the coil (transformer) itself, and adjustable spark-gap electrodes. Why these components, and what do they accomplish? To set his oscillator "ringing," Tesla employed sudden discharges ...

Tesla coils are one of those builds that capture ... of this build style is the shift from the originally used spark gap commutator to that of a direct AC drive via a MOSFET oscillator.

(Photo: Wikimedia) The Tesla coil requires one more thing: a capacitor to store charge and fire it all in one huge spark. The circuit of the coil contains a capacitor and a small hole called a spark ...

The first kinds of radio transmitters had some form of Tesla-type coils. The modulation to the antenna, creating radio signals, came from a spark gap that created a huge amount of RF noise (EMI).

Explore the power of wireless energy as you build your own ‘baby Tesla coil’ (or Slayer Exciter) using Lego Technic! This experiment may not be a traditional spark-gap Tesla coil, but it ...

In 1888, Heinrich Hertz of Germany confirmed experimentally that an electric spark propagates electromagnetic ... device still known today as a Tesla coil. Patented in 1891, this invention took ...