Hackaday (unofficial) April 26, 2024 9:00pm Build Your Own Class-E Musical Tesla Coil #musicalhacks #plasma #singingteslacoil #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Build Your Own Class-E Musical Tesla Coil We’ve all seen a million videos online with singing Tesla coils doing their thang. [Zach Armstrong] wasn’t content to just watch, though. He went out and built one himself! Even better,…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 31, 2024 12:00am A Single Transistor Solid State Tesla Coil #hardware #solidstateteslacoil #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Single Transistor Solid State Tesla Coil Tesla coils are one of those builds that capture the interest of almost anybody passing by. For the naïve constructor, they look simple enough, but they can be finicky beasts—beasts that can bite i…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 9, 2024 7:00am Another Tesla Coil Starts #classichacks #slayerexciter #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Another Tesla Coil Starts Everyone interested in electronics should build at least one Tesla coil. But be careful. Sure, the high voltage can be dangerous, but the urge to build lots of coils is even worse. [Learnelectronic…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 12, 2023 7:00pm No Acid: Open ICs with a Tesla Coil #highvoltage #parts #chipdecap #chipdecapping #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 No Acid: Open ICs With A Tesla Coil We’ve taken ICs apart before, but if they are in an epoxy package, it requires some lab gear and a lot of safety. Typically, you’ll heat the part and use fuming nitric acid (nasty stuff…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 28, 2023 6:00am Build a Tesla Coil With Just Three Components #highvoltage #capacitor #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Build A Tesla Coil With Just Three Components Tesla coils are beautiful examples of high voltage hardware, throwing sparks and teaching us about all kinds of fancy phenomena. They can also be quite intimidating to build. [William Fraser], howe…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 10, 2023 7:00pm Supercon 2022: Samy Kamkar’s Glowing Breath #cons #hackadaycolumns #2022superconference #flexpcb #samykamkar #teslacoil #vacuumtube #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Supercon 2022: Samy Kamkar’s Glowing Breath Sometimes the journey itself is the destination. This one started when [Samy] was 10 and his mom bought a computer. He logged on to IRC to talk with people about the X-Files and was WinNuked. Becau…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2022 7:00pm Tesla Coil Makes Sodium Plasma #science #plasma #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Tesla Coil Makes Sodium Plasma Looking for a neat trick to do with your Tesla coil? [The Action Lab] uses his coil to make a metal plasma — in particular, sodium. You can see the results in the video below. To create a met…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 12, 2022 9:00pm Enjoy the Beauty of Corona Discharge with This Kirlian Photography Setup #mischacks #corona #dielectric #discharge #flyback #highvoltage #hv #kirlian #teslacoil #zvs #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Enjoy The Beauty Of Corona Discharge With This Kirlian Photography Setup In our age of pervasive digital media, “pics or it didn’t happen” is a common enough cry that most of us will gladly snap a picture of pretty near anything to post online. So if y…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 9, 2022 9:00am Junkbox Build Keeps Tesla Coils Perfectly Varnished #highvoltage #toolhacks #coil #gearmotor #lathe #teslacoil #varnish #winding #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Junkbox Build Keeps Tesla Coils Perfectly Varnished Admittedly, not a lot of people have a regular need to varnish coils. It’s mainly something that Tesla coil builders and other high-voltage experimenters are concerned with. But since that gr…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 8, 2022 4:00pm Hackaday Prize 2022: A Plasma Tweeter For Ultimate Clarity #homeentertainmenthacks #audio #plasmatweeter #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hackaday Prize 2022: A Plasma Tweeter For Ultimate Clarity In the world of audio there are a huge variety of esoteric technologies which are rarely seen. One such is the plasma tweeter, a type of loudspeaker which generates sound by modulating a small elec…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 18, 2022 9:00pm High Tech Pancake Tesla Coil Brings the Lightning #highvoltage #science #igbt #plasmachannel #solidstateteslacoil #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 High Tech Pancake Tesla Coil Brings The Lightning For several years now we’ve been following [Jay Bowles] as he brings high-voltage down to Earth on his Plasma Channel YouTube channel. From spark gaps made of bits of copper pipe to automotiv…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 31, 2021 3:00pm A Builders Guide For The Perfect Solid-State Tesla Coil #hardware #mischacks #guide #igbt #plasma #solidstateteslacoil #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Builders Guide For The Perfect Solid-State Tesla Coil [Zach Armstrong] presents for your viewing pleasure a simple guide to building a solid-state Tesla coil. The design is based around a self-resonant setup using the UCC2742x gate driver IC, which is…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 19, 2021 9:00am Is It A Plasma Tweeter Or A Singing Tesla Coil? #homeentertainmenthacks #plasmatweeter #teslacoil #tweeter #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Is It A Plasma Tweeter Or A Singing Tesla Coil? When our ears resolve spatial information, we do so at the higher treble frequencies rather than the bass. Thus when setting up your home cinema you can put the subwoofer almost anywhere, but the m…