Tesla in the Park

A project in Boulder, CO by John Taylor
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MIDI-driven Tesla coil musical instruments band for public performances!
Electronic Music
Backers: 35
Average Pledge Per Backer: $87

Funded: $3,039 of $3,000
Dates: Jul 6th -> Aug 5th (30 days)
Project By: John Taylor
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Latest News

Rewards and Updates!

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! Just wanted to give you an update as we barrel headlong into October.  The first coil is constructed and we're working on the circuits to get the modulation working. We expect lots of breadboarding, tweaking, and transistor burnouts to... (Read More)

Thank You!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our Kickstarter campaign! Your support has been invaluable and we've gotten some awesome feedback from friends, fans, and contributors. We're hard at work getting our project underway, and... (Read More)

Winding the coils

July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Ahhh yes, the tricky part of making the coils - winding them! Dozens of meters of a very fine gauge enameled wire wrapped as closely together as possible to make a long resonant coil to step up to the very high voltages we'll need to create our... (Read More)

Parts have been ordered!

July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We've started ordering our parts!  Nothing in a Tesla coil is particularly exotic, and we're going to be building the solid state style of Tesla coil, pulling a lot of research and resources from the web, and asking our friends at SparkFun if we get... (Read More)

Visuals!

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Tesla coils make for an impressive show of electrical arcs, but it's the kind of thing that can easily lose its appeal after a while, if there's nothing to shake it up. Fortunately there's a lot you can do to a coil to produce different effects.... (Read More)

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