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Title: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: saint on November 06, 2007, 09:50:11 pm: Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros (http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_main.php#2564)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1O2jcfOylU[/youtube]
Title: Re: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: SavannahLion on November 06, 2007, 10:14:18 pm: Suhweet!!

It's not obvious in this video, but these coils must be at least six feet tall. On the first go around, I thought these must be small coils. about a foot tall or less.

Look for the T-Man video to get a better idea as to the scale of these things.
Title: Re: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: shardian on November 07, 2007, 08:11:57 am: Wow, that is really neat. If you read the write up on the actual youtube page, they are about 7 feet tall, and the sound is about 110db. :o

I see how they can control the discharges, but I'm not really understanding how the tesla coils responding to a midi track also regulates the sound frequency of the discharge.
Title: Re: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: tk_42_1 on November 07, 2007, 10:47:02 am: Check out the video of how a smaller version was built. Very cool video and explanation:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOkTrqTd0hw[/youtube]
Title: Re: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: shardian on November 07, 2007, 10:55:45 am: Quote from: tk_42_1 on November 07, 2007, 10:47:02 am
Check out the video of how a smaller version was built. Very cool video and explanation:

Neat. Thanks for that video. I figured the optical wiring was acting as a high voltage insulator of some sort.
Title: Re: <News> - Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario Bros
Post by: ChadTower on November 07, 2007, 11:00:32 am: That would make a world class addition to a halloween display with the right music.