Non-explosive programmable electronic initiation system for rock blasting

A Programmable Non-Explosive Electronic Initiator [07] for a rapidly expanding metal mixture and/or plasma, the electronic initiator comprising:

• a capsule, the capsule containing attached two types of rapidly expanding metal mixture, a first type [13] having an activation temperature above 1000° C. and a second type [15] having an activation temperature above 1200° C.;
• wherein the capsule corresponds to a container tube or sleeve [16] closed with a sealing plug [17];
• wherein the capsule receives the communication protocol based on voltage modulation [03], by means of a communication and power line [02a and 02b] using a bidirectional serial algorithm from an external command equipment [01];
• a C7 capacitor [8][21] having a voltage requirement under 35v, which by means of a controlled discharge on the filament [12][30] produces the filament to glow;
• wherein the filament [12][30] is supported on a solid base [11] covered with the first type of fast expanding metallic mixture [13],
• wherein the filament and the solid base are inserted in a shrink sleeve [14] which holds them together, wherein the shrink sleeve [14] is contained inside the capsule container [16] which in turn contains the second type of rapidly expanding metallic mixture [15];
• a PCB printed circuit board [10] having a PCB printed circuit [9] configured to control the discharge with a delay between 1 ms to 64,000 ms and testing so that the circuit may be checked prior to ignition.