DIY High Voltage Projects
| SRSG Tesla Coil A Synchronous Rotary Spark Gap Tesla Coil with 1kW of mains input! |
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| 12V SG Tesla Coil A unique battery powered tesla coil running at around 200W |
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| Plasma Gun A hand held Tesla Coil mounted in an old cordless drill. |
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| Power Pulse Generator Multi purpose PSU capable of driving Tesla Coils & other high power coils. |
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| Ignition Coil Driver A simple homemade high voltage power supply powered by 12V batteries. |
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| Voltage Multiplier A simple voltage multiplier circuit, driven by a mini HV power supply. |
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| VDG A simple Van De Graff Generator with a rubber band belt |
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| Plasma Globe A variety of methods for making a plasma globe |
DIY Cybernetics and Electronics Projects
| Simple Induction Heater Simple circuit that can heat metals red hot using high frequency resonant induction. |
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| Power Pulse Controller A small and simple pulse generator for driving loads with square wave pulses. Operates on 6-12V and can switch up to 400V.. |
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| Pulse Control Signal Generator A 555 based variable square wave generator with 100% variable duty cycle. |
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| 'Dead Bug' Signal Generator A 555 based super simple variable square wave generator. |
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| Mechanical Puppet Animator This simple animatronic device makes two hand puppets dance. |
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| Homemade Robot A PC based mobile robotic platform, with simple fuzzy logic AI |
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| Sensor Multiplexer A PIC 12F675 controlled sensor multiplexer |
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| Tesla Coil Tuner A simple signal source that can be used to find the resonant frequencies of Tesla Coil components. |
DIY Propulsion Projects
| Hydrogen Generator (HHO Cell) A compact and highly powerful setup for splitting water into Hydrogen and Oxygen gas to be used as fuel |
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| Jet Engine A miniature valveless pulse jet engine made from plumbing supplies |
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| EHD Thruster A silent flying device powered by high voltage electricity |
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| MHD Thruster A thruster that can propel a boat using electric & magnetic fields |
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| Outboard Motor An electric motor for powering a small rowing boat. |
DIY Research Tools
| Kirlian Camera Simple methods for taking photographs of corona around objects exposed to high voltage |
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| Cymatics Display A simple device which uses sound waves to form images in fluids or powders |
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| Supercooler Make a mini freezer, or keep liquids at -50 oC using peltier heat pumps |
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| Dehumidifier Thermoelectric dehumidifier, made from old computer parts. |
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| Underwater Camera Underwater video camera made from a mini security camera. |
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| Vacuum Chamber A simple low vacuum chamber, perfect for generating plasmas |
Check out the DIY Experiments section for more fascinating science projects.


