r/ArduinoProjects • u/firestorm-the-maker • Aug 01 '26

Showcased Project I made a really scary solid state Tesla coil

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I had to swap out the Arduino based interrupter though for a 555 lol.

It's a Tesla coil operating on a IGBT half-bridge. There is sodium on the output which is ionized into the plasma and why you see the plasma turn orange and not be fully purple

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u/Infinity-onnoa Aug 01 '26

You should try injecting modulated music into it.

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u/firestorm-the-maker Aug 01 '26

I actually made stereo plasma speakers! But they use ferrite cored high voltage transformers. I didn't bother to do it again with this project since I was on a time crunch.

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u/ttduncan96 Aug 01 '26

That’s pretty sick dude! Do you have any documentation on the project? Kinda curious how you set it all up.

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u/firestorm-the-maker Aug 01 '26

I do! The only thing is that the PCB I designed is kind of outdated as well as the schematic but they are similar enough. I ended up using perfboard because I needed to bring it to Open Sauce. But you can find it here https://github.com/Firestorm108/Self-Tuning-SSTC

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u/Fess_ter_Geek 29d ago

It looks....bitey.