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oneTesla

Musical 10 Coil User Manual

v1.3.6, May 2014
Heidi Baumgartner and Bayley Wang

Musical 10 Coil user manual.

Version 1.0

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elcome to the world of

high voltage.

Singing lightning, wireless energy, high-frequency resonators, and

beautiful sparks fascinate us too. Thats why we made oneTesla.
We want the fun of musical Tesla coils to be available to all passionate hobbyists, and not just experts in power electronics. We
want to remove the barriers between what you dream of and
what you can build.
oneTesla is the smallest, most powerful Tesla coil kit you can find.
How well it works, though, is contingent upon the quality of
your workmanship. You will probably need a few tries to get it
right, so be patient, ask for help when you need it, and ensure
that you have replacement parts. Solder carefully, crimp well,
keep wires neat, maintain a clean workspace, and have a critical attitude. Follow the instructions closely, and youll likely get
yourself some beautiful arcs and sparks!
Read and understand the entire manual before beginning! Its important that you understand how the Tesla coil
works in order to build it right and handle it safely. Ensure
that you are comfortable working with hazards. You
should not construct this kit without supervision if you
are under 18.

Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................2
Safety Warnings..................................................................................4
Overview.............................................................................................6
How does a Tesla coil work?..........................................................7
Notes about components.............................................................15
Want to learn more?.....................................................................20
Step 0: Preparation..........................................................................21
Step 1: Lets Start Soldering!.........................................................23
Step 2: Gate Drive Transformer...................................................26
Step 3: Mounting the Heatsink.....................................................27
Step 4: Interrupter Board..............................................................28
Step 5: Interrupter Controls........................................................39
Step 6: Double-check Your Boards..............................................30
Step 7: Test the Interrupter...........................................................31
Step 8: Interrupter Chassis...........................................................32
Step 9: Low-power testing............................................................33
Step 10: Test for Startup Pulses....................................................35
Step 11: Assemble the Main Chassis...........................................41
Step 12: Primary Assembly............................................................43
Step 13: Secondary Assembly........................................................45
Step 14: Putting Together the Primary and Secondary...........46
Step 15: Final Checks......................................................................48
Step 16: Pre-operating Warnings.................................................49
Step 17: Fixed Frequency Testing.................................................50
Step 18: MIDI Testing......................................................................51
Step 19: What to Watch Out For................................................52
Step 20: Reliability Tips..................................................................54
Step 21: Fine Tuning........................................................................55
Step 22: Service and Repair...........................................................56
Credits...............................................................................................57

Need help?

Ask questions and get help on the online forum at http://

onetesla.com/forum.

Need replacement parts?

Get components from our online store at http://onetesla.

com or your favorite electronics supplier like Digi-Key at
http://digikey.com.

Stay tuned for updates.

Follow the blog at http://onetesla.com/blog.

Note: We try our best to keep all images and instructions

consistent with the latest revision of the oneTesla hardware,
but the photos in this manual and on our website are not
always identical to the components you will receive in your
kit. They will, however, maintain the same functionality.
This document is licensed under the GNU Free documentation license.
That means that you can improve and redistribute it, as long as you
propagate the license. For more information, see: http://www.gnu.org/
copyleft/fdl.html.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS

ELECTRICAL SAFETY WARNING
HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH FREQUENCY OUTPUT: The Tesla coil output is over a quarter
million volts of high-frequency electricity, at currents of up to tens of milliamperes. NEVER TOUCH
THE OUTPUT OF THE TESLA COIL. At best, you will get a nasty burn; at worst, youll get a potentially life-theatening shock.
PRIMARY VOLTAGE AND CURRENT WARNING: Though lower in voltage, the approximately
270VDC on the primary side of the coil can be even more dangerous than the sparks. The primary carries up to hundreds of amperes of current for short periods of time. For reference, just 10mA across your heart is enough to kill you. NEVER SERVICE
THE BOARD WHILE IT IS POWERED ON. ALWAYS WAIT AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE BOARD IS
POWERED OFF FOR CAPACITORS TO DISCHARGE BEFORE SERVICING.
To safely work with electrical hazards, observe the following rules:
Always be in control of the power source. Have the plug within your reach at all times.
Perform power testing hands-off. This means that the board should be enclosed in the chassis when it is powered, and you
should not service it when it is energized.
Wait 5 minutes after unplugging the board for capacitors to discharge before servicing the board.
Dont wear jewelry that could accidentally come into contact with circuitry and cause short-circuits.
Never work on something dangerous when youre alone.
If you feel tired or uncomfortable at any point, take a break and come back to your work later.
If you have any hesitation about the nature of the high voltage circuits you are probing, work with one hand in your
pocket. This prevents you from inadvertently touching a grounded object with your other hand when probing something that
is potentially high voltage, which could cause a short-circuit across your chest.

IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS

Adult Supervision Required
Users under 18 should only use this kit under
the supervision of an experienced adult.

Pacemaker Warning

Persons with electronic medical implants such

as pacemakers should not be near the Tesla
coil during operation. EMI from the coil may
interfere with the pacemakers function.

Ozone Warning

The high temperature of the Tesla coil streamers causes the gases that make up air to form
other compounds, including ozone (which can
often be smelled when the coil is in operation)
and nitrogen oxides. Keep the Tesla coil work area well-ventilated to prevent the buildup of irritating gases such as ozone
and nitrogen oxides, which become toxic if concentrated.

Fire Hazard

The arcs from the Tesla coil can set flammable

objects on fire. Keep all flammable objects
away from the Tesla coil while it is in operation.

Ear Protection Recommended

The Tesla coil output is loud; ear protection is recommended.

Eye Glasses Required

Always wear eye protection while soldering.

Power semiconductors may overheat and fail violently, causing a shrapnel hazard. Wear safety glasses
when working on the board while it is energized.
Only power up the board when it is fully enclosed
inside the chassis.

RF Warning

Keep sentitive electronics away from the Tesla

coil at all times. Use the entire length of the
included fiber optic cable to distance your computer from the Tesla coil.

Observe Good Workspace Practices

Keep your workspace neat and orderly.

Always obey common sense.
Do not continue work if at any point you feel uncomfortable with the hazards.
Always work with a clear mind. Do not work when
you are tired.
Use caution when soldering; lead is hazardous, and
the iron is extremely hot.

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Overview

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How does the Tesla coil work?

The Tesla coil is well-known for producing extremely high
voltages. In this section, well explain how the oneTesla 10
coil can reach voltages over a quarter million volts using
coupled resonant circuits. Well build up from the fundamentals, to give you a thorough explanation of whats going on.

Current, Magnetic Fields, and Induction

Lets start with the basics of electromagnetism. One of Maxwells equations, Amperes law, tells us that current flowing
through a wire creates a magnetic field around it.

magnetic field:

If the current is abruptly shut off, Faradays law tellls us that

there will be a sharp spike of voltage. If an oscillating current
flows through the coil, it induces an oscillating magnetic field
inside it. This, in turn, induces a voltage across the coil which
tends to oppose the driving current. Intuitively, the magnetic field is stubborn, inducing a voltage that opposes any
change to the field.

Transformers

A transformer takes advantage of the law of induction to

step AC voltages up or down. It consists of two coils of wire
around a core. The core is soft iron or ferrite, materials
which are easily magnetized and demagnetized.

If we want to use this magentic field to our adavantage, as

we do in an electromagnet, we coil the wire. The magnetic
fields from the individual turns add together in the center.

A constant current makes a static magnetic field. What

happens with we put a changing current through the wire?
Another of Maxwells equations, Faradays law of induction,
tells us that a magnetic field changing in time induces a voltage across the wire proportional to the rate of change of the

An oscillating current in the primary winding establishes an

oscillating magnetic field in the core. The core concentrates
the field, ensuring that most of it passes through the secondary. As the magnetic field oscillates, it induces an oscillating
current in the secondary coil. The voltage across each turn
of wire is the same, so the total voltage across the coils is
proportional to the number of turns:

Because energy is conserved, the current on the side of the

transformer with the higher voltage is smaller by the same
proportion.
The Tesla coil is a very souped-up transformer. Lets briefly
consider what would happen if it were a perfect transformer.
The primary winding has six turns and the secondary has
about 1800 turns. The primary is driven with 340 volts, so
the secondary will have 340V x 300 = 102kV across it. Thats
a lot! But not quite a quarter million. Additionally, becuase
the Tesla coil is air-cored and the coils are positioned relatively far apart, only a small fraction of the magnetic field
produced by the primary is actually interlinked with the
secondary. To understand more of whats going on, we need
to introduce resonant circuits.

erties of the dielectric. Interestingly, the topload on the Tesla

coil acts like a one-plate capacitor, with the ground plane
surrounding the coil acting as the opposing plate. The capacitance of the topload is determined by its dimensions and its
proximity to other objects.
Inductors store energy in the form of a magnetic field
around a wire, or in the middle of a loop of wire. The primary inductor in the oneTesla 10 coil is six turns of AWG14
wire, and the secondary is approximately 1800 turns of
AWG36 wire.
An LC circuit can have an inductor and capacitor in series or
parallel. Here, we are using series LC circuits like this:

