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The Goal:
To design a simple, low cost, and original interrupted solid state tesla coil circuit that outputs arcs at a safe frequency (see: skin effect).
My Solution:
I modified the most common single transistor tesla coil circuit to accommodate a large IRF 250 Mosfet, then powered said circuit with 120vAC half wave rectified to 54vdc. A Mosfet driven by an amplified audio signal interrupts the tesla coil power supply, resulting in controllable frequencies at the output of the tesla coil. These frequencies are controlled by a laptop acting as a midi keyboard through an audio cable/headphone jack. Pictured Below is the circuit.
Tesla Coil Plays "Giant Steps" Midi Tesla Coil Control
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