‘Aanistabte vonage 1 J = Kjustable putea win Achuratte pate ete traaueney + intermittent (pulsed) or entices apt © Batery operation for salety Electrical Neural Stimulation Do away with analgesics and alleviate pain electronically with a TENS Unit. This device produces pulses of current inte electrodes placed on the skin adjacent the painful area and has a surprising success rate on most sufferers. The SILICON CrP TENS unit provides all the necessary features and is considerably chvapor than commercially available units. etka)Be INGONSTANT and po | ToRS00578 ES © DP longed pain is a dreadful condi- eee ee ee meee Saection use neesaiaastens Yahoo ken orhammentine oe eee snes a ieee need eeu ware we ere rane Unie et ior agiey eeteuceas Wat eeepc: STNG ean eh Danes soe eee a Tis dnsiptin one oie Pentel eee ate cae Some tind tiaras Someta Tae endaen cea ee ape iy en tes cidrote a snerttos ieeireou societies aed why terran oa se, tenga tnt esi sein soer Seca a ely eligi tcnpe werebm shove snnnne porn srt “TheoffcivenessofTENSsto some Fide roam were showed Cees cee cling Sef tpt a 3 tetneat lve His aiyteed con: ‘okt fuel ‘by physiotherapists and certainly has ‘ a ee fommech at Cough colon? cata How it’s used ‘Tho SACD CaP TENS Unit com- prises a medium stand plate case ‘with several conteols on the tant panel. The controls adjust the output ‘oltage the pulse width and the pulse Fate oun). Two electrodes cane fect the TENS Unit via @ lead and those arw placed ont skin asjacent ‘othe painfl aren Tha letrodes are veadily availabe fom most phicna- oes “Tho TENS Unit produce high vo ‘ga pulses which pase th current be throm thn eloctrodes va the skin and stiomlate the uedrying nerves. The se Gontols aw emerllyafastod unt FRaRon {he tingling ijt tle too mach for pigs the same pulse rain a i Pg Duta faster tmbase sting, in ‘omor. The sensation tends to de- tyr ease SODuatd. At you can so, the pe amplinne is IV peak sad ean time goes on ard so the width 180s, You eam dt the pk vollage down to 12V ad the frequency ‘ouput vltago may neato be gradu: toa low a tia: The pals width can be alered from 0-700, ‘increased over the poiod of one ‘wenumant, usually isting 20 minutos ore come accustomed to the effect from is 21H. Fig.2 shows the same wave ‘An intanmitent control sets the ‘he mninous mode form at faster Unebase ttting, in ‘TENS Unit to produce short busts of The accompanying oscilloscope thie cana SO0ua/ds. As you can se, ‘ollie onco evry second rthsrtian —eavatorms shew the sgeals tht are th pulso amplitude ie 80V peak ond 4 continuously palsed signal. Thus produced by the TENS Unit. Fig 1 tho width tr Yoga. You can adjust the ‘mode's useful‘orlonginertment sx shows the rontinuous pulse tain peak voltage down to 12V and the sons and when the patient as be- across the electrodes. Tvs frequecy quency te at low at 22. Pulse oy cnet rk Co ewtath "ba‘Tok EN 500 57 igs cision tu 3 cope waveform shows the interment pulse outpu. In this case the wavelorm consat of burst of ine pues ever socom ‘width can be altered from 20-200. 3 shone the intorsctent mode, 1 ths example, the waveiorm on: Slats of Ince of nine pulss every ‘ston bt this oan be vised. Block diagram ‘The block diagram for the TENS Unlls shown in Pig. The 6V supriy from the battery ie topped wp ths ‘converte compsising [Chand 11. The provides ADC ont esta fam tbelaw @Y up to 80Y, using VR. Tae ‘orulting DC voltage s converted to = Sule signal using the avlechmode ‘oscillator, VRB and VRG Sot the fre. ‘quency anc pulse wich respectively. ‘As tolonmtent escllter someting [CAs owitchod into eizcuit wits S20 fats the switching oscar. Thisgivos Sort urate ofthe pulsed signal ig. shows how the bust sep-ap ‘coaverr circu opareosItcomprises Inductor Ll which