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EEVblog #469 - Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier
Why people recommend it
Dave Jones explains how a Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier works stage by stage; answerers link it instead of writing the explanation out again.
In their words
According to this video its normal to use a square wave, again, no explanation.
Disgusting on electronics.stackexchange.com, Feb 2018. CC BY-SA.
No need for anyone to explain this, that's been done already by Dave from the EEVBlog:
Bimpelrekkie on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2019. CC BY-SA.
I was watching this video [video] and I noticed that closer to the end he is probing the upper half of the circuit and the scope is displaying square waves, also on the lower side his diagram shows one can take off DC.
Girts on electronics.stackexchange.com, May 2020. CC BY-SA.
