> From: Tesla [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Cooper
> Sent: Sunday, 19 October 2014 6:43 AM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] musical tesla coil
>
> Sorry I know this has been hashed out before but I just joined the list
> and don’t have the time to search thru archives. I just wanna know if
> anyone has any experience with eastern voltage research mini and
> microbrute coils and the plasmasonic.
I have built a minibrute. At the time I built it, I was very new to DRSSTCs and wanted a guaranteed result together with a reasonable explanation and someone who would talk back to me if I had problems. Ticks for all three as far as minibrute is concerned. It is also proving to be reasonable platform for some tinkering.
However, you can't (or couldn't) get a complete kit for a minibrute from EVR - you have (or had) to fabricate the enclosure, primary supports, etc yourself from the detailed plans in the book. Also, while there are some good safety features (for example, a crowbar circuit to discharge the bus caps), the design is now several years old so don't, for example, expect a driver board with UD2 features.
The Plasmasonic was not around when I bought the minibrute. If I were starting today, I might be tempted but I'm not sure that it is available in kit form.
> Also Oneteslas musical coil. Im
> leaning toward one from onetesla since its only $329 vs. $600 for
> anything from EVR.
I have no experience with the oneTesla coil. But I would point out that DRSSTCs are not cheap. And can leave a wasteland of ruined silicon.
> Just want something to hook to a computer or laptop
> to play music for kids at school. Just trying to figure the best bang
> for my buck. Those are the only ones I know of for musical coils. If
> you know of any other kits plans or something cheaper or better to
> build or something I can peicemeal out like Im doing with my spark gap
> coil I would appreciate any info tips or leads.
I have the minibrute playing music using an controller board from loneoceans based on the oneTesla interrupter. That interrupter would likely work with large numbers of DRSSTCs given that all DRSSTCs need to run interrupted.
Unless you are a reasonable way up the (DR)SSTC learning curve, I would suggest a kit (and tested design) rather than going it alone. There seems to be an awful lot of things that people can do to get sub-optimum performance when going it alone.
Given the call-sign in your signature, I am going to assume that you have solid electronics skills. That's a good thing.
> Trying to spark kids interests in science.
Sounds good. Keep it ultra-safe.
MBD
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