A Tesla coil easily makes it to the top spot on our ... [Daniel] was also able to replace the traditional spark gap pulse generator with a PIC18F14K50 microcontroller, further simplifying the ...

Using this to guide the design, a new coil was produced with ... While it’s not a particularly efficient generator, it’s a great proof-of-concept. Yes, Tesla’s invention worked, but it ...

When that coil bounces back it ... team built an iron cage around the generator to protect themselves from the shockwave, however, it was only built for 700 Tesla strength, not 1200.