Ideas for Electronics

Since the labs in the University of Liverpool are So lovingly organised in such a way. That parts for a project that takes place in February for four weeks, Has to have a parts sheet listing all the components you are going to use, and Somehow expect you to have a near enough completed circuit diagram to pull outta your head in Mid-December.....
I do apologise if no research is at the section, as I unfortunately have to rush into circuit ideas to make a completed parts list for Monday. Absolutely ridiculous!

Please organise the lab projects better, this goes for Year 1 as well!!

Anywho, from Dr Taylor and the brief research Barry and I collated, we found that a circuit that generated a pulse at 2-8KHz that fed into a hand built transformer to generate around 2KV that would excite an inert gas like helium into a plasma. Dr Taylor also added that a display of the frequency would be a nice addition to the circuit. From this Barry and Me drew up a simple specification.

Spec:

• Device has to be portable, so battery powered
• High frequency pulse generator circuit
• Variable frequency (if possible)
• Way to display frequency (if possible)
• Ideal way to control the flow of gas 
• Addition of safety features 

From this I would use my research in addition to my own material to draw up three ideas. I have deceided the best way to go about this is by a modular approach. By splitting up the input, control and output, this allows not only my circuit designs to be easier, but also fault finding when it comes to prototyping. In addition if one part fails on inspection day, at least we can demonstrate that other parts of the circuit function well.