DRSSTC : Building the Modern Day Tesla Coil MiniBrute Reference Design by Daniel McCauley

by Daniel McCauley

DRSSTC : 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.
This text provides both the electrical and mechanical design of several DRSSTC systems capable of producing output arcs up to 7ft in length using only solid state components. Information is presented as electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, parts lists with complete vendor information, PSPICE simulations, experimental test data, test and operational procedures, and over 200 full-color photographs, drawings, and charts. Both First Generation and the more advanced Second Generation DRSSTC systems utilizing primary feedback are documented in complete detail. Finally, a section devoted entirely to the DRSSTC in action features 18 full-page color photographs of the system producing huge high voltage arcs.

239 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Peyton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book helped me understand the way DRSSTCs and TCs in general work, and it forced me to learn about high power/high voltage electronics and switching, but it's filled with bugs. The BOM is missing parts, and quite frankly there are much easier support systems for the primary coil than the one described here. Clearly this was released sort of as a work in progress.

[Mateo Zanichelli]

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