Re: About SSTC and DRSSTCs

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Adam,

The biggest link site is certainly:

www.drsstc.com

Another fascinating tale of Jimmy's making the first DRSSTC is at:

http://www.hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/jimmylogbook.htm

http://www.hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/DRSSTC%20description.htm

http://hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/

He was 16 doing if for a science fair project...  He changed the face of 
coiling forever!!!!!!

For a printed book there is only one and it is super excellent!!!

http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/sstc_publication.htm

Definitely get the book!!  It is what finally clued me into everything!!

You don't need computers for anything....  I use them for control and 
really playing with the coils, but I think I am the only one using computer 
control.  All the other DRSSTCs or plain digital logic chips doing trivial 
timing tasks (Steve Conner's are very high level though!) .

Steve Ward is the BIG coil guy:

http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/

http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTC2/spark1.JPG

I sent Steve a box of IGBTs big enough to run a city >:))))  I can hardly 
wait to see what he will make with them!!

I think getting Dan's book to thumb through would be best.  It has tons of 
pictures and explains everything in one nice source.  There is a lot of 
stuff on-line too, but the book is a book so it is far easier to just sit 
and thumb through...  And that is coming from a guy with for computers on 
his desk ;-))

Cheers,

        Terry

At 08:24 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote:
> I'm sure there has been a topic on this already in the group, but is there 
> a website that gives the very basics of how SSTCs and DRSSTCs work? I 
> don't read all the messages to the group, just ones that catch my eye, so 
> I probably missed this info.
> Adam