Electronics Now

Build this exciting Jacobs’s Ladder and watch electric arcs ascend the ladder and evaporate in space. It works from a clever 12,000-volt power supply. People have long been fascinated by electric arcs...

Build a solid-state version of Tesla's famous coil. It is easier to build and safer to operate. Nikola Tesla's coil is alive and well today, living in school labs and hobbyist's workshops as a tool...