Resonant Circuits

A resonant circuit is like a tuning fork: it has a very strong

amplitude response at one particular frequency, called the
resonant or natural frequency. In the case of the tuning
fork, the tines vibrate strongly when excited at a frequency
determined by its dimensions and the material properties. A
resonant circuit achieves the highest voltages when driven at
its natural frequency, which is determined by the value of its
components.
Resonant circuits use capacitors and inductors, and therefore
are also known as LC circuits. They are also known as tank
circuits, because of the energy storage elements present.
Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field
between two plates separated by an insulator, known as a
dielectric. The size of the capacitor is dependent upon the
size of the plates, the distance between them, and the prop-

Consider what happens when you dont drive the circuit (assume that the AC source in the above figure is replaced by a
wire), but start out with the capacitor charged. The capacitor wants to discharge, so charge flows around the circuit,
through the inductor, to the other plate. In the process,
a magnetic field builds up inside the inductor. When the
charge on each plate of the capacitor is zero, current stops
flowing. But at this point, the inductor has energy stored
up in a magnetic field - which tends to oppose change. The
magnetic field collapses, inducing a continuing current in the
same direction, thereby recharging the capacitor and restarting the cycle in the opposite direction.
The resonant frequency of an LC circuit, or the frequency at
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which the energy cycles between the capacitor and inductor

as described above, is:

Driving the circuit at its resonant frequency adds energy

during each cycle. By providing a succession of well-timed
pushes, we can build up to extremely high voltages! In the
Tesla coil, a spark breaks out and discharges the circuit once
the voltage is high enough.

DRSSTC

The oneTesla 10 coil employs a double-resonant topology, hence the name double-resonant solid-state Tesla coil, or
DRSSTC. In a DRSSTC, the circuit driving the secondary
LC circuit is another LC circuit, tuned to the same resonant
frequency. In the following diagram, L1 and L2 are the primary and secondary inductors, respectively. They are weakly
coupled, linking around one-tenth of their magnetic fields.

so high that the core would quickly saturate, meaning it

would no longer be magnetizable past a certain point. Also,
most materials pose a resistance and heat up in a magnetic
field that switches rapidly, as is the case in the coil. The high
voltage the coil produces also has the potential to arc to the
core. But most importantly, its critical that the primary and
secondary coils be loosely coupledso the secondary is not
loaded down by the primary.

Half-Bridge

How do we go about exciting the primary? We use a DC

voltage source, and apply the voltage in alternating directions
across the primary.

The switches that we use to apply a DC voltage in alternating directions across the primary are IGBTs, short for insulated gate bipolar transistors. An IGBT is a transistor capable
of controlling very high voltages and currents. This is its
schematic symbol:

There are several reasons why Tesla coils do not employ a

magnetic core. First of all, the voltages in the Tesla coil are

Its terminals are labelled collector, gate and emitter as a

holdover from vacuum tubes, before the era of transistors.

A simplified model of an IGBT is normally open switch that
closes when a positive gate voltage (VGE) is applied.
In the following diagram of a half-bridge, S1 and S2 represent
the IGBTs. They alternately turn on and off, which switches
the polarity of Vbus/2 across Lprimary and Cprimary, the primary
inductor and capacitor. The oneTesla 10 coil runs off a bus
voltage of 340VDC.

On the oneTesla board, we achieve zero current switching by sensing the primary current and using control logic
to ensure the transistors switch at the correct times. Well
describe this logic circuitry in a following section.

Gate Driving

The IGBTs are far from ideal switches. We want them to

switch fast, to minimize the time during which they are resistive and dissipate power. The issue with switching gates fast
is that they have significant internal capacitance, and it takes
a lot of charge to fill up that capacitance and achieve the
turn-on voltage across the gate (the voltage of a capacitor is
given by V=Q/C).

On the control board, we get the bus voltage from rectfied

and doubled line voltage.Well go into detail about that portion of the circuitry later.

Zero-Current Switching

When the IGBTs are fully on (the switches closed), they

are nearly perfect conductors. When they are fully off
(the switches fully open), they are nearly perfect insulators.
When they are in transition between fully open and fully
closed, or vice versa, however, they behave like resistors. Recall that the amount of power dissipated in a circuit is P=VI.
If we try to switch the IGBT while the current through the
circuit is large, then it will heat up a lot! We have to time the
switching of the IGBTs to the natural zero-crossings of the
primary LC circuit.

To charge CGE in as short a time as possible, we want to use

a short, high-current pulse. Gate drive ICs are designed to
do exactly this. We use UCC3732x ICs, which can source
up to 9A for brief pulses. The logic circuitry preceeding the
gate drivers isnt even close to being able to source enough
current to turn the gates on fast, so the gate drivers are essential components.
Lastly, we need to isolate the gate drivers from the IGBTs
using a gate drive transformers (GDT) Each IGBT needs
gate voltage to be applied between its gate and emitter to
turn on. This is easy on the low-side (bottom) IGBT - its
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emitter is always at ground, meaning its gate only needs to

be brought up to +15V. Things are not so easy with the highside (top) IGBT, because its emitter is referenced to the collector of the low-side IBGT, a node which swings between 0
and Vbus/2 (which, in our case, is 170V). This means we need
to bring the gate of the high-side IGBT up to Vbus/2 + 15V to
turn it on.

Rectifier & Doubler

The half-bridge in oneTesla is driven by a doubling rectifier as

shown in the diagram above. This rectifier alternately charges
each capacitor on alternating half-cycles of the AC input,
resulting in twice the source voltage across the load.
On the positive portion of the cycle, the top diode conducts
and charges the top capacitor.
Fortunately, there is a simple way around this! We can drive
the primary of a 1:1:1 transformer with the (bipolar) drive
signal derived from a push-pull pair of UCCs.
More specifically, we drive the primary of the transformer
with the difference of the outputs of an inverting and non-inverting gate driver. This ensures that half the time, this signal
is positive, and half the time, this signal is negative. Due to
transformer action, the voltage across each secondary of
the GDT is guaranteed to replicate the voltage across the
primary, no matter where we connect the ends. This means
we can simply connect a secondary across the gate and emitter of each IGBT, and guarantee that Vge will always swing
between 0 and 15V (regardless of the emitters potential).

On the negative portion of the cycle, the bottom diode conducts and charges the bottom capacitor. The voltage across
the load is the sum of the voltages on each capacitor.

Logic

As mentioned previously, control logic is necessary to sense

the primary current and prevent turning on and off the IGBTs while there is current through them. Lets step through
the above schematic from left to right. (Note that the part
numbers in the schematic dont correspond to those on the
board, but we use them here just for explanatory purposes.
Refer to the Eagle files, available at http://onetesla.com/
downloads, for the full schematic.)
The current transformer steps down the primary current to
a safe level to use on the logic section of the board. R1 is a
5W resistor that loads down the transformer and limits the
current. D1 starts conducting when the signal exceeds 5.7V,

which is the rail voltage plus the forward voltage drop of the
diode, effectively preventing the signal from exceeding 5.7V.
D2 starts conducting when the signal is -0.7V. Together, D1
and D2 are protection diodes that clip the signal and prevent damage to the logic ICs if the signal from the current
transformer is too high. Next, G1 and G2 are inverters
which square up the signal for subsequent ICs.
The optical receiver outputs 5V or 0V depending on the
signal from the interrupter. R1, R2, and R3 form a resistor
network that ensure that the coil can be tickled into operation by just the interrupter signal on startup, in absence
of a feedback waveform. When the coil is just starting up,
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it through to the UCCs. When the coil is in operation, the

feedback signal dominates the top of the signal pathway.
The inverted interrupter signal and the square wave from
the squared primary current signal are then fed into a Dtype flip flop, which performs logic that determines when the
gate drivers recieve a signal. They are only turned on when
there is a zero-crossing as well as a signal from the interrupter. The D flip-flop behaves according to the following
truth table:

In our circuit, \PRE and D are pulled high. The inverted interrupter signal, which is fed into \CLR, sets \Q high when the
interrupter is ON. When the interrupter turns off, \Q stays
high until the next falling edge of CLK (which is synchronized
with the zero crossings of the primary current), upon which
it switches low.
The inverting gate driver turns on when IN is high and EN
is low. The noninverting gate driver turns on when IN is high
and EN is high.

