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--- 184_projects:austin_snafu_24 [2024/03/11 21:19] – tdeyoung
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 ==== Main Problem ====
-With your help, the FTOE staff have repaired the damage and are almost ready to restart the hawkion accelerator.  However, they had to cut the lab systems off from Lakeview completely to ensure Manny can't hack in again and do more damage.  The onsite backup generators provide enough power for the lab, but when the FTOE staff tried to power up the control systems they discovered that some critical circuit boards got fried during the emergency.  As a result, you need to create a new circuit that will allow you to provide different amounts of energy to various important systems.
+With your help, the FTOE staff have repaired the damage and are almost ready to restart the hawkion accelerator.  However, they had to cut the lab systems off from Lakeview completely to ensure Manny can't hack in again and do more damage.  The onsite backup generators provide enough power for the lab, but when the FTOE staff tried to power up the control systems they discovered that some critical circuit boards got fried during the emergency.  As a result, you need to create a new circuit that will allow you to provide different amounts of energy to start up various important systems.
-The hawkion generator has a total resistance of 65 $\Omega$, and includes an initiator beam and a set of focusing magnets.
+The hawkion generator includes a first-stage initiator beam and a set of focusing magnets.
-The focusing magnets require a short burst of 200 J to power-up.
+The accelerator engineers will configure the generator to start up the appropriate system when you deliver the right amount of power, and they say you can assume a resistance of 65 Ω in either case.  The focusing magnets require a short burst of 200 J to power up.
-The initiator beam requires a short burst of 300 J to power-up.
+The initiator beam requires a short burst of 300 J to power up.
-You need to be able to deliver different amounts of power to the hawkion generator; however, you are not sure that the 100 V primary power supply in the particle generator will be sufficient to power these systems. You manage to find some additional batteries (three 10 V batteries from the supply room) to use if you need them.
+You need to be able to deliver these different amounts of power to the hawkion generator; however, you are not sure that the 100 V primary power supply in the particle generator will be sufficient to power these systems. You manage to find some additional batteries (three 10 V batteries from the supply room) to use if you need them.
 You also have several 0.125F capacitors and a variety of resistors (1 $\Omega$, 5 $\Omega$, 10 $\Omega$, 50 $\Omega$, 100 $\Omega$) on hand.
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 There is a breaker in the circuit that is a failsafe and will trip if the current reaches 2 A. You also know that there are delicate circuit elements in the generator system, so the generator systems should not be connected to any power supplies when you are charging capacitors.
-You should provide a circuit diagram of your design to help you explain to Director Lewis that the current in the circuit is safe and that you are going to be able to supply the needed power to the systems when the time comes to start the accelerator. As a check for yourself, you should make sure that the voltage in the circuit adds up to the correct amount as to not suffer any voltage shortages.
+You should provide a circuit diagram of your design to help you explain to Director Lewis that the current in the circuit is safe and that you are going to be able to supply the needed power to the systems when the time comes to start the accelerator.
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