charged vie tear sintor Qi from the Ws supple The hagiag current it howen sy. Whom thesranseterierwitehed ft theta enorgy in Lt Is dumped through dh fede D1 into capacitor Ci, The actual ‘oltage sense © is dopendent pon gs his i th lock digen fthe TENS ctreul The BY supply {rom the battery sped pin he comvoter omspiing ICY ad Beenie cana iC vali ‘he amount of ange in L3 andthe Jbad cureat between Yous and tho sreand supply. We can maintain 3 wnstnt Vout for wrist of ads by fonteliag the amoaat of time Qh ts ‘ited on Fig shows th crest tion fhe etching oer ch odes the outa voltage ct the Sopeap conn Heart of occult ia'tm iRsts0 made by Intentions) Rect Cerporation in tho SA. tis described ae "ig ide selFowcl i power Mosiet GOT ane aie te doal device ware Most or Teseod a be diven ine varity of Kes stort end capacion Chat pins 2 and 3 st thi ecllatr Seeqeancy fn the welt othat Moss a G2 are turned om and aerated, wth »typoal “degd time” of 2h between ane Moe: tuning off and the other tering om Diode pump ‘Nove thatthe voltage at the drais (D) of 1 Is groter than tho supply Yoltge for dhe IR2138, For Q3 to fully ura on, its gate (G) aust be raised bowethe soos by seven vas. This fe achieved using adiode pump con Ssting of diode D2 and capacito: C2. Tnfaly the Ver supply to the (Ci set at about 186 dup ta az internat gular and the current via RZ from Veuppl. im addition, Mosfet Q2 richnd oxviae 18.6V aignal at pins bing it pate (Capecitor G2 now charges tothe 150V supply via? andthe switehid a O Whe pun 5 goss lov, Q2 Is tured of and pin 7 8 connected ste twrnally to pin &to switch om Q2. QU lls pin Oup to Veupply td pin Bis Shifted to Vinplyplustbe 15.0 across. (G2. So the atu nota Stel te whatever tho Mosft dsiving volt sg nea to be Dina 6, 7 and 6 of the TROAGS ane ‘Boating eatpts wee ee be shod 1000 volts sbove the pind ground ‘our cise we ae nly using te cacalt To ste up to BOY, Circuit det ‘Tha ful etc forthe TENS unite shown in Fg. Power from the 6V batlory is swiiched to the cru ia Sienetho 100AF eapaciter decouples {he supply. IC isthe witcha on troller thas a switching transistors. in 1 anda feodeck input at pinLM the sored energy i Li i ‘siaped thru lode DS sto i hn hing amie which monn, caparitae C1 outpt vltnge ofthe step converter D2 ‘Scnsaits ade pny to fost as rope ola to eoerety site OT, “The fequaney of oscillation rate ie excaods shout 300m, ‘go. VR? Is edjustnd to give AO when sot hy the OOP capacitor at pin 3 The voltage induced ita T's soc find the current ow through the pei- ondary when the primazy Geld col- mary of T1 is Linted by the 0.220 lapses chargee ‘wo OA7AF capactions single indueroe, as Gepietad in Fig, ‘sistorbetwen pins Sand 7.Curtent via dlode Di, Vellage feedberk from fortwa reasons Fite, the maximiuin through TY's primazy i switched off VRI and the {Okt} resistor into pin 5 voltage allowed at pln 1 theraleco ‘when the voltage actoss this resistoc and trmpot VRB sais the qutpur volt oftheswitching tanaistor within TC) wT 1: commuons TENS UNIT ig: the TENS circuit eos IC1,71 and diode DA to sep up the battery voltage ti « maximum of 80: This ‘is modulate by the switchinode oscillate IC2 and Marios Q1 & Q2 ts dive th td slorrodonGene Value amr O.59uF ome OTF ECCode EACode arn 474 a3 336 to 104. im 102. pins of1C3 atthe constant carontto ima, C3 has a maximum voltage rating of 30V aoitanght soos that a voltage 3380 from ZI could presenta prob jm forthis carat saute cp. ow ee tral sur dod eo regulates he rupoly voltage eis pin ‘io+t8.V snd gobo maxtous vl ge ncroas 10} veil be 39V 13.0 = {Qi and G2 are 2000 Mostts which swith vole om th two 047aP Capac wo produce te requis oat tt pulses on the lecrodes Qt Q2 onatintea "tote pole outpe tago with Qu turslng on to