Interrupter

The oneTesla interrupter is a microcontroller-based device

that converts an incoming stream of MIDI commands into a
stream of pulses for the Tesla coil. These pulses turn the entire coil on or off, thereby controlling both power throughput
and allowing for music playback.
The MIDI commands are received through the MIDI input
jack. As per MIDI specifications, the 4N25 optoisolator
provides the isolation necessary to eliminate ground loops.
When the microcontroller receives a note-on command, it
begins output a stream of pulses at the notes frequency. The
lengths of these pulses are specified by a lookup table in the
firmware. The interrupter uses separate MIDI channels to
play multiple notes at once - in order to play back two channels, the software simply generates pulse trains corresponding to each channel, and then performs the OR logic function
on the pulse trains before outputting them. Maximum pulsewidth limitation ensures that the resulting stream does not
have excessively long pulses.
Power control linearly scales the pulse widths based on the
position of the potentiometer. While this does not give linear
spark length, it has the advantage of predictably scaling the
power consumption of the coil, a feature that would be lost if
the scaling curves were tweaked for linear spark growth.

So how does it make music?

Sound is a pressure wave. Its pitch is determined by the frequency of the wave. We can make sound in a variety of ways:
conventional speakers vibrate a membrane, and Tesla coils
use the expansion and contraction of air due to heating from

plasma.
The secondarys resonant frequency is about 230kHz, far
above the audio range. We can use bursts of sparks that are
firing away at 230kHz to create pressure waves at the audio
frequency. A burst of sparks fires at every peak of the audio
signal. The rapid firing of the sparks is faster than your eye
can resolve, so it looks continuous, but in reality the spark is
forming and extinguishing at intervals of the audio frequency.
This modulation technique is known as pulse-density modulation (PDM) or pulse-repetition modulation (PRM).
Current in the primary keeps increasing while the bridge is
being driven. Its important to make the bursts short enough
so that the IGBTs dont overheat. Within a single cycle, the
current on the primary can reach up to hundreds of amps
for a short time. Due to thermal reasons, the maximum
duty cycle of the bridge is approximately 10%. The interrupters firmware has a lookup table of frequencies and on times,
which are determined empirically by varying the pulse width
and watching the spark performance.

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Some Notes about Electronic Components

Resistors
The value of a resistor can be read from its color bands. Or you can measure the resistance with a multimeter and avoid straining your eyes!

Potentiometers are variable resistors.

Turning the knob changes the position of a
sliding contact along a resistive path. The
resistance between the first and third contacts is always the same, but the resistance
between the first and second contacts
changes as you rotate the knob. We use a
potentiometer to modulate the power of
the Tesla coil on the interrupter board.

Resistors of different power handling

capabilities are dramatically different
sizes. This one is a 5 Watt resistor, like
R1 on the oneTesla control board. Its
large and made of ceramic so that it
can withstand high heat. Ths value of
the resistor is printed on the body.

This is a 1/4 Watt resistor, which is

used for most applications.

Capacitors

Theres a huge variety of capacitor types. We use three different varieties on the oneTesla board: ceramic
capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, and a film capacitor.

Ceramic capacitors are the small capacitors we provide

you. They are often used as decoupling capacitors across
the power pin of an IC to short out high-frequency voltage
spikes as well as to buffer the power rails.

Electrolytic capacitors are polar. You will damage the

component if you install it backwards, so be sure to match
the positive side of the capacitor to the + sign on the
board!

The value of the ceramic capacitors is printed on the casing

using two or three numbers. If there are only two numbers,
that is the value in picofarads.
If there are three numbers, multiply the first two numbers by
10 raised to the power of the third to get the capacitance in
picofarads. So, for example, 154 means 15 x 104 picofarads,
or 15 x 104 x 10-12F = 15 x 10-8F = 150nF.
The one film capacitor we use is the primary
tank capacitor, which is specified for high voltage
use.

Electrolytic capacitors have a

safety vent at the top, which ruptures when the capacitor is connected backwards. Dont re-use
blown capacitors!

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Diodes

All diodes are directional and must be

installed in the correct orientation!

Here are power diodes,

which rectify the AC from
mains. Theyre big because
they handle a lot of current. Their polarity is
marked by a silver band on
the diode.

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

On the oneTesla board, LEDs are used as power indications and interrupter signal indicators. LEDs only work when installed in the correct
direction. There are three ways to determine the negative side of an
LED: locating the flat portion of the die, identifying the shorter of the
two leads, or looking closely at the internal structure of the LED.

Heres a signal diode. Its

much smaller than the
power diode because it
rectifying relatively lowpower signals. This kind
of diode has its polarity
marked by a black band,
which needs to line up
with the band on the
board.

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

There are a variety of ICs on the oneTesla board. The 74-series chips are logic. The UCC chips are gate drivers. On the interrupter, theres a 6-pin optocoupler and an ATmega microcontroller. The main board also has IGBTs and voltage regulators.
DONT SOLDER ICs DIRECTLY TO THE BOARDS! Solder on a socket with the correct number of pins, and insert the
IC into the socket. Keep the notch on the socket aligned with the socket on the board, and keep the notch on the IC aligned
with the notch on the socket. Some chips dont have notches, but rather a single dot on the appropriate side.

The voltage regulators and IGBTs are in three-legged vertical package in order to enhance thermal properties and
make heatsinking easy. The
voltage regulators and IGBTs
should be inserted into the
board so that the metal tab of
the component aligns with the
band on the board.

The pins of ICs are

numbered sequentially starting from the
one to the left of the
notch, then circling
counterclockwise
around the chip.

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Optical transmitters and receivers

The optical transmitter and receiver are probably the two

most delicate electronic components. The transmitter has
two terminals (power and ground) and a blue casing. The
receiver has a black casing and three terminals (power,
ground, and output voltage). Secure them with a 4-40 bolt
before soldering them in.

This cross-section is taken from the data sheet of the receiver.

Since the fiber sits right against the lens, never push it in too
hard. Also, if you need to cut the optical fiber, use a sharp razor blade and keep the cut as close to a neat 90-degree angle
as possible.

Headers & Jumpers

Headers should be installed with the long ends sticking up, out of the board. Jumpers slide right over them.

Want to learn more?

If you want to find out more about any component, look for its data sheet online. Data sheets usually have all you need, and
more. Here are some links to the data sheets of components that there are most often questions about:
74HCT74 D-type flip-flop: http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/74HC_HCT74.pdf
UCC3732x gate drivers: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ucc37321.pdf
LM78xx voltage regulators: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/LM/LM7805.pdf
FGH60N60 IGBT: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FG/FGH60N60SMD.pdf
Optical receiver: http://i-fiberoptics.com/pdf/ifd95.pdf
Optical transmitter: http://i-fiberoptics.com/pdf/if-e96edatasheet.pdf

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Step 0

Preparation
Before you begin, you will need:
a temperature-controlled 20W-30W
soldering iron and solder
safety glasses
small pliers
flush cutters
wire strippers
crimp tool (or large pliers)
screwdriver
electrical tape
hot glue gun or superglue
solder wick or solder sucker
multimeter

A quick review of how to solder

4. Bend the leads of the component slightly so that it

stays in place.

1. Assemble your tools, put on safety goggles, and turn

on the iron.
2. Neatly bend the component leads to fit into the
holes in the board, either with your fingers or small pliers.
3. Insert the component into the board, and ensure it
lies flush. Make sure you have the right component in
the right place.

5. Flip over the board. Place the tip of the iron against
both the pad and the component lead. The idea is that
the iron heats up the surfaces that you want the solder
to wet to, and the solder flows onto those surfaces by
itself, without touching the iron.

inside, which makes removing improperly soldered components rather difficult. Get it right the first time!

6. Once your solder has wet to both the lead and the
pad, remove the iron. Generally, dont apply heat to the
pad for too long, because it can become weak and fall
off the board. Inspect the joint. Is it sticking well to
both surfaces?
7. If the joint is satisfactory, trim the lead with
flush cutters.

Soldering tips:

The order in which you install the components

doesnt matter, but its generally easier to start with the
parts with the shortest leads first.
A bit of masking tape can hold components to the
board while you solder.
We highly recommend investing in a good iron.
Weller irons are probably the best, but comparably good
ones can be found for around $40. Invest in a good iron
early! It will pay off in saved time and avoided frustration.

8. If you make a mistake, remove excess solder using

solder wick. The holes in our boards are plated on the

Some of the pads are octagonal. These pads connect

to power planes on the board, and as such, are trickier
to solder because of the high thermal mass of the planes.
A little patience (and maybe gently feeding extra solder
at the joint, or increasing iron temperature slightly) goes
a long way on these pads.
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Lets start soldering!

We begin by populating the main circuit board. Each components number and value is printed on the board. You can also use the tables to the
right as a reference.

R8, R9
R10, R11

1K, 5W
100K
10K
1K
560 (marked 470
on the board, but either
value is fine)
6.8
100K, 1/2W

2. Install R2 through R11. ENSURE THAT R10 AND R11 ARE INSTALLED PROPERLY. These are 1/2W, 100K bleeder resistors
which drain the large capacitors C14 and C15 when the unit is
powered off. Failure to install R10 and R11 properly will result in
the capacitors storing energy for extended periods of time, and a
board that is unsafe to service. The two 1/2W resistors are slightly
larger than the one 1/4W 100K resistor in the kit.

