miniTesla: build electronics and more

Transistors can be incorporated into the miniTesla system without a socket. You bend the legs to the side and clamp them at the top of the spring contacts (see the manual for instructions). However, a more convenient way is to use this socket. It is a small female header with a hole spacing of 1.27 mm (0.05") arranged in two rows with 5 contacts each. The outer four contacts on each side are electrically connected, as are the two middle contacts. This allows you to insert transistors with leads spaced at 2.54 mm (0.1") or spaced at 1.27 mm (0.05").

A 20-pin DIP socket for somewhat larger integrated circuits. This is the common narrow size where the two rows of pins are spaced 7.62 mm (0.3") apart.

Sockets for other pin counts:

• 8-DIP
• 14-DIP
• 16-DIP
• 18-DIP

An 18-pin DIP socket for somewhat larger integrated circuits. This is the common narrow size where the two rows of pins are spaced 7.62 mm (0.3") apart.

Sockets for other pin counts:

• 8-DIP
• 14-DIP
• 16-DIP
• 20-DIP

Many digital integrated circuits in various TTL and CMOS versions have 16 pins for which this 16-pin DIP socket will work perfectly. This is the common narrow size where the two rows of pins are spaced 7.62 mm (0.3") apart.

Sockets for other pin counts:

• 8-DIP
• 14-DIP
• 18-DIP
• 20-DIP

Many logic gate chips and other digital integrated circuits in various TTL and CMOS versions have 14 pins for which this 14-pin DIP socket will work perfectly. This is the common narrow size where the two rows of pins are spaced 7.62 mm (0.3") apart.

Sockets for other pin counts:

• 8-DIP
• 16-DIP
• 18-DIP
• 20-DIP

These are the instructions for the Starter Kit. Each Starter Kit already includes a printed copy. This ebook edition is meant for those who want to source components independently or merely want to see the circuits.

• The miniTesla System
• Components
  • Resistors and Capacitors
  • Potentiometer
  • IC Socket
• 1. Operational Amplifier
  • 1.1 First Test
  • 1.2 Touch Sensor
  • 1.3 Run-on Control
  • 1.4 Flashlight
  • 1.5 Adjustable Flash Length
  • 1.6 Light Sensor
  • 1.7 Time Delay
  • 1.8 Push-Pull Light Sensor
  • 1.9 Brightness Comparison
  • 1.10 Twilight Switch
  • 1.11 Temperature Sensor
  • 1.12 Temperature Comparison
  • 1.13 LED...

Das ist die deutsche Anleitung zum Starter Kit mit allen 47 Schaltungen und Aufbauzeichnungen. Diese Ausgabe ist für diejenigen gedacht die sich selber die notwendigen Bauteile besorgen bzw. nur die Schaltungen sehen wollen.

• Das miniTesla System
• Bauteile
• Widerstände und Kondensatoren
• Potentiometer
• IC Sockel
• 1. Operationsverstärker
  • 1.1 Erster Test
  • 1.2 Berührungssensor
  • 1.3 Nachlaufsteuerung
  • 1.4 Blitzlicht
  • 1.5 Einstellbare Blitzlänge
  • 1.6 Lichtsensor
  • 1.7 Zeitverzögerung
  • 1.8 Gegentakt-Lichtsensor
  • 1.9 Helligkeitsvergleich
  • 1.10 Dämmerungsschalter
  • 1.11 Temperatursensor
  • 1.12 Temperaturvergleich ...

This is the Starter Kit for the miniTesla solderless electronic building system. It has over 100 components and a printed instruction booklet with 47 experiments. It includes all the necessary tools and components to complete each circuit. You only need to supply a 9V battery.

In this Starter Kit, we teach electronics by circuit examples rather than the traditional math-heavy approach. In fact, there is no math in the instruction book. We immediately start with small but interesting circuits and short explanations of how they work. This encourages experimentation and emphasizes a playful...

This ebook is for all who would like to combine magic and electronics but have little experience with electronics and have no idea what the possibilities are. The author explains a range of projects that will give you an overview of some of the magic effects achievable with electronics.

The first project has nothing to do with electronics but it will teach you how to write software, an app for your mobile phone. It is a very simple app, and it will not make you a programmer, but it allows you to get your feet wet and get a glimpse at the possibilities of apps.

You will then be introduced...

