High-voltage experimenters are a unique breed. They’re particularly adept at scrounging for parts in all kinds of places, and identifying how to put all manner of components to use in the service of ...

[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 ...

A windings road:It all starts with the concepts of inductance and electromagnetism. Inside an ignition coil there are two sets of wire windings (aka coils, that's why it's called a "coil," get it?).

IT’S SPARK MONTH AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, AND THE HANDS ON MUSEUM IS REALLY LIVING UP TO THIS THEME. SURE IS. AND NOW, MORE THAN EVER, AND WHETHER WE SEE IT OR NOT, THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IS ...

The ignition coils in your car provide the high voltage electrical current that allows your spark plug to create its spark. These parts are humble looking, and they make use of relatively simple ...

PURPOSEFUL. MATT: STANDARD TECHNOLOGY IS A SMALL MANUFACTURER IN ORMOND BEACH. >> PEOPLE CALL ME UP AND THEY HAVE IDEAS FOR GIZMOS AND GADGETS. US WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BEGAN, HE THOUGHT IT ...