C1
C2, C3
C4
C5 - C7
C8 - C14
C15, C16

0.1F
1F
330pF
220F
1F
1000F 250V

1. Install R1. Note that it is a large, rectangular, ceramic 5W resistor.

R1
R2
R3
R4, R5, R7
R6

IC1
IC2
IC3
IC4
IC5
IC6
Q1, Q2
3. Install ceramic capacitors C1 and C4.

74HCT14
74HCT74
UCC37321
UCC37322
LM7815
LM7805
FGA60N60SMD
IGBTs

4. Install C2, C3, and C5 through C16. Note that C5-C7, C15, and
C16 are all electrolytic capacitors, and the polarity matters.

10. Install X1, the 3-pin fan header.

D1, D2 1N4148 signal

diode
D3, D4 MUR460
power diode
LED1 Red LED
LED2 Blue LED
LED3 Green LED
J1
2.5x5.5mm DC
jack
J2
IF-D95 Fiber
receiver
J3
IEC power plug
J4
2-terminal output block
JP1
2-pin header
F1
10A fuse
X1
3-pin fan
header

11. Install J3, the IEC power plug. Use 6-32 bolts and nuts to secure
this power plug to the board, to prevent excessive stress when plugging and unplugging the cord.

Tank capacitor
Current transformer

5. Install signal diodes D1 and D2, matching the band on the diode to
the band on the board to ensure correct polarity.
6. Install power diodes D3 and D4, matching the band on the diode
to the band on the board to ensure correct polarity.
7. Install the three LEDs, matching the flat side of the LED to the flat
side of the symbol on the board to ensure correct polarity. The red
LED is the 15V indicator, the blue LED is the 5V indicator, and the
green LED is the interrupter signal indicator.
8. Install J1, the 2.5x5.5mm DC jack. Note that the holes in the
board are large, and you need to fill them in with solder.
9. Install J2, the fiber receiver. CAREFUL! This component is delicate.
Use a 4-40 bolt and nut to secure it to the board before soldering
the leads.

12. Install J4, a 2-terminal block that you will later attach primary
wires to.
13. Install JP1, a two-pin header. If you are using the 19V DC power
supply provided by us, slide a jumper over the pins. This is because
the power supply is floating. If you are using your own grounded
power supply, do not connect the pins together.

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14. Install F1, the fuse holder and fuse. The fuse holder
is composed of two identical fuse clips. Install these in
the board. Note that the ends with the bent tabs should
be on the outside to allow the fuse to slide in. Its a good
idea to install the clips with a fuse inserted to make sure
the spacing and direction is correct.
15. Install 14-pin sockets for IC1 and IC2. Match the
notch on the socket to the notch on the board. Dont
solder the ICs directly to the board!
16. Install 8-pin sockets for IC3 and IC4. Match the notch
on the socket to the notch on the board. Dont solder
the ICs directly to the board!
17. Install IC5 and IC6, voltage regulators. Be sure not to
confuse the two! IC5, the LM7815, is the 15 volt regulator, and IC6, the LM7805, is the 5 volt regulator. Dont
install them backwards! The tab of the voltage regulator
need to match the stripe on the board.
18. Install the ICs in their sockets. IC1 is the SN74HCT14, IC2 is the SN74HCT74. IC3 and IC4 are the
UCC3232x gate drivers; for now, you can just install them
in either socket, but you may have to swap their positions
later.
19. Install the current transformer. Cut a few inches of
AWG14 wire and strip the ends. Put it through the current transformer and place the ends into solder pads P1
and P2, like the following picture. Solder it in.
20. Install the tank capacitor (the large, white CDE film capacitor).

21. There are three thick power traces that carry

a lot of current on the back of the board. Tin them
(coat them in a thick layer of solder). but dont cover
the holes of components that are not yet installed.

By the end of step 1, your board should look like this, with the addition of
ICs inserted into the sockets.

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Step 2

Gate drive transformer

The gate drive transformer isolates the IGBTs from the gate
drivers. Its important to maximize coupling here, so twist the
wires together tightly, and then wind them on the core tightly!
Its also VERY IMPORTANT that the wires have the correct
phasing; the coil will not work if you dont insert the wires
into the board in the right configuration!
1. Twist three strands of thin wire together tightly. You
can do it by hand, but it goes much faster if you use a
hand drill: clamp the wire in the chuck, hold the other
end, and turn the drill.
2. Wind up to 12 turns of the twisted wire tightly
around the toroidal core. Leave a few inches of extra
wire at each end. (Note that the ferrite toroid in your kit
is gray and slightly larger than the toroid in the photos
here. Thats why it needs fewer turns than in the picture.)
3. Mark one end of the twisted bundle with a marker.
Then, separate the wires.
4. Twist each color pair together a few turns close to
where they come off the toroid. Trim the leads so that
the GDT is relatively flush to the board.
5. Install the transformer in the board, making sure that
the marked ends are on the inside of the row of four
through-holes. The other side doesnt matter.

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Step 3

Mounting the heat sink

We want good thermal conduction between the IGBT and

the heat sink, but no electrical conduction.
1. Clean the backs of the IGBTS and the heat sink with
some rubbing alcohol. You want thermal conduction to
be as good as possible, so its important that the surfaces be clean.
2. If you have thermal compound, place a small amount
of thermal compound on the back of the IGBTs and on
the heat sink around the holes. The thermal compound
fills in the portions where the IGBT is not completely
flat. It sometimes helps to spread it out with a flat
object like a credit card. It is not strictly necessary in
addition to thermal compound.
3. Put a 4-40 bolt through the hole in each IGBT and
sil-pad.

4. Screw the IGBTs to the heatsink.

5. Solder the IGBT and heatsink assembly into the
board.

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Interrupter board

straining it.
12. Insert the ATMEGA328 into the socket, ensuring
that the notch on the IC lines up with the notch on the
board.

Populate the interrupter board with the components in the

list to the right. Use the picture as a reference.

13. Insert the optocoupler into the socket, ensuring that

the dot on the IC lines up with the notch on the board.

1. Install R1 through R6.

2. Install capacitors C1 through C4.
3. Install the 28-pin socket for the ATMEGA328. Match
the notch on the socket to the notch on the silkscreen.
Dont solder the IC directly to the board!
4. Install the 6-pin socket for the optocoupler. Match
the notch on the socket to the notch on the board.
Dont solder the IC directly to the board!
5. Install IC3, the 5V voltage regulator. Carefully bend it
backwards and use a 4-40 bolt and nut to secure it to
the board.
6. Install Y1, the 16MHz crystal.
7. Install JP1, the 2x3 programming header for the ATMEGA. Dont attach anything else to the pins.
8. Install D1, the 1N4148 diode, and LED1, the power
indicator LED.
9. Install J1, the power jack, if it is included. It is not necessary if you connect the battery.
10. Install the MIDI-in jack.
11. Install the fiber-out jack. CAREFUL! This component is delicate. Use a 4-40 bolt and nut to secure it
to the board immediately after installation to prevent

R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6

4.7K
330
100
100K
3.3K
220

C1,C2
C3,C4

1uF
18pF

D1
IC1
IC2
IC3
Y1
JP1
J1

1N4148
ATMEGA328P-PU microcontroller
4N25 optocoupler
LM7805 voltage regulator
16MHz crystal
2x3 programming header
2.5mmx5.5mm power jack
MIDI-in jack
Fiber-out jack

Step 5

Interrupter knobs & switches

In addition to the board-mounted components, we will need to
install a couple of off-board controls: two 10K potentiometers
and two toggle switches.

lead goes into the -BATT pad.

5. Mount the circuit board to the bottom plate of the chassis using four nylon standoffs and 8 M3 screws.

1. Using flush cutters, separate the ribbon cable into three

3-wire strands and one two-wire strand. Separate about an
inch of each strand at the ends. Strip half an inch of insulation
off the ends of the ribbon cable.
2. Solder one end of each ribbon cable into the board and the
other end to a poteniometer or toggle switch.
Pin 1 - PW
Potentiometer 1:
Pin 2 SIG PW
POWER
Pin 3 + PW
Pin 1 + F
Potentiometer 2:
Pin 2 SIG F
FREQUENCY
Pin 3 - F
Pin 1 PWR 1
Toggle Switch 1:
Pin 2 PWR 2
ON/OFF
Pin 3 No connection
Pin 1 + SW
Toggle Switch 2:
Pin 2 SIG SW
MIDI/FIXED
Pin 3 - SW
3. Mount the potentiometers and toggle switches to the top
plate of the chassis. Match the toggle switches to the labels
on the chassis.
4. Solder the battery connector to the underside of the circuit
board. The red lead goes into the +BATT pad and the black

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Double-check your boards

At this point, the electronics should be completely assembled.
Scrutinize your boards and look for the following:

If your soldering looks like

this, you have a problem.

