The singing Tesla coil, sometimes called a zeusaphone, thoramin or musical lightning, is a form of plasma speaker. It is a variety of a solid state Tesla coil that has been modified to produce musical tones by modulating its spark output. The resulting pitch is a low fidelity square wave like sound reminiscent of an analog synthesizer. The high-frequency signal acts in effect as a carrier wave; its frequency is significantly above human-audible sound frequencies, so that digital modulation can reproduce a recognizable pitch. The musical tone results directly from the passage of the spark through the air. Because solid-state coil drivers are limited to "on-off" modulation, the sound produced consists of square-like waveforms rather than sinusoidal (though simple chords are possible). The term "singing Tesla coil" was coined by David Nunez, the coordinator of the Austin, Texas chapter of Dorkbot, while describing a musical Tesla coil presentation by Joe DiPrima and Oliver Greaves during DorkBot's 2007 SXSW event. The term was then made popular by a CNET article describing the event. They had been doing public performances with the technology since March 2006. Shortly after that, DiPrima named their performance group "ArcAttack" and became the first musical group to ever use this technology in live performance. Early versions of musical Tesla coils generally used zero crossing threshold detectors as a method of producing music through their spark output, an example of this circuit was released by ctc-labs.de in 2009. Scott Coppersmith was the first person to design a complete MIDI-based Tesla coil system. MIDI is the most common method of music production. It works by means of a microcontroller that is programmed to interpret MIDI data, and output a corresponding Pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal. This PWM signal is coupled to the Tesla coil through a fiber optic cable, and controls when the Tesla coil turns on and off. (Wikipedia).
Music, Magic and Mayhem with Tesla Coil
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From playlist Tesla Coil Science
Let's celebrate the end of 2016 with a music from my Tesla Coil! We have survived it (nearly) and 2017 will be awesome! Read my other articles at: http://www.electroboom.com/ Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ElectroBOOM It would be pretty awesome if you support ElectroBOOM
From playlist Tesla Coil Science
How to - Home Built Tesla Coil - Secondary Coils Pt 1
Chris, Billy, and Jim give us an update on the How To Build A Basic Tesla Coil project with more parts and the proper sizing of the Seconday Coilform tubes.
From playlist Tesla Coils with Billy
How to - Home Built Tesla Coil - Winding the Secondary Coil Pt3
We continue our work on the secondary coilform construction. In this video we wind the wire onto the secondary coil!
From playlist Tesla Coils with Billy
Not the Best Tesla Coil Driver (+Keysight News Leakage)
BREAKING NEWS: my musical Tesla coil driver circuit is not the best! Who can believe in such conspiracy! Like to get the same Scope from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2hFjqNI Read more about it at: http://www.electroboom.com/?p=575 Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ElectroBOOM It w
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How Do Tesla Coils Work? Musical Tesla Coils in SLOW MOTION! (Feat. @physicsgirl )
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Head to Physics Girl for electromagnetic explosions! https://youtu.be/AXOa66-k9MA Musical tesla coils are awesome. I went to visit Arc Attack, the legendary musical te
From playlist Be Smart - LATEST EPISODES!
History of 3-phase Electricity & Distribution
Who invented 3-phase electrical distribution? Nikola Tesla? Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky? In this video I go through the detailed history from primary sources of this important EE discovery, how it works, and why it is important. Links: My mailing list (with a link for a video on the histo
From playlist "The Lightning Tamers": A History of Electricity
Talking with Arcs to Celebrate 2 Million Subs
SUPER! I’m over 2 MILLION SUBS now! Thanks a lot everyone for your support! Thanks a lot to www.Keysight.com for paying me in scopes as always! Make sure to check Keysight’s e-book, channels and site: http://www.keysight.com/find/electroBOOM https://www.youtube.com/keysightlabs https://w
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AWESOME Tesla coil and Geissler tubes!
In this video i show the Tesla coil turn on wireless the Geissler tubes and a fluoroscent (from a distance)!
From playlist ATOMIC PHYSICS
22.4 Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction
This video covers Section 22.4 of Cutnell & Johnson Physics 10e, by David Young and Shane Stadler, published by John Wiley and Sons. The lecture is part of the course General Physics - Life Sciences I and II, taught by Dr. Boyd F. Edwards at Utah State University. This video was produced
From playlist Lecture 22A. Electromagnetic Induction
Between Two Tesla Coils! - 360 Video
Learn how singing Tesla coils work: https://youtu.be/KGhNgeg9IAw Follow me to Physics Girl for electromagnetic explosions! https://youtu.be/AXOa66-k9MA ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Special thanks to: ArcAttack http://ar
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How Tesla and Ferraris Created the First Polyphase Motor
In 1888, both Nikola Tesla and Galileo Ferraris published a similar description of a 2-phase motor and generator. I show how and why Ferraris was inspired by optics and Tesla by Arago's wheel. Links: My mailing list: https://kathylovesphysics.ck.page/welcome My Patreon Page: https://w
From playlist "The Lightning Tamers": A History of Electricity
Exploding soda cans with electromagnets in SLOW MOTION ft Joe Hanson
Making Music with a Tesla Coil: https://youtu.be/KGhNgeg9IAw Watch a soda can rip itself apart in a fiery explosion at 11,000fps with a Phantom high speed camera. Running a current through a coil, produces an electromagnet. Turn up the voltage in this experiment, and make that current st
From playlist Electricity and Magnetism
https://nationalmaglab.org/ What's behind the cool purple sparks? Neat science about resonance and transformers.
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How to Shrink a Quarter with Electricity
How an 8000V electromagnet can be used to shrink a quarter. The interplay between electric and magnetic forces leads to the Lorentz Force and Faraday’s law of induction which can be used to shrink a quarter, or any other type of metal coin. Check out ArcAttack: http://facebook.com/arcatt
From playlist Electricity and Magnetism
The Ultimate Tesla Coil Build Guide (HD): EVERYTHING you need to know!
Enjoy this video? Be sure to check out my latest and greatest Tesla coil tutorial, which shows you how to build your own audio-modulated, class-E musical Tesla coil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hez-R-WF5P0 Tired of the same old Tesla coil demos telling you basic crap everybody knows?
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Physics of Dimensions
From playlist The Wonders of Physics with Prof. Sprott - CosmoLearning.com
Tesla Bifilar coil and high frequency experiments!
In this video i show Tesla bifilar coil which turn on fluorescent 240V and how bifilar can used for loudspeaker. Enjoy!!!
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Building A REAL Solid State Tesla Coil (For DESKTOP LIGHTNING) | The Complete Guide + PCB Download!
Enjoy this video? Be sure to check out my latest and greatest Tesla coil tutorial, which shows you how to build your own audio-modulated, class-E musical Tesla coil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hez-R-WF5P0 Most solid-state Tesla coil tutorials are either non-informative, overcomplicat
From playlist Tesla Coils and High Voltage