Atti has installed a wide array of high voltage and electromagnetic equipment in venues and events around the globe. Mini drsstc upgrade 20182019 first run musical tesla coil. Finally finished building my first musical tesla coil drsstc had some issues with setting up the correct phasing to the igbt which caused it to blow. Building the modern day tesla coil minibrute reference design by daniel mccauley, 9781430329350, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Jimmy soon built a prototype and the success was clearly evident, at least to him.
A drsstc is the modern day topology of driving a tesla coils taking advantage of igbt technology, pulse rated capacitors and a very low inductance primary circuit layout. Theyre looselycoupled aircore transformers where the world is your output load. Building the modern day tesla coil by daniel mccauley paperback online at lulu. The tesla coil is a block added by immersive engineering. But the days of true wireless charging of routerlike devices that beam electricity like a modernday tesla coil are coming. I cut out all the crappy bits, and i put in one of steve wards universal drivers v3.
It is the type of tesla coil utilizing the transistors mosfets. Our initial prototypes have been promising to date and we are working on the final details of both the electrical and mechanical design prior to releasing this kit to. This listing is for one fully assembled banshee music playing dual resonant solid state tesla coil. Seeing those sparks that looked so huge in proportion to the coil, produced by igbts a new and.
How is dual resonant solid state tesla coil abbreviated. You will be pressed to find any detailed schematics or design information anywhere on the internet for these high power drsstc coils. Tesla coils generate high voltage and pretty sparks using electromagnetic induction. Solid state tesla coils, in their earlier stage see my old projects were basically just a power amplifier driving a secondary coil at resonance. Building the modern day tesla coil daniel mccauley on. Specifically, im building a dualresonant solid state tesla coil drsstc. Download citation design and construction solution of laboratory tesla coil tesla coil is highvoltage highfrequency testing source used in laboratories and testing departments of mv and hv. Eastern voltage research, 2006 tesla coils 239 pages. Design and construction solution of laboratory tesla coil. Nov 09, 2010 building a dual resonant solid state tesla coil have been the ultimate goal since i started experimenting with high voltage apparatuses 3 years ago. Building the modern day tesla coil daniel mccauley. From imagination to conception, from implementation to reality, we can make your project come to life.
The heart of a drsstc is a pulsed igbt inverter which generates the rf necessary to drive the resonator. Tesla coil drsstc simple circuit schema yes, need 50v300v another dc power. Tesla coil drsstc skp jump pulse driver module board new arc extinguishing controller cod. When the coil is just starting up, there is no feedback signal, but the interrupter signal makes it through to the uccs. If used 50v, 50n06 75n06 irfz etc cheap 60v mosfet can be used for flourecance lamp light up,but if out capacitor 500nf 1uf 5cm10cm spark to screwdriver.
For the next year and a half, the concept of the drsstc was discussed briefly on the tesla coil mailing list tcml. Tesla coil immersive engineering feed the beast wiki. High power musical drsstc tesla coil reference design 3. We are the worlds largest and most experienced tesla coil company. This would later become known as the drsstc, or double resonant solid state tesla coil. Tesla coil lighters usb rechargeable windproof arc cigarette lighter with charging cable and carrying pouch brown. This text provides both the electrical and mechanical design of several drsstc. Drsstc dual resonant solid state tesla coil acronymfinder. In order to protect the area, the tesla coil needs to consume 256 rft, and needs to consume 512 rf each time it shocks a mob. Like the first coil, it worked without any issues, and the secondary was flipped to prevent flashovers. Oct 03, 20 telling what it took to build the tesla coil.
High power musical drsstc tesla coil reference design 1. If you think you have optimized your tesla coil in all the ways possible, by building it or properly sized materials and components, then there is only the input. This page documents the design, construction, testing and results of drsstc 2 my highest performing and most impressive tesla coil to date. This is more than just a tech manualit is a visual treat. Or perhaps better yet, an attempt at a general guide to drsstc design steve ward, september 2005. Download app to get an exclusive 10% off coupon download our cool free app.
