The Cadwell Stimulator

    The cadwell stimulator current supply which is part of the high speed magnetic stimulator unit is schematically shown below.

    The Cadwell Current Supply was tested for linearity of magnetic field measurements as a function of the power setting on the unit.  The circular TMS coil was used for the measurements.  Sixteen measurements for each power setting was taken with the SMP for a point on the edge of the TMS coil at a distance of 0.5cm above the coil.  The average magnetic field magnitude in Tesla was plotted against the power setting.  Error for the measurements was determined by taking a standard deviation of the 16 measured values.  A linear regression was done on the resulting data.  The data shows a very linear relationship between the power setting on the Cadwell unit and the magnetic field measurements of the SMP.
 

 
 The Power Setting versus Magnetic Field results for the circular coil at a distance of 0.5cm
 

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