Learn how to build a Tesla coil using inexpensive high-voltage generators and Lego, creating stunning plasma arcs without complex circuits. This Lego Technic MOC includes the primary coil ...

[Zach Armstrong] presents for your viewing pleasure a simple guide to building a solid-state Tesla coil. The design is based around a self-resonant setup using the UCC2742x gate driver IC, which is… ...

Tesla coils are one of those builds that capture the interest of almost anybody passing by. For the naïve constructor, they look simple enough, but they can be finicky beasts—beasts that can ...

A 20,000-volt Tesla coil lightning-blasting Nerf gun. The finished article took Flickenger nine months to build and was made using cheap everyday objects like old cans, an old TV and a lithium-ion ...

Tesla's largest coil, built at his Colorado Springs lab in 1899, was 52 feet in diameter and generated pulses as high as 12Mv. This invention was patented as part of a high-frequency lighting system.

This article presents the amazing development of the Tesla coil, its issues with electromagnetic interference, and how the coil is still being used today.