Then one day, i ran onto steve wards website and his amazing drsstc, one of the first in the world. This is a guide that aims to explain a few in depth details and best practices that one should have in mind when designing and building a dual resonant solid state tesla coil drsstc. Introduction most tesla coils ive built so far were rather bulky devices that werent easy to move around for demonstrations. Drsstc driver guide onetesla diy tesla coil kits home page.
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This book is the complete guide to designing and building one of the. A modern day tesla coil full color version is the complete guide to designing and building one of the most exciting tesla coil topologies to date, the double resonant solid state tesla coil or drsstc. Wiring parts up that only had one or two terminals was easy, but i am not sure what to do with six. Eastern voltage research mini qcw drsstc tesla coil kit. R1, r2, and r3 form a resistor network that ensure that the coil can be tickled into operation by just the interrupter signal on startup, in absence of a feedback waveform. Drsstc design guide introduction to the guide this is a guide that aims to explain a few in depth details and best practices that one should have in mind when designing and building a dual resonant solid state tesla coil drsstc. Drsstc stands for dual resonant solid state tesla coil. If you have never build a drsstc before, the best practice is to copy someone elses proven design. Teslathon, tesla coil and highvoltage builder photos. This article discusses the considerations pertaining to the design and layout of a good inverter.
Have any circuit diagrams that clearly show what to do with each of the pins. Within this page i hope to give experimenters, interested in constructing a drsstc, some sort of guidance as to how to go about designing and building their drsstc. I wanted a small, low power tesla coil that can still produce some formidable spark display, and a small drsstc was a perfect choice for this purpose. There are many pits to fall in doing design, construction and testing that can be avoided by building a replicate of a working machine. Save this book to read drsstc building the modern day tesla coil pdf ebook at our online library. The drsstc is driven by a seriesresonant half or fullbridge inverter. The fullpage glossy, magazinequality photographs alone are worth the asking price.
Drsstc 2 a compact and powerful musical tesla coil. The best settings for taking pictures of the coil are low iso, low light, and a shutter speed of a few seconds. Now is your chance to finally own a fully documented high power drsstc design that you can use to build a highly efficient and reliable drsstc system. Solid state tesla coils sstcs have been around for quite some time now. When i was building the 16 floppy version, i found it hard to setup and use. Thus drsstc 3 joins the main spark gap tesla coil in the main exhibition atrium, as a prototype of the very latest transistor tesla coils capable of playing music. Let me begin with the somewhat odd effects of the all mighty tesla coil, with this device you can do many things such as. It protects a xx area by shocking mobs that enter the area. The coil was run on full power, 240vac input, 670vdc bus. Drsstc is defined as dual resonant solid state tesla coil very rarely.
The energous miniature wattup is a wireless charger for wearables. Resonance frequency with the toroid from cans and pet bottles wrapped with aluminum foil is 95khz. This project was successfully completed in mid 20 after about half a year of development, and i hope it will be a valuable resource for many coilers around the world. Tesla coil banshee arcs musical drsstc midi voltage foot. Solid state tesla coil this is my first sstc the solid state tesla coil. I found when i was first downloading the files from github, i found some of the files. Tesla coil and drsstc frequently asked questions kaizer.
Building a dualresonant solid state tesla coil drsstc. Modern day transistors and components are used to replace the physically large, heavy and often messy components of the spark gap tesla coil. I want to build a similar specd coil to his, i would probably class it as a medium sized coil, with sparks over a metre long im guessing. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Tesla coil drsstc skp jump pulse driver module board new. Basically i have wanted to do a tesla coil for some time and now that ive got some spare time after completing my other projects i was inspired by highvoltagefeathers tesla coil playing sail on youtube. Sstc are essentially a power inverter driving a coil at its resonant frequency, typically via 1001kv square waves. Building the modern day tesla coil by daniel mccauley. From the first flyback transformer based sstcs from the 1970s to the selfresonant. If that midi out was wired up to an existing teslacoil board, you could sync up the midi being sent to. Modern day drsstc design is generally a highly guarded secret among the tesla coil community.