charge the A7KP output enpactor via the series S00 senior and the load sistance {which tm this ‘ase ie te patent Bach tne Qi turn off 2 tu usa onto discharge the capacitor va the ‘eros 1500 caistr ing t aster wey, Q4 can bo a controlling the pulse of Ue ourpet weeorm While Ge conto the pls ats Gi, the ney] 1 sore deta, Q2 i switched on {br te Ge et hy tho 0040 capt aa pia 3 and the resistanay be teen pine 3 and 2 (of 2). VRS ad rte tr on-time between about 0:33 100K ark veka. 0a. 22K0 1K 1600 son ese. 120 ovuuuuoucooo Sod eae ru wip Inside the-TENS unit isa battery-powered clrelt which produces ‘This is pulsed bya par of Monts to dive the electrodes: Not het lars te Koop the hatlory holder in place “which are wed. and Sms, giving a pulse rate between 2s and 200K Oi Is sitched on forth time drs ‘don sat by potentiometer V4, the Sails 120 retitor ane diode D4. The pulse with sanges between 40s and Zo Intermittent mode ICS Is 4 7553 CMOS tim provides the fnrermictent mo which Top [Pres ed “+-Band Cosa (1%) brown black yllow brown Yellow viciet orange brown brown gry orange brown brown black orange brown red reared brown brown black red brown brown gray brown brown brown groen brown brown, be grey black brown, blac ra binek brown t0 40 DC. rates a Seve running oscillator but faasther unusual configuration, The ‘normal outpitat pin ised tocharge the s0,F eapacilorat pins 2.8 via the 4A7KQ resistor and diode DS and die changeit via the parallel 100K0 rests tor. 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(07) 316mm OD knobs wih enter mates 2 SPDT toggasuitchas ($1,S2) 413mm groan LED (LED!) 4 Smm LED bazal ASPC stakes ‘Sismall cable tas 4 selttanping screws to secure PC boars 83mm x 20mm serews and runs 4 Bom length of Sram iD tubing + 20mm lenat yaw nooks 1 200mm length biue nockup wis +1300mm length bisek Rookie +.200mm eg greon hookup wire scat 1,30 84 BS SSE Ra TIP 41-200mm length red hack wire 41150 length of twin wire rainbow cable 1.8.5-matre length ot 0.5mm via ‘enameled cepper wire Semiconductors 4 MC3#063 DO-DC convertor ach) 1 1R315S Mostat driver C2) 4 UNS4Z cutter sour00 (C3) ‘TIOMSSECN, LCESSCN, TTLOSSBGP GMOS 555 tmer aca 2IRFEIO Nchanne! Masta (or ‘equiv 200V 1A, 0-220) (a1,a2) 138 7W zener diode (201) 2 1N4936 S00V fast ezovery diodes (D1,02) 8 1NB4, 1N4748 diodes (03-05) Capacitors 1 1004F 16VWY PC elecwolytic 1 1DAF 25 PC wlecrchye 2 1OUF 16W/ PC leche 4.7UF 63VW FC slecto\io S0.T7)F 1GOVW MKT patvester 1 OS3UF BaVW MKT polyester 10. 63VW MKT polyaater LODILE 63VW MKT polecter Resistors (0.25W. 1%) Took 1 1800 1470 41500 Vien 46510 11060 42a j220 10220 5w 31kn output at pin 9 to adalat 12. Stand, we Us ds capacitor discharge pin (pin 2). The pan 7 output isa Moai which is open circuit ven pin Is high and conducting wen i elo Each tims pin7 of C4 pulls iow ischarges tho 0 33,5 captor pin 3 of IC2 and this ops from ose lating. This rowers any expt tb secttodes and isan efiscive method of moduladon Construction The SIuED CHP TENS Units bus onte «PC home whieh ie coded 04307071 and mosses 197 7mm, This housed in» plac cave caesar sng 168 2 90 x7 An adhe Diastabel sncring 9531 Sled ote i ofthe eam agin censtrction by chscking the ‘ard for any dioets much a Shorted tacks or halting breaks fa tbe copper patter, Reps thee br fore aonb hl wiring ctl treshowen i he digram of Fig Tsar the 15 PC stakes fr Tso se positioned atl the wiring point Now insor and aoiderinall borane tore. You can tse the accorapaaving reaistor colour soe tale when se inating heresies ate itis aso ‘goed idan tocuek each value witha Agta matte btoeeintale Net, ttl he five odes, make sogoure that the 1NSD30s ar ed for Baud ba: Thro othe Ics ae DIP device so-doa't x them up ‘whon installing ae. Make sar Dat {he tes aad Mest re cortacy er tcltied when they ae taxed ‘Tae cxpuctrs come not en the accompanying tie shows the code ‘which mney be om the MIT tye doe ‘ensto indicate thelvalins, The elec irolytic typee mua be orlnted ee SSown aad wih th core vaige fing, eho ote ted cp "oe winding dtl forth tan former are shown in Fiza, Stan by lpping the endothe an ea lla eapper wie aed sider {on the bobbin, Wind on a4 Abo dvetien shown ad terminate te tnd te pind. The mcondary is wound by soldring #0 wire to pin ad winding on 17 tans in the dite: tion shows, Pnish on pin 5. You ran then sep tho windinge info srrof insulation tape, “he transformer is asecbled by= and check that LED lights ana lies ther erp ovaingeon den St SUNN vltss pot Pa ly coc PRCA 20 ccjust vimpot Viz fora reading F +80¥. I you aro aot able to obtain the correct vollage, cleck that the See tranaformer ia wound correct. I the Eee primary and secondary are out of renew Dla, the comct voliage cannot be ere seer eet eet Sten Check thatthe voltage at pn 1. Icaigeround +18V DC, With es pul Lime ay! idth pot (VRa) set Fully clockwise mecha? and continuous mode selected. yor HOTAERMRAII souls easure aout -0V'0c att porte Srindicating that ewtching ts aking beeen piace. Tf you have access to an oscil served to verity thatthe be ob laa wid snd frequency aretaspeciication, Th Warning! ‘+ This TENS Unt (or any other simar doveo) must not used on a person wih a Heart Pacemaker sliding tho core Lat pagan the bo in and securing then with the sup plied clipe. If no clips are suppliee then you can secure the cores tagoth + Donotconnectshe alectrodes to the tody a0 that there can be a current through the near. + Elnctades must nol be 4 on the neck, slnoo this can stimulate ivi vcablo tie sroane the cores ||” nerves which ext! Beating ane Blood pressure aa + Donotuse he TENS Untforheadacnes attach the olecrds othe board withthe asetation shown in J Mead 3. Pin 1 of the bobbin is adjacent ||» Dorctbe tempted 6 use tha TENS Unitroma mains adaptor plugpack to the 0.47HP capacitor Feros fom ‘or power supp, This coul! be dange-ous i a Breakdown occurs nthe diode Dt Isoiatng transformer. you want @ reduce te coat of Bator ropiaco Th secure the battery holder, we ment, we suggest using rechargeable ricad cel. ind ats the positions shown a cho transtoraee, These locate the 4 AA coll holder atthe end of the case the PCstakes. Cable tes are laa used output can also be tested with amu We used some plastic tlopving over to secure the wiring nto aneet loom. mater sut Io read! AC volts. Connact Sco ube pemromes kairo lends th et ing the olde! Testing vocket and measure the voltage. 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The voliage will need to With intermitent mode selected, of Johnson & Johnson Pacific) or stlt he wound up during ta you should ses the voltage changing water salution to pruvide a reliable peat forthe body's Irom OV to highor reading kin contact. Thy cam be attacked to the stimulation. The intermittent se. the akin using any of the variety of Incion is ured wher the taatment Using TENS Nai waei ae CConnoct tha slectodes to the TENS unit using the 2.8mm phigto2 2mm probe leads supplied withthe olec- trodes. Ifyou wah to make your own leds, tbs 2mm probes are avaiable fGom Dick Smith Betronice (Cat. Po tapos used t9 secuse wound cress- ngs. Atach the elactrodo in yu tn ether side ofthe pain route Bofora switching on the TENS Unit besuze thatthe vatage sured dawn ‘tho minimum. Wind the voltage up ‘until sensation can be det and adit ppriod is lang fasemal atm’ 3 Sions ae ypically for 20 mates) or ‘where th tee Sind the cantinaou ‘effet to be seaning $Furthar dtais on the TENS tes ment techniguesean bochlained fa your General Practitioner $C