Solid State Tesla Coil (SSTC) Part 1

[@xntumrfo9ivrnwf]

Your walk through of finding the resonant freq by getting the circuit to ring is very good. I figured it out through lots of trial and error back when I was building coils. Re. the stray L and C of the probes: wouldn't you be able to mitigate some of this by NOT making contact with the top load? I.e. clip the probe's ground to the probe (so make a little circle), and bring it close to the coil.

[@unrealcrafter2671]

That's what I do

[@maciejc.617]

Short story of the dead mosfet made my day :D I like this kind of the sense of humor =]

[@curiousviewer5991]

Nice! Looking forward to part 2!

[@RAVI171175]

Amazing video with very good explanation. Keep it up dear.

[@CuriousChan]

Hello, your SSTC looks cool even if it's not at its best performance... Perhaps a TL494 plus a MOSFET gate driver chip can help? I'm not sure, I'm just trying to come up with ideas😅

[@HyperspacePirate]

That's pretty close to the approach I'm looking at for part 2, where I'll use an IR2153 to drive the gate from a cleaned-up feedback signal from the secondary coil - either with an antenna or a signal transformer To really drive the mosfets efficiently at this frequency range, I need close to 10A (for very brief periods) to charge the FET gate quickly enough

[@CuriousChan]

@@HyperspacePirate We're hoping for your success on this endeavor🙂 By the way, you might find it interesting to check Steve Ward's SSTC circuits, although they are more complicated than at first glance😅

[@tonysfun]

Great job on explaining it all as you go from part 1 to 2 and the last number 3 videos! Thank you for sharing! Would you suggest a very simple small TC that uses IRFP460, that I can make in few days? We have a show for people and I like to have a small TC demonstrator that is fairly safe. The once I've tried from youtube channels didn't work at all. I have a coil of 800 turns on 2.5" plastic tube, using 0.27 mm (30 AWG) magnet wire. I also have an aluminium toroid that is 153mm across and 38mm thick. I'm not near as advanced in electronics as you are, but if I have a good circuit to follow, I can put it together. I have a real large TC that I've made, but SSTC is beyond my ability to troubleshoot. Thanks again.

[@HyperspacePirate]

If you use the schematic from part 2 of my SSTC series that should work pretty well. Sounds like the coil you have will probably work, it's just a matter of getting the frequency dialed in

[@pranavramesh4888]

Great video

[@teslab1517]

Hallo, Minute 5:14 the circuit, the 555 timer run with max. 18 volt. Is your circuit right ???

[@owenpenning1597]

Yes, the 18 volts is the maximum. He is powering it at 12 volts

[@Edmorbus]

Great video Thanks for sharing

[@AdilAdil-qk9ee]

Hello, bro, please reply which material GDT core are commonly used in sstc Tesla coil. Ferrari coar or other material

[@AdilAdil-qk9ee]

What change occurs in the resonance frequency as the secondary coil wire SWG increases? Please reply... Sir What is the relation of secondary coil resonance frequency in secondary coil using wire SWG Frequency increase or decrease Waiting for reply

[@xntumrfo9ivrnwf]

Haha man you're crazy running it off your bench PS :p I've killed more than one bench PS from the noise thrown back by the driving circuitry.

[@aliazadasl8129]

Very good

[@f.a3202]

Hello there! I've made a small TC and it's resonant frequency it's about 1.7 MHz. Do you have any idea on what oscillator i can use to achieve such high frequency to drive the mosfets?

[@HyperspacePirate]

in theory a zvs driver can do that but you'll need to select the right FETs and diodes to handle the speed

[@kbee225]

But the mutual inductance between the primary and the secondary will also affect your resonance frequency.

[@16BITMEME]

I don't have a oscilloscope How can I see the Webforms ..... Any other way ???

[@HyperspacePirate]

Not that I'm aware of, tbh

[@16BITMEME]

@@HyperspacePirate 😓

[@JW-nq6do]

how can you control the output frequency say for example you wanted to get to a particular frequency aside from 50khz or 60khz without affecting the output voltages?

[@HyperspacePirate]

I use a 555 timer for the second driver circuit with a frequency that's controlled by a potentiometer

[@JW-nq6do]

@@HyperspacePirate worked for a while, blew transistors, couldn't achieve desired VHF of at least 1ghz.

[@HyperspacePirate]

@@JW-nq6do Check out my second video on SSTC's, it explains a lot about how to avoid blowing up your transistors. Idk why you're trying to run 1 ghz though. A typical tesla coil is like 100 khz - 500 khz or around that neighborhood

[@JW-nq6do]

@@HyperspacePirate i need the coil output to be at least that frequency to move on to the next stage of my project.

[@kayakMike1000]

Its air, humidity perhaps?

[@goldsphere]

You could have just used a waveform generator to the bottom of the coil through a 10k resistor and oscilloscope on the secondary side of resistor. Adjust until amplitude shows.

[@goldsphere]

Forgot to mention that I really love your work. Your breakdown of the engineering in all your videos is really informative.

[@diptimanbora2512]

I’m not getting this. How would connecting the scope on the other side of the resistor work?

[@goldsphere]

You adjust the frequency until you get maximum voltage rise on the scope. And that is your resonant.

[@diptimanbora2512]

Right, right. I got lost. Thank you!

[@Yuvi-kh2ct]

You should have just put 3 fets in parallel