DRRSTC information and other valuable thread archive

[Mads Barnkob]

This sticky thread shall serve as a link archive to valuable discussions on key DRSSTC subjects.

Overall DRSSTC designm, theory and inverter/spark load simulations
2017-03-21 DRSSTC design guide - progress report
2017-08-10 DRSSTC inverter vs. secondary impedance inequality discussion
2017-08-28 Hydron's 160mm DRSSTC and topload current measurements
2018-07-12 DRSSTC impedance
2018-08-03 Choosing Primary impedance and Fres
2019-06-14 A dynamical arc model v2
2019-07-22 A quick way can checking f1=1/2π√L1C1 in 30 second
2019-07-22 A way for checking F2=1/2π√L2*C2 very quick
2019-09-10 Breakout rod material and size vs streamer results
2021-08-06 Waveform and primary current theory
2022-02-13 DRSSTC high impedance primary
2022-03-13 Primary impedance of drsstc
2024-08-19 The evolution of a solid state Tesla coil

Universal Drivers and free PCB designs
2017-12-28 loneoceans driver board
2017-12-28 Next Gen DRSSTC, UD3 driver
2018-04-19 UD2.7C Coilcraft Slot 7 (Seven) Phase Lead Inductor
2018-05-15 DRSSTC PCB pack release includes UD2.9 skip pulse gerbers
2018-10-30 IGBT Brick Bridge and Gate Drive PCBAs
2019-12-25 Universal bus precharge & fan speed controller

MIDI interrupters and PCB
2018-05-03 Combined MIDI, sound trigger, and AC burst, and constant frequency interrupter
2018-12-21 SimpleDriver v2.3, my phase-shifting QCW DRSSTC controller
2019-02-26 UD 2.7C Build
2020-04-04 Easy to build 8ch Polyphonic MIDI Interrupter
2020-06-07 Compact USB-to-MIDI interrupter
2020-09-27 Polyphonic Interrupter with STM32F103C8T6 (Bluepill)

Chinese / Aliexpress / Ebay / Wish Drivers
2017-10-07 AliExpress/ Chinese drsstc drivers
2019-01-31 Chinese DRSSTC driver woes...
2019-02-13 Aliexpress Yunbao pulse skipping Product Guide manual

IGBT selection
2018-01-01 Choosing IGBTs, and adventures buying FGY75N60SMDs from Aliexpress
2018-02-07 TO-247 IGBT for DRSSTC
2018-06-16 IGBT selection - TO-247 or minibrick?
2018-12-17 TO-247 IGBT Comparison for High Frequency & Paralleled Operation
2021-07-13 Parallel IGBT discussion

MMC / Resonant capacitor selection
2019-02-21 Bleed R's for MMC caps ?
2019-10-18 QCW Capacitor Torture Testing

Gate drive, phase-lead and tuning
2018-02-27 What is skip pulse operation?
2018-09-21 Tuning Phase Lead / Soft switching
2019-02-24 Strange gdt waveforms
2019-03-16 GDT Experiments
2021-11-28 GDT (Gate Drive Transformer) tutorial

Tools
2020-01-11 Current Transformer performance investigations (Pearson and DIY)
2020-10-08 DIY DC-10MHz optical-fiber-isolated scope probe

Online tools
DRSSTC Design Guide: http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/tesla-coils/drsstc-design-guide/
JavaTC 13.3 online calculator for primary/secondary coupling, tuning etc. http://classictesla.com/home/javatc/
Helical Coil Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/helical-coil-calculator/
Spiral Coil Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/spiral-coil-calculator/
Topload Sphere/Toroid Capacitance Calculators http://deepfriedneon.com/tesla_frame6.html
MMC Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/mmc-calculator/
Good / Bad MMC Capacitor List http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/theory/good-mmc-capacitors/
Snubber Capacitor Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/snubber-capacitor-calculator/
IGBT/MOSFET Gate Drive Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/igbt-gate-drive-calculator/
Capacitor Energy Calculator http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/calculators/capacitor-energy-calculator/
Collection of Application Notes and White Papers that are useful to Inverters and Tesla Coils http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/tools/file-archive/?drawer=application_notes