Abstract #1157

Open-source, low-cost, flexible, current feedback-controlled driver circuit for local B0 shim coils and other applications

Nick Arango¹, Jason P Stockmann², Thomas Witzel^2,3, Lawrence Wald^2,3, and Jacob White¹

¹Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, ²A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

We demonstrate a low-cost (<$75/channel), open source, scalable, multi-channel current supply board that can provide up to 8 amps per channel for driving inductive loads such as local B₀ shim coils. The design shows excellent stability while retaining sufficient gain in the audio frequency range to reject disturbances (e.g. gradient switching) and maintain stable output current.

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