Mendocino motor

Mendocino motor : it's a magnetically lifted rotor with one sharp needle point for low friction turning.

To lift the rotor it has 4 base mounted magnets that repel the 2 magnets on the left and right of the rotor.

In the middle i usually put 6 magnets that are polarized N,S,N,S,N,S. In combination with a coil and the SS1CC

circuit the rotor can be turned (clockwise or counter clockwise).

DoItYourself? At the end of this page the Mendocino layout can be downloaded.

electronic pulse circuit

See also this video:

Here is my 67uW Mendocino. It can run a long time (years) on one AA battery.

This is the predecessor of my always running Mendocino (see next).

Here is my always running Mendocino.

It is a solar powered device that runs both at daytime and nighttime. It is NOT selfstarting.