EMF Probe Version 2


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

An electromagnetic field probe designed to detect changing electric and magnetic fields. The probe has switchable gain, a frequency response up to 400kHz and independent audio and meter monitoring. This EMF probe uses an inductor to locate stray electromagnetic (EM) fields. It will respond to both changing magnetic and electric fields as each will


EMF Probe Version 2
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induce a voltage in the inductor. The circuit is built around a quad low noise FET input op-amp, type TL084. The individual op-amps inside the TL084 are labelled as U1 to U4. Power supply is a single 9 Volt battery, the supply being divided by R5 and R6. C1 and C2 help smooth variations in battery voltage, S1 is the on off switch. The input stage U1, is direct coupled to the probe, a radial wound 1mH inductor, type Toko 8RB as shown in the probe construction. This part appears only available from Jabdog Electronics in the UK, part number 187LY-102J. If not available then the 1. 2, 1. 5 or 1. 8mH inductor will work equally well. The reactance of the inductor changes with input frequency and stage gain is very high. As there is no offset null control in the TL084 then the output is capacitively coupled via C3 to the next Tl084 amplifier U2. This stage has switchable gain of approximately 1. 5x and 4. 7x controlled by S2. The output gain of both U1 and U2 stages ( with switch S2 open ) is about 70dB at 1KHz. Gain is still about 30dB at 400KHz, although the signal meter will not be too accurate at such high frequency. The bode plot simulated in LTspice is shown below: The output from U2 is split by C4 and C5 and drives an independent headphone amplifier built around U4. VR1 acts as a volume control the output being either a mono or stereo miniature jack plug as shown. The output stage of the TL084 is sufficiently low to drive...




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