remember though where it's posted.

    Anyway the remedy may be done in the following manner.

    another resistor can be introduced in between the IC pinouts and the common gate resistors, and this junction can be used as the PWM and the voltage correction outputs.

    The new resistor can be a 1K while the gate resistors can be reduced to 100 ohms.

    Reply
  59. Swagatam says

    correction:

    2)just multiply the number of sequence selected for the output of 4017 with 50, that will give you the needed IC1 frequency value, which can be set by adjusting C1

    Reply
  60. Swagatam says

    1) That's correct, however the triangle waveform is not critical, it can be replaced with square waves at pin#2.
    2) just divide the number of sequence selected for the output of 4017 and multiply it with 50, that will give you the IC1 frequency value, which can be set by adjusting C1.
    3)It may be connected in that way, but having separate resistors for the gates would be better.

    Reply
  61. Swagatam says

    you may incude for better safety, although nowadays the mosfets have them in-built.

    I think you've made a good point, the transistor is not required, in-fact it's presence will invert the PWM from the 555 output, resulting in an incorrect stepped-down voltage at the tranfo output.

    the common cathodes of the diodes must be directly connected with the 555 output for obtaining correct optimization.

    Reply
  62. Swagatam says

    Actually there's nothing called carrier waves here, one signal determines the frequency of the PWM while the other the duty cycle, together they constitute and produce the required optimized PWM corresponding to the applied sine input.

    for example when you apply the two signals at the inputs of an opamp, the output results in a PWM where the ramp (sine or triangle waves) voltage fixes the pulse width while the square waves determines the frequency of the pulses

    Reply
  63. Swagatam says

    Dear Raimund,

    The above circuit was designed by one of the interested hobbyists, so it might have some issues with its configuration, you can refer to the last design presented in the following link:

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2012/12/make-this-ic-556-pure-sine-wave.html

    It's simple and as good as the above explained circuits.

    Reply
  64. Swagatam says

    Everything is correct in your explanation.

    The carrier waves decide the frequency of the PWM so it has nothing to do with filtration at the output, the output will be a clean PWM in sync with the sine generated by the "bubba"

    The above diagram may have a few discrepancies, please refer to the LAST diagram given in the following link, it's at par with your explanation except that it doesn't employ a sine oscillator:

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2012/12/make-this-ic-556-pure-sine-wave.html

    Reply
  65. Swagatam says

    you are welcome Michael!

    Reply
  66. Swagatam says

    the situation here will be just the opposite to BC108s, for BC557 the emitters will go to the mosfet gates, collector as mentioned by you will go to the ground.
    emitters will not need any resistors because of the 1k resistors from the IC 4017 relevant pinouts.

    Reply
  67. Swagatam says

    ACTUALLY THE BC108 SECTION IS INCORRECT, I noticed it carefully just now. The situation will not allow the mosfets to conduct at all.

    The BC108 must be replaced with PNP transistors such as BC557 which will then work as "emitter followers" and restrict the mosfet voltage exactly to the level which is set at their bases.

    To know more regarding the above just Google, "how emitter follower transistor work"

    Reply
  68. Swagatam says

    You will need battery charger unit which you can wire with the relay changeover system shown in the following link:

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2012/09/automatic-inverter-supply-and-mains.html

    It will charge your battery when mains is present and revert the battery to inverter mode when AC fails, also the output to the appliances will be switched from mains to inverter and vice versa.

    Reply
  69. Swagatam says

    You are welcome Michael, your questions are always interesting.

    A wattage selector is not required actually, because the inverer does this automatically…..when more load is connected the output starts drawing more current from the battery and vice versa, just like our home electrical system, with more load we are billed more and so on.

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  70. Swagatam says

    Higher resistance will prevent quick discharge of mosfets internal capacitance making it inefficient.

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  71. Swagatam says

    The -12V is actually the 0V line or the ground line, a single battery is used for the design.

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  72. Swagatam says

    I am sorry Michael, It's difficult to figure out just by visualizing, you will have to check it in scope.

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  73. Swagatam says

    The 1K will block this from happening to appreciable limits, only a trivial amount will pass and get grounded inside the pins and will have no affect on the functioning.

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  74. Darlington from Kenya East Africa says

    Hi Bro, you are such a genius in this things, now can you give us a PCB for this to enable easy building of the project

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    • Swagatam says

      Thank you Darlington, However I am sorry to say that it won't be feasible for me to design the PCB due to my busy schedule, yet I'll see if I can do it some time in the future.

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  75. Swagatam says

    Refer to this circuit, here the low amplitude signals are appropriately amplified at the output for driving the inverter transformer:

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2013/04/simple-pure-sine-wave-inverter-circuit.html

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  76. Swagatam says

    Thank you Michael, interesting questions, I think all these can be easily confirmed through practical testes, because doing mind simulations could possibly produce wrong results.

    So the best thing to do is take an opamp, feed the proposed signals at the inputs and analyze the readings at the the output over an oscilloscope.

    I appreciate your interesting thoughts, keep them coming:)

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  77. Swagatam says

    That's exactly why the diodes are there. The diodes prevent positive PWMs from entering the N-channel mosfet gates making sure their gate conduction is chopped only through the negative PWMs which would otherwise have no effect on the mosfet conduction.

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  78. Swagatam says

    During the PWM high pulses the transistor conducts and grounds the equivalent amount of areas from the mosfet base square waves allowing the mosfet to conduct exactly according to the PWM pattern.

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  79. Swagatam says

    4017 will not respond to PWM, it will only follow the high peaks and make it's output jump from one output to the next, it won't reproduce the PWMs.

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  80. Swagatam says

    I wish you all the best for the project.

    When two waves are fed to an opamp inputs the internal circuitry compares the two voltage peaks and produce the average waveform of the two through varying rectangular waveform and duty cycle. Since the output from the opamp can be either low or high therefore the result is always in the form of rectangular wave and cannot be exponential.

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  81. Swagatam says

    I have worked hard to present the concept, and I will request you to simulate it or test it practically so that all others can benefit from it.

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  82. Swagatam says

    you can use 9-0-9v/25amp transformer.

    7805 will not be required with 12v supply

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  83. Swagatam says

    The voltage will get adjusted by the 5k preset, there's no need of adding 7806 IC, if you add it then the detection might not take place.

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  84. Swagatam says

    use the following circuit across points a/b.

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2011/12/cheap-yet-useful-transformerless-power.html

    use a 0.22uF capacitor for C1 and don't use the zener diode.

    the 5k preset now should be replaced with a 47K preset.

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  85. Swagatam says

    Which 555 circuit are you referring to? the above one or the linked one.

    the linked one will not require an external triangle wave generator, it has a built in.

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  86. Swagatam says

    …deriving voltage directly from 220v tap would be posible using a 0.22/400v capacitor for dropping the current and then rectified for feeding the shown transistor stage.

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  87. Swagatam says

    Thanks Michael, I referred you to the new circuit since you had asked for a simplified and a reliable diagram, you can continue with the above diagram if you feel so, no issues.

    The 556 will not require any regulation as it can work with any voltage from 5 to 15V and will produce the same results.

    By the way the new diagram is RMS controlled and would hopefully produce a constant voltage with varying load conditions.

    Also please note that none of these designs have been practically confirmed by me, they are all produced using mind simulation.

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  88. Swagatam says

    you can try the last circuit given in the following article:

    https://homemade-circuits.com/2012/12/make-this-ic-556-pure-sine-wave.html

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  89. Swagatam says

    yes you can use irf240. first test with single mosftes, if it works then proceed with more nos.

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