I noticed on all pictures and videos of oneTesla coils the breakout points
are sideways. Is there a practical reason? Can the DRSSTC be used with the
breakout pointing up?
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Bayley Wang <wang9xb17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom, the SSTC is $149 and the DRSSTC is currently $349 on Kickstarter.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Bayley Wang <wang9xb17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The new version corrects a bunch of the glaring mechanical deficiencies
> of
> > the original. We've also added noise protection for the driver and
> > overvoltage protection on the IGBT's, but the current limiting is still
> > "passive" and determined by the primary configuration and tuning point. I
> > did some fairly extensive testing on the new coils and even during severe
> > fault conditions (such as internal tracking on the secondary causing the
> > streamer to disappear altogether, which has of course been fixed for the
> > production coils) the current stayed well under 300A.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Edward Wingate <
> ewing7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Bayley,
> >>
> >> Do you have any plans to correct the glaring deficiencies in the
> original
> >> One Tesla design before moving on to new projects? The lack of a current
> >> limiting circuit, for instance.
> >>
> >> Ed Wingate RATCB
> >>
> >> On 7/18/2014 4:30 PM, Bayley Wang wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey all,
> >>>
> >>> We (oneTesla <http://onetesla.com/about>) have just launched a
> >>> Kickstarter
> >>> campaign
> >>> <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onetesla/tinytesla-
> >>> the-little-singing-tesla-coil-anyone-can>
> >>>
> >>> for a pair of coil kits that might interest you - tinyTesla, a small
> MIDI
> >>> SSTC, and oneTeslaTS, a desktop DRSSTC.
> >>>
> >>> There's a lot of info on the Kickstarter page, but here's a summary of
> >>> the
> >>> cool features the coils have:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Both kits are MIDI controlled; oneTeslaTS is controlled via the
> >>>
> >>> traditional computer->MIDI Adapter->Interrupter pathway, while
> >>> tinyTesla's
> >>> interrupter connects via USB and shows up as a USB-MIDI adapter.
> Both
> >>> interrupters are fiber-optically isolated.
> >>> - Zero tuning required. In particular, TS's secondaries are all
> >>>
> >>> identical down to the last turn, and the primaries are spirals on a
> >>> 4oz
> >>> PCB, so each and every coil should perform identically.
> >>> - Both coils are super-compact, mostly thanks to the fact that our
> >>>
> >>> coil-winding partner can wind very high fill factor secondaries TS
> >>> has a
> >>> 6.5" secondary and 6"x1.5" topload that resonates at 250KHz, and
> >>> tiny has a
> >>> 3.5"x3" secondary that runs at around 450KHz unloaded.
> >>> - We tried hard to keep the primary current down on TS; it sits at
> >>>
> >>> around 200A right now, which is not too hard on the 180A-rated
> >>> IGBT's. This
> >>> should give a longer lasting coil.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for your support, and feel free to ask questions!
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