Check that all components are soldered in properly,

and that there are no solder bridges. Look closely! If youre
unsure of the quality of the joints, pass over them again with
a good soldering iron to reflow them. Poor soldering will
invariably lead to difficult-to-trace problems.
Confirm that diodes D1, D2, D3, and D4 are installed
with the correct polarity.
Confirm all electrolytic capacitors are installed with the
correct polarity.
Confirm the LEDs are installed with the correct polarity.
Confirm the LM7805 and LM7815 voltage regulators are
not installed backwards or switched.

Clean up messy joints! Remove blobs of solder using solder wick, and make sure that
youre not shorting terminals
together.

Confirm that the 74HCT14 AND 74HCT74 are in the

correct socket and in the correct direction.
Confirm that the UCC37321 and UCC37322 and all
other ICs are inserted in the sockets in the correct direction.
Confirm the 100K 1/2W bleeder resistors, R10 and R11
are installed properly.
Confirm all of the resistor values are correct.

Component not flush?

Fix it.

Step 7

Interrupter chassis
You will need a small amount of hot glue, superglue or epoxy
to put the chassis together. Hot glue is preferable because it
doesnt damage the acrylic like superglue does, and if you make
a mistake or need to fix the circuitry its relatively easy to pull
the chassis apart and scrape off the old glue.
1. First check that the toggle switches are in the right orientation in the chassis and affixed securely. With the battery
attached and the second toggle switch in the Fixed position, check that the light in the optical transmitter turns on
when the power switch is in the ON position and turns
off when the switch is in the OFF position. The light should
not turn on at all when the second toggle switch is in the
MIDI position unless there is a MIDI input.
2. Peel the protective paper off the acrylic parts.
3. Carefully assemble the sides of the chassis without putting any strain on the optical transmitter.
4. Use a small amount of hot glue at the corners of the
chassis to hold it together.

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Step 8

Interrupter testing
Testing and debugging the driver board relies on a functional
interrupter, so we wil debug it first. This is a low power test
only! DO NOT PLUG THE TESLA COIL INTO AC
POWER IN THIS STEP.
Connect a 9V battery to the interrupter. Put the toggle
switches in the OFF and Fixed positions, respectively.
Gently insert the fiber cable into the transmitter on the interrupter and and receiver on the main board. Do not push
the fiber in too hard! There is a delicate glass lens inside the
transmitter and receiver that will break if you push the fiber
in too hard.
Plug the 19V wall adapter into the main driver bord. This is
a low power test only, so DO NOT PLUG THE IEC
CABLE INTO THE BOARD! Flip the toggle switch on
the interrupter to the On position. The interrupter should
now be emitting pulses. Does the green LED next to
the fiber receiver light up?

NO

YES

1. Flip the MIDI/Fixed switch to MIDI, then turn the interrupter off and back on. If the LED lights up, you have
the switch wired backwards; to fix this, simply rotate the
switch 180 degress in the chassis.
2. Disconnect the fiber from the receiver end and confirm that the fiber emits light. If it does, the interrupter
is functioning, and the control board is faulty.

3. If there is no light, disconnect the fiber from the

transmitter end and examine whether the LED in the
transmitter emits light. If it does, you either have a
damaged cable (check for kinks or obstructions in the
cable) or a damaged fiber transmitter.
4. If the fiber transmitter does not emit light, check for
poor solder connections on the interrupter board. In
particular, the crystal is sensitive to bad solder joints.
Make sure pin 23 of the ATMega328 is not shorted to
ground.
Sweep the power knob from minimum to maximum while
playing a note. Does the green LED fade and brighten correspondingly?

YES

NO

1. Check the power knob potentiometer and confirm

all solder joints are intact (in particular, excessive strain
on the wires connected to this potentiometer may damage the solder connections)
2. Make sure there are no solder bridges between pin
23 of the ATMega328 and the +5V rail.
At this point, you are ready to test the control circuitry on
the driver board.

Step 9

Low-power system testing

2. Confirm that the 19V power jack is properly soldered.

We will now test the main chassis and interrupter together

at low power.

3. Remove all socketed ICs on the board. Measure

the resistance between the rail in question and ground.
It should be a high value. If not, check for solder
bridges between the rails and ground.

When probing anything on the board, clip the ground lead to

the back of the voltage regulator like in the picture below.

4. With the ICs removed, measure the 5V and 15V

rails with a multimeter. If they are now the correct
value, you have a damaged or backwards IC. Reinstall
the ICs (taking care to note the location of pin 1) and
measure the rails after each IC is installed. The IC that
causes the rails to vanish is the culprit.
5. If none of the above resolve the problem, replace
the voltage regulator(s) in question.
Use a voltmeter to measure pin 14 of the 74HCT14 and
74HCT74. Confirm that the voltage of the pins is 5V. Also
confirm that pin 1 of the optical receiver is 5V. Are all the
voltages 5V?

YES

Plug the 19V adapter into the DC power jack on the driver
board. We are only doing low-voltge testing at this stage, so
DO NOT PLUG IN THE IEC CORD. Do the LEDs
light up?

NO

YES

1. Measure the outputs of the 5V regulator and and

15V regulator with a multimeter. If they are they
correct voltage, you have a poorly soldered LED or a
damaged LED.

NO

1. Check the soldering of pins 7 and 14 on the socket.

2. Make sure the IC is seated properly.
Use a voltmeter to measure pins 1 and 8 of the UCC3732x
gate drive ICs. Again the ground lead of your multimeter
should be touching the back tab of one of the the voltage
regulators. Do they measure 15V?

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NO

1. Check the soldering of pins 1, 4, 7, and 8 on the

socket.
2. Make sure the IC is seated properly.
l
Disconnect the 19V adapter. Plug an IEC power cord into
the AC jack on the board, and plug it into a wall outlet.
Nothing should happen. Do the bus capacitors (C15 and
C16) get hot? WARNING: Do not touch the tops!
WARNING! Board is energized. Proceed with
extreme caution.

If the capacitors get hot, immediately unplug the IEC power

cord. Wait five minutes, and then check the polarity of the
bus capcitors.
Does the fuse blow?
1. Unplug the board and wait 5 minutes for the capacitors to discharge. Examine the board (primarily the
right-hand side, which contains the power components)
for shorts or solder bridges. Also, confirm the capacitors are installed with the correct polarity.
2. Ensure that you properly insulated the backs of the
IGBTs form the heat sink using sil-pad, which is thermally conductive but electrically resistive.

After any errors found are fixed, unplug the board and wait
five minutes. Prior to further working on the board, measure the bus voltage (you can do this by using a multimeter
on the 1000VDC setting to measure across the far ends of
D3 and D4) afterwards and confirm that it is ZERO VOLTS.

Step 10a

Test For Startup Pulses (no scope)

Set the mode switch on the interrupter to FIXED mode,
power on the interrupter, turn the POWER knob to maximum, and connect the interrupter to the driver board via
fiber optic cable. DO NOT ENERGIZE THE BOARD
BY PLUGGING IT INTO AN AC POWER SOURCE
WITH THE IEC CABLE. This is a low-power test only.
The next steps should be done in a quiet room. Plug the 19V
adapter into the driver board. Listen to the gate drive transformer (GDT) and verify that there is a faint buzzing noise.
If you cannot hear the GDT buzz:
1. Ensure that youre in a quiet environment. The buzzing is quite faint.

The three pins of the optical receiver

5. Make sure the GDT is properly wound and installed,
and none of the GDT leads are shorted to anything.
If no soldering errors are found:
1. Replace the 74HCT14 and 74HCT74 ICs. Retest the
board.
2. Replace the UCC3732x gate drive ICs. Retest the
board.
3. Replace the optical receiver. Retest the board.
Note:itisexceedinglyunlikelythatabrand-newcomponent
is defective. It is strongly advised to check for other errors
first.

2. Make sure all ICs are seated properly.

3. Make sure the fiber cable is installed correctly in both
the interrupter and the control board.
4. Make sure all solder joints are good; in particular:
R4 and R5
Pins 12 and 13 of the 74HCT14 IC
Pins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 74HCT74 IC
Pins 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the UCC3732x gate drive
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Test For Startup Pulses (with scope)

Step 10b

If you dont have an oscilloscope or if the test without a scope has

been sucessful so far, you can skip this step.You may want to refer
back here to do more in-depth troubleshooting later.
Power on the interrupter and turn the pulsewidth knob to
maximum. Connect the interrupter to a MIDI source (refer
to Step 7 for details on how), and connect the interrupter to
the driver board via fiber optic cable. Plug the 19V adapter
into the driver board.
1. Play a note, and probe pin 7 of the UCC3732x gate drive
ICs. Does the waveform there match (A)?

