Experiment

Components

Power System

The heart of the amplifier is its energy storage system, built around Maxwell BCAP3000 supercapacitors in a 2S2P configuration.

Capacitors

4× BCAP3000

Total Capacity

6000F @ 5.4V

Energy

21.9 kJ

Peak Current

>1000A

Measurement System

Precision measurement is critical for detecting the predicted 5-6% current enhancement.

Current Probe

TCP0030A

Bandwidth

120 MHz

Oscilloscope

Rigol DS1054Z

Sample Rate

1 GSa/s

Control System

A Raspberry Pi Pico 2W provides precise timing control for discharge sequencing and data acquisition synchronization. The control software is open-source and available in our GitHub repository.