NO

YES

1. The startup pulses are present. Proceed to Step 11.

1. Probe pins 2 and 3 of the UCC3732x gate drive ICs.
Does the waveform there match (C)?

NO

YES

1. Check for shorts from pins 7 and 8 to ground.

2. If there are no shorsts, replace the IC.
1. Check the soldering of each socket.
2. Confirm each IC is seated properly.
If there are no visible soldering errors, remove all ICs from
their sockets and proceed.

Probe the center pin of the optical receiver. Does the waveform there match (D)?

YES

NO

1. Confirm that the fiber cable is installed correctly at

both ends.
2. Check for shorts from this pin to 5V or ground. In
particular, this pin is adjacent to the 5V and ground
connections for the optical receiver, so this is a likely
cause.
3. If there are no shorts, the optical receiver has been
damaged. Replace it.
Reinstall the 74HCT14. Inspect the output of the optical
receiver; if it has vanished, replace the 74HCT14. Probe pin
13 of the 74HCT14. Does the waveform there match (N)?

YES

NO

1. Check soldering of R4 and the IC socket.

2. Make sure the IC is seated properly.
3. Make sure pin 13 of the IC is not bridged to any
adjacent pins.
4. As a last resort, replace the IC.
(Proceed to the next page)

Test For Startup Pulses (with scope)

Probe pins 2 and 4 of the 74HCT74. Do they read 5V?

YES

NO

Does pin 12 of the 74HCT14 match waveform (M)?

YES

NO

1. Make sure the IC is seated properly

2. Make sure pin 13 of the IC is not bridged to any adjacent pins.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.

1. Make sure the IC is seated properly.

2. Make sure the socket is properly soldered.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.
Does pin 1 of the 74HCT74 match waveform (M)?

YES

NO

Does pin 1 of the 74HCT14. match waveform (F)?

YES

NO

1. Check the soldering of R5 and the socket.

2. Make sure the IC is seated properly.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.

1. Make sure the IC is seated properly.

2. Make sure the socket is properly soldered.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.
Does pin 3 of the 74HCT74 match waveform (E)?

YES

Do pins 2, 3, and 4 of the 74HCT74 match the waveforms (F),

(I), and (J)?

YES

NO

1. Check the soldering of the socket around that pin.

2. Make sure the IC is properly seated.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.

NO

1. Make sure the IC is seated properly.

2. Make sure the socket is properly soldered.
3. As a last resort, replace the IC.
Does pin 6 of the 74HCT74 match waveform (O)?
(continued on the next page)

1. Reinstall the 74HCT74 IC.

2. Probe pins 4 and 12 of the 74HCT14. If the waveform
has vanished, replace the 74HCT74 IC.
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Test For Startup Pulses (with scope)

YES

NO

1. Make sure the IC is seated properly.

2. Make sure pin 6 is not bridged to any adjacent pins.
3. Replace the 74HCT74
1. Reinstall the UCC37322 IC.
2. Probe pins 2 and 3 of the IC. If there are waveforms
there, check the seating of the IC. If the IC is properly
seated, replace the IC.
3. There should now be the correct waveforms on pins 7
and 8 of the IC.
4. Repeat the above 3 steps with the UCC37321 IC.
If there is still no output, double check to make sure the
above steps have been followed. Make sure no components
have been damaged during the troubleshooting process
(sometimes, this can happen if your probe strays and shorts
components on the board). Make sure all component values
are correct. Make sure there are no stray bits of wire stuck
between pins.

Test For Startup Pulses (with scope)

15V

5V
5V

A) UCC37322 output (startup)

D) Optical receiver output

15V

B) IGBT Vge (startup)

G) 74HCT74 pin 2 (startup)

5V

E) 74HCT74 Pin 3

15V

5V

H) 74HCT14 pin 1 (startup)

5V
5V

C) UCC37322 Input (startup)

F) 74HCT14 Pin 1 (startup)

I) 74HCT14 pin 3 (startup)

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Test For Startup Pulses (with scope)

5V

J) 74HCT14 pin 4 (startup)

5V

M) 74HCT14 pin 12 (startup)

5V

5VDC

N) 74HCT14 pin 13 (startup)

K) 74HCT74 pin 4 (startup)

5VDC

L) 74HCT74 pin 2 (startup)

15V

P) UCC37322 output (oscillation)

15V

Q) IGBT Vge (oscillation)

5VDC

O) 74HCT74 pin 6 (startup)

Primary current (oscillation)

Step 11

Main chassis assembly

As when assembling the interrupter chassis, you will need a
small amount of hot glue, epoxy, or superglue. Hot glue is by
far the best option because its sturdy enough to hold the
chassis together, but its still possible to take apart the chassis if you made a mistake or need to go fix the circuitry later.
1. Peel the protective paper off the acrylic parts. The
chassis has two sides with vent holes; a front plate with
holes for the optocoupler, power jack and IEC jack; a
back plate with a fan grille; a bottom plate to which you
screw the board; and a top plate. The rest of the laser
cut parts are for the primary and secondary assembly,
and the interrupter chassis.
2. Place the DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE warning
sticker on the front plate of the chassis in the marked
area. DO NOT OMIT THE WARNING LABEL. Its
important that the Tesla coil is marked as a high voltage
device.

correct orientation.
5. Use small dabs of glue in the corners to assemble the
chassis. A little glue goes a long way! DONT GLUE ON
THE TOP.
6. Use long 4-40 bolts to attach the cooling fan to the
back. Put its power cable through the hole under the
fan, and connect it to the jack on the board.

Dont omit the

warning label!

3. Align the chassis front and back pieces correctly with

the IEC jack and primary screw terminal, respectively.
Completely assemble the chassis, with the board inside,
WITHOUT GLUE. Theres only one right way to put the
sides together, so make sure that you have them in the
correct orientation before applying glue! The warning
label and oneTesla logos on the side pieces should be
on the outside of the box.
4. Use four 6-32 bolts, 6-32 nuts and 1/4 standoffs to
attach the main circuit board to the bottom plate, in the

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Step 12

Primary Assembly
The challenge in winding the primary is getting the turns
tight and even. We designed laser-cut clips to hold the wire
to the acrylic former for a nice clean look.
1. Roughly measure enough AWG14 wire for six turns
on the former plus about a foot of extra length on each
end.
2. Tape the wire to the primary about a foot from the
end.
3. Wind six turns around the former as tightly as possible, and keep it tight until you tape down the other
end.
4. Tightly twist together the leads coming off the
primary, all the way down their length. Use some heat
shrink tubing or electrical tape to secure the leads right
where they come off the primary.
5. When the windings are sufficiently secured with
pieces of tape, slide the clips over the windings, like hair
pins. Space them evenly around the former. They break
easily, so be careful!
6. Use a dab of hot glue at the top and the bottom of
each clip to hold it in place. When all the clips are in
place, take off the tape for a clean look. Glue the circular base plate onto the former as well.
7. Strip a quarter inch of insulation off the ends of the
wire. Crimp spade terminals to the ends of the wire,
using a crimp tool if you have one, or large pliers.You
can also solder the terminals on.
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Step 13

Secondary Assembly

Thank us: weve saved you hours of tedious work manually winding 2000 turns of 36-gauge wire without a single
crossed turn!
1. There are a few inches of loose wire coming off of
each end of the secondary. Gently sand off the enamel
at the end. If the lead breaks while you are doing this,
gently peel off more. You should see exposed copper
when you are finished.

2
3

2. Solder the end of the lead to a ring terminal.

3. Put the ring terminal over a 1/4-20 bolt. Put the
bolt through a secondary end cap, so that the ring is
clamped between the bolt and the plastic. Use a small
amount of hot glue to attach the bolt to the cap.

4. Use a small amount of hot glue to put on the secondary end cap.
5. Repeat on the other end of the secondary
6. Use a multimeter to check the resistance between
the two bolts. It should read about 300 ohms. If it reads
significantly more, or jumps between values, check your
connections.

7. You should do whatever is necessary to attach the

secondary wire to the bolt. If its easier for you to wind
the fine wire around the bolt directly, then do that.

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Step 14

Putting together the primary and secondary

The most important thing to pay attention to when putting
together the whole assembly is proper grounding of the
secondary.
1. First were going to make a good ground connection
on the circuit board. Solder a wire ~5 long to the back
tab of the IEC port. Crimp or solder a spade terminal to
the other end of the wire.

2. Put the primary assembly over the secondary assembly like in the photo below.

3. Place the top plate of the chassis on the stack as

well, with the bolt going through the hole in the middle
of the plate. Use a wing nut to clamp down the spade
terminal (the photo shows a ring terminal; either is fine,
just be sure to make good contact).

When the assembly is complete, put the top lid on the

chassis. Dont glue it down!
4. Place the metal toroid on top of the secondary, with
the bolt going through the hole in the toroid. Secure it
using a wing nut. Note: if you do not have a metal toroid,
you can use a tire inner tube thats close to 8 major
diameter (across the whole toroid), 2 minor diameter
(a cross-section of the tube), and cover it in aluminum
tape. Hold the inner tube in place with a cardboard disc
with a hole in it.
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will need to lift up the lid of the chassis to tighten the

terminals with a screwdriver.

6. Verify that you have a good ground connection. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. ALSO, DO
THIS CHECK EVERY TIME YOU MOVE THE
SECONDARY OR TOROID. An ungrounded
Tesla coil runs poorly and can damage the board.
Use a multimeter to probe between the ground prong
of the IEC port (the middle prong) and the metal
toroid. There should be ~250. More than that means
that you have a bad connection whch you need to fix.

Special instructions for external grounding.

If you do not have a grounded outlet, you need to externally
ground the coil.
To externally ground the coil, run a wire from the
bottom of the secondary to a ground point close to
the coil. A good ground point could be a stake in the
ground, a water pipe, or a large metal sheet
We highly recommend running your coil on a counterpoise: a sheet of aluminum foil, metal window
screen, or chicken wire at least 4 feet in diameter
thats also externally grounded. This gives the sparks
a convenient place to jump to right underneath the
coil.
If you have a GFCI, external grounding may be necessary. If the GFCI on the outlet repeatedly trips, you
will need to disconnect the internal ground, and
ground to a stake or water pipe as specified above.
No 2-prong to 3-prong adapters allowed! If youre
unsure of whether the wiring in your building was
done properly (for instance, if youre in an old building), use a ground tester to confirm that your outlet
is grounded.

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We are now ready to power test the coil! Before we do so,

we want to do some final checks. Reference this step before every time you run the coil. Follow this list and the
diagram on the following page.

Proper Tesla coil setup:

Make sure all mechanical components are sturdily
mounted.
MAKE SURE THE TESLA COIL IS PROPERLY
GROUNDED. Follow the instructions in step 14 to
check whether your outlet is properly grounded. A
grounded outlet is preferred, but if one is not available,
use an external ground. Use a multimeter to ensure
that there is at most 500 between the toroid and the
ground prong of the power plug. Improper grounding
results in damage to the coil. Using a counterpoise is an
excellent idea.
Make sure the secondary is vertical and centered in the
primary. DO NOT RUN THE COIL WITHOUT
THE SECONDARY IN PLACE! This will overload
and destroy the driver immediately, necessitating a replacement of the bridge.
Make sure the cooling fan is plugged into the fan header
on the board and that it runs when you plug in the 19V
plug. Never run the Tesla coil without the cooling fan.

Proper environment for operation:

ENSURE THAT THE TESLA COIL IS POSITIONED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SPARKS
DO NOT STRIKE ANYTHING. They should dis-

charge into the air. There should be nothing within two

feet of the breakout point.
PEOPLE WITH PACEMAKERS SHOULD NOT
BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE COIL.
BE AWARE THAT THE COIL IS VERY LOUD. If
you are indoors, ear protection may be necessary. Always turn up the power of the coil slowly.
Make sure you, your MIDI source, and the interrupter
are at least 10 feet away from the Tesla coil. This is the
minimum safe distance for people and equipment.
If you are using a laptop as a MIDI source, MAKE SURE
IT IS NOT PLUGGED IN. The RF returning through
mains ground will be injected back into the laptop, often
causing problems. If you are using a MIDI keyboard, battery or USB-powered keyboards are preferable.
ONLY RUN THE TESLA COIL ON A LARGE,
FLAT SURFACE.The tuning of the Tesla coil is very
sensitive to its surroundings. In its stock configuration, it
is tuned to operate properly on a large table or on the
floor. If you run the coil on a small surface or an insulating surface, you may suffer from reduced performance or
cause coil damage.
The radiated electric field has a tendency to temporarily
cause nearby capacitive touchscreens and laptop touchpads to misbehave. This is normal, and will not permanently damage your electronics. If this happens, just move
further away from the coil.
TURN OFF COMPUTERS in the vicinity of the coil
to prevent potential data loss in case theyre poorly
shielded. This probably wont happen, but dont take
risks.

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Breakout Point Placement

Positioning of the breakout point can significantly affect
coil performance and reliability. Follow the diagram on
this page as a guide. If performance is low, try moving
the breakout point further in. If the secondary flashes
over, trying moving the breakout point out a little.

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Step 16

Power test in fixed-frequency mode

Power up the Tesla coil by following these steps in the exact
order they are written. The purpose of these steps is to ensure that if something is wrong with the Tesla coils construction, you minimize the risk of being near it when it is energized
and malfunctioning. Ensure that you have read and continue to follow all the pre-operating warnings.

APPROACH IT OR OPEN THE CHASSIS!

7. Slowly turn up the power on the interrupter. Sparks
should fly! As you turn the power up, you should get a
nice clean tone and steadily increasing spark length.
8. If the coil doesnt work, dont panic! Unplug the IEC cable from the power source, wait 5 minutes before touching the board, and proceed to step 18, troubleshooting.

1. Put the toggle switch on the interrupter box to Fixed

mode and turn on the interrupter.
2. Look at the fiber transmitter on the interrupter. Turn the
power knob and observe the light changing in brightness.
Turn the power knob so that the light is as dim as it gets.
You may want to mark the direction of increasing power
on the case with a marker.
3. Turn off the interrupter. Connect the main board and the
interrupter via the fiber optic cable.
4. With the other end disconnected, plug the IEC cable to the
main board. CONNECT THE IEC CABLE TO THE
BOARD BEFORE PLUGGING IT INTO AN OUTLET.
5. Ensure that the power cable is on the opposite side of the
breakout point, so theres no risk of a spark hitting the
power cable. Ensure that your MIDI interrupter is the full
distance that the optical fiber allows it to be from the coil.
6.

Standing away from the coil, plug the other end

of the IEC cable into the power outlet. THE
COIL IS NOW ENERGIZED! DO NOT
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Power test with MIDI Input

If the power test in fixed-frequency mode works, then continue to test with a MIDI input. As before, power up the Tesla
coil by following these steps in the exact order they are
written.
A good tool for debugging is a virtual MIDI keyboard. For
Windows computers, download V.M.K. 1.6, available at:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/VMKXP/

adapter.
6. Turn the interrupter off and set the pulsewidth knob to
minimum.
7. With the other end disconnected, plug the IEC cable to the
main board. CONNECT THE IEC CABLE TO THE
BOARD BEFORE PLUGGING IT INTO AN OUTLET.
8. Ensure that the power cable is on the opposite side of the
breakout point, so theres no risk of a spark hitting the
power cable. Ensure that your MIDI interrupter is the full
distance that the optical fiber allows it to be from the coil.
9.

Standing away from the coil, plug the other end

of the IEC cable into the power outlet. THE
COIL IS NOW ENERGIZED! DO NOT
APPROACH IT OR OPEN THE CHASSIS!

10. Turn the interrupter on.

11. Go to File>Open in MIDIEditor, and open a song of your
choice.
You will also need MIDIEditor, available at http://midieditor.
sourceforge.net/. MIDIEditor is an open-source program for
playing and editing MIDI files.
1. Plug the USB to MIDI adapter into a free USB port. Due
to driver limitations, you should use the same USB port
every time; if it doesnt work, try another USB port!
2. Open MIDIEditor.
3. Go to Midi>MIDI settings, and select USB2.0-MIDI in
the list under Send Output To...
4. Plug the OUT cable of the MIDI adapter into the interrupter.
5. Power on the logic on the driver board with the 19V

12. Click the Play button. You should see small sparks coming from the breakout point and faintly hear the music.
13. Slowly turn up the power on the interrupter. Sparks should
fly and music should play!
14. If the coil doesnt work, dont panic! Unplug the IEC cable
from the power source, wait 5 minutes before touching the
board, and proceed to step 18, troubleshooting.

Step 18

Tesla coil troubleshooting

Problem
Fuse blows immediately
upon insertion of IEC cable

Solution
On a brand-new board: check for solder bridges across the IGBTs and voltage doubler diodes,
check the polarity of the bus capacitors, and check the phasing of the GDT.
This often indicates a damaged bridge. Use a multimeter to confirm that both IGBTs and
doubler diodes are intact. Then, check that all of the traces in the power section are intact.
A bridge failure during operation may excessive currents to flow through the traces on the
board, possibly damaging them.
Check that the IGBTs are properly insulated from the heat sink with sil-pad by metering between the heatsink and pin 2 (collector) of each IGBT.
Stop operating! Turning up the pulsewidth further will not rectify this problem!
Coil underperforms, and/
Check the coils grounding. There should be no more than 500 between the toroid and the
or outputs noisy sparks. As
ground prong of the IEC cable if you are using a grounded outlet. Use a ground tester to make
you turn up the power, you
sure your outlet is properly grounded. Put the coil on a grounded counterpoise: an aluminum
should get steadily increasing
spark length and a clean tone foil/chicken wire/metal window screen circle at least 4 feet in diameter.
from the coil.
Check for poor soldering on the driver board. Try reflowing all solder joints; this kind of error
is often caused by a bad solder joint picking up noise.
Your coil might be out of tune. See the corresponding fix listed under problem 5.
Laptop, interrupter, or MIDI Increase distance between the device and the coil.
keyboard latches up often
Use cables with better shielding.
Use a ground tester to make sure that the outlet you are using to power the coil is properly
grounded.
No output in MIDI mode

Is the OUT LED on the MIDI adapter blinking? If not, you have a configuration problem on
your computer. Try the usual (restarting the program, unplugging the adapter, etc.)
If the OUT LED is blinking, check to make sure that the values of the resistors and direction
of the 1N4148 diode on the optoisolator section of the interrupter board are correct. Check
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Coil appears to work fine, but One possibility is a tuning issue. Check the primary and secondary assemblies for any physithe IGBTs unexpectedly fail
cal damage, then, use the capacitance setting on your multimeter to check the value of the
or heat up excessively
primary capacitor. If it is not close to 0.068uF, you will need a replacement.
Another possibility is a gate drive issue. With a signal generator supplying a 250kHz sine wave
at the feedback input of the 74HC14, use an oscilloscope to observe the waveforms between
the gate and emitter of each IGBT.You should see a 30 volt peak-to-peak square wave.
-- If there is ringing, check to make sure your gate resistors are not shorted out and are
within +/-5% of 6.8 ohms. If the gate resistors are fine, then your GDT has too much
leakage inductance and you should rewind it tighter and with shorter, more tightly
twisted leads.
-- If the edges of the square wave look significantly rounded off, then there is excessive
damping resistance on the gate, causing the IGBTs to spend too much time in their linear
region during each switching cycle and dissipate more power than they should. Check
the soldering of the GDT, IGBTs, and gate resistors for poor joints, and confirm that the
values of the gate resistors are 6.8 ohms.
-- If the peak-to-peak voltage is less than 30V, then there is an issue in the gate drive circuitry. Check the +15V logic rail. If it is correct, then probe the outputs of the UCCs.
-- It is likely that one of both of the gate driver chips have sustained damage and will need
to be replaced.
Coil does not respond at all
One possible cause is that the interrupter is low on batteries. Because the microcontroller is
to interrupter input, but inter- capable of running down to 3.3V, there are situations where the interrupter operates, but the
rupter appears to be working transmitter LED is not bright enough to trigger the optical receiver. In these cases, replace the
battery.

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Operating your Tesla coil

1. Watch out for flashover and surface tracking on the secondary
Flashover is the phenomenon where an arc forms between the primary
and secondary. Surface tracking on the secondary is where an arc
forms between two points on the secondary. Both of these events are
extremely harmful. In addition to possibly destroying your secondary or
your bridge, they also severely degrade the insulation on the secondary
and primary wires.
Why do these events occur? Well, oneTesla is optimized for performance on a
large, flat ground plane, and performs best on certain notes. An unfortunate side
effect is that on nonoptimal conditions, the coil may flash over. Rather than, for
example, disable nonoptimal notes, we leave them enabled for flexibility. It is up to
you, the user, to ensure that these features are used wisely.
Curing flashover:
Adjust the breakout point and improve the surroundings so the coil sits on
a ground plane.You want the spark discharge to have an easy path between
the breakout point and ground. If theres no single easy path for the sparks
to take, discharge in undesirable places, such as between the secondary and
primary, will happen more often.
Avoid playing low notes. The coil most often flashes over on low notes because of their long pulse widths.
Each time your coil flashes over, it degrades the insulation on both the secondary and the primary. If flashover is persistent, its necessary to re-varnish
the secondary with a few coats of polyurethane.
Watch carefully where flashover takes place. Sometimes the arc will track
along the primary former and down a clip. Rounding the edges of the clips or
removing them entirely may help.
Ensure that your secondary is centered in the primary.

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2. Watch out for arcing to the primary

or power cords
Arcing to the primary coil or any power cords should be
avoided, particularly the cables of the 19V adapter. If this
happens, its again is a problem of geometry. Move the cords
away from the region where the spark might strike them.
Move out the breakout point so that the sparks have a longer path to curve back and hit the primary.

3. Watch out for device latchup

Occasionally, noise picked up by poorly shielded MIDI cables or an

interrupter too close to the coil will cause the optical transmitter on the interrupter to latch high. This tells the Tesla coil to stay
on continuously, which causes the average current draw of the coil
to become extremely high in a matter of tens of milliseconds. In
this case, the fast-acting fuse will blow to protect the main control
board.You will typically hear a high-pitched whine when the coil
latches up, followed by a flash of green light from the blowing fuse
(as in the picture to the left). If latch-up happens frequently, move
your interrupter and MIDI cable further away from the coil.You may
want to replace the MIDI cable with a well-shielded one of good
quality if its a recurring problem.
Sometimes the fuse may not blow fast enough to save the bridge, in
which case you will need to replace the IGBTs.

4. Avoid excessive ground strikes

While it may be fun to watch white-hot ground strikes, these
arcs also carry significantly more current that regular streamers. This in turn translates into increased inverter current,
which generally makes things run hotter on the driver.
Stop turning up the pulse width.
Ensure that theres nothing for the sparks to hit.

5. Avoid excessively long runs

Avoid excessively long runs. In general, oneTesla is tolerant of long
runs - the default interrupter settings run the inverter at conservative peak currents, and the bulky heatsink and active cooling help
keep the power components cool. However, long runs will result
in an overall greater chance of failure. We recommend ~3 minute
songs with 3 minutes of time between songs.
Dont let the secondary get too hot! Because the secondary is
wound with fine wire, it has several hundred ohms of resistance,
which dissipates quite a lot of power.

6. Be aware of how loud your coil is

Recognize that a coil suddenly starting to operate can
startle people. Always start at low power and gradually
turn it up. (This helps you identify problems with the coil
and fix them before running at full power too.)
Dont annoy your neighbors with a blaring Tesla coil at
strange hours of the night.

7. Be aware of ozone buildup

Ozone is an irritating gas with a has a pungent smell, a little

bit like the air before a thunderstorm. If you smell ozone, stop
operating for a while until it dissipates. Ensure youre in a wellventilated area.

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Step 20

Coil Service & Repair

As carefully as you build your coil and as conservatively as
you run it, sometimes you will run into problems. Building and maintaining your Tesla coil is a learning experience!
Usually a damaged coil can be repaired with just a handful of
components available from any electronic parts supplier or
our online store at http://onetesla.com.
Conceptually, the components on the coil fall into two categories:
1. Semiconductor devices, including:
FGA60N65SMD IGBTs
MUR460 diodes
UCC37321/2 Gate Drive ICs
74HCT14 and 74HCT74
1N4148 signal diodes
Optical receiver
Indicator LEDs
LM78xx voltage regulators
These components are most likely to fail, and are the
first suspects in case of a failure.
2. Passive devices (resistors, capacitors, transformers).
These components are exceedingly unlikely to fail.
Electronics often fail in unpredictable ways, so were not
going to give you a step-by-step flowchart to follow. Instead,
this step will comprise of some handy general tips that will
help you fix your coil. Remember that you can always ask for
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The IGBTs are by far the most failure-prone components.
IGBTs often fail short - if you measure across pins 2 and
3 of the IGBT in diode test mode on a multimeter (positive lead on pin 2), it should read open. If not, the IGBT is
damaged, and should be replaced. When replacing IGBTs,
always replace both at the same time.
A blown fuse will often be associated with damaged
IGBTs or damaged MUR460 diodes. Test the MUR460s
with a multimeter to confirm that they are not shorted.
If the IGBTs and diodes are confirmed working, it is helpful to re-run steps 9 and 10. This will isolate any damaged
semiconductors in the control circuitry.
After replacing a failed bridge, do not immediately power
test. Test the remaining systems as you would in a freshly
built coil - often, a failed bridge leads to cascading failures
in the logic circuitry; these failures could then damage the
new bridge, causing an endless cycle of self-propagating
failures.
Passives almost never fail. The exception is the tank capacitor; extended runs have a nonzero chance of overheating it and damaging the internal structures. This often
manifests itself as a reduction in capacitance and a subsequent loss of performance - if you see a sudden loss of
performance, the tank capacitor might be suspect (however, other components are far more likely to fail first!)
Very rarely, the low-side IGBT fails open. This will manifest itself as a sudden decrease in performance, often
accompanied by an unstable spark. In this case, the fuse
will not blow.

Thanks to all those who made oneTesla happen!

On Dec 25, 2012 we launched a Kickstarter campaign. Within a week, we reached 845% of our goal, selling 600 kits. We had so
much demand that we had to stop adding more rewards, despite being only a quarter of the way into our campaign!
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