• "S.O.S." Triangle
• Dance Of Death
• How's Your Bird?
• The Tattle-Tale Heart
• Return To Boggart’s Inn
• The Laughing Skull
• Train To Nowhere
• A.K. Cassette - Improved
• Electronics In Mentalism
• Source Section
• Final After-Thoughts

Note that this digital edition does not include the reprint of the first volume. The first volume is available separately here.

1st edition 1975, 59 pages; PDF 54 pages.

Elektronische Zauberkunststücke aus den Bereichen Mikro-, Salon- und Mentalmagie.

• Zauberstab mit Glühzünder
• Die Stanleykassette
• Die Edison-Box
• Salzstreuer mit Musik
• Pirouett
• Mein Karten-Roboter
• Tuch durch Kerzenflamme
• Vom Devano- zum Förderband-Kartensteiger
• Gedankenübertragung mit Disco-Antenne
• Elektronischer Würfel
• Riesenpointkarten Mental
• Lügendetektor

Erstausgabe 1986, 31 Seiten; PDF 33 Seiten.

150 very useful circuits that have stood the test of time, grouped under 32 application topics.

Burkhard Kainka has for decades developed and designed electronic circuits and projects for Franzis, Elektor, Kosmos, and Modul-Bus. Some of these circuits have stood the test of time and Kainka is returning and using them again and again. 150 of these best and most useful electronic circuits are collected in this ebook.

The focus is on circuit technology with discrete semiconductors and common standard ICs such as operational amplifiers and the NE555 timer chips. The areas of radio technology...

Some of the most popular chips come in 8-pin, arranged as 2 rows of 4 pins, DIP packaging. Think about the famous 555 timer chip or dual-operational amplifiers such as the LM358. You can also find comparators (LM393) and audio amplifiers (LM386). You can put two optocouplers (PC817) into the socket. Some microcontrollers such as the ATtiny85, PIC12F1840, or PICAXE-08M2 also fit. There are H-bridges to control motors (L9110), tone decoders (LM567) that can also be used to demodulate AM and FM signals, and a lot more.

You are not limited to only inserting integrated circuits. Other component...

Exploiting little-known characteristics of electronic components.

Did you know that an LED can also work as a light sensor or solar cell? That a photodiode can also detect radioactivity? That you can build a microphone from sugar? That a capacitor can 'magically' re-charge itself after it has been fully discharged?

Kainka explains these and other strange and uncommon characteristics of electronic components. Everything is explained in a hands-on style with photos, circuit schematics, measurement results, and explanations of how these phenomena come about and manifest themselves.

This...

Paufler, von Beruf Ingenieur, war ein Meister der szenischen Mikromagie. Er war einer der Ersten die Elektronik in die Methodik der Zauberkunst einfließen ließen. Diese Publikation ist daher eine der wenigen Zauberpublikationen in denen man elektronische Schaltungsdiagramme findet. Für den Elektronikbegeisternden ist es eine wahre Schatztruhe.

Auszug aus dem Vorwort von Hans Marian:

The Raspberry PI GPIO breakout board is the most convenient way to directly connect to an RPi, either by plugging the RPi GPIO header directly into the board or by using an extension cable. An extension cable is necessary to connect a Raspberry Pi 400.

This kit allows you to build a little pegboard that works nicely together with our spring contacts and sub-boards to construct electronic circuits on it. It is a neat way to incorporate electronics into your Lego project without having to use premade electronic modules.

The kit includes the following parts:

• 2 pieces of Lego 1 x 16 bricks
• 14 pieces of white Lego technic 7 x 1 half-height (thin) beams

This pegboard is 192 mm x 128 mm (7.6" x 5") large which is a bit smaller than half letter size and made from clear 1/8" thick acrylic. Additionally, you will receive four M4x20 mm long hex spacers made from nylon and four M4 matching nylon screws. These spacers function as feet for the board.

The board has 230 holes to accept our spring contacts and it can be mechanically linked to Lego bricks and Lego technic components. In the Lego raster, it is 16 x 24 large. Its shorter side is exactly half the length of a Lego baseplate which is 32 x 32.

Please see the free miniTesla manual for details on how this electronic...

These are the crucial miniTesla spring contacts. They are the connecting elements that allow mechanical as well as electrical connection of electric components. This package includes 20 of them.

They are inserted in 5 mm holes of pegboards about 1/8" (~3 mm) thick. They can be inserted and removed with your fingers but a better removal tool is a 1.75 mm (No. 0) crochet hook. Please refer to the manual for details.

To clamp wires use your fingers or our compression tool.

These spring contacts also fit perfectly into half-height (thin) Lego technic beams. One can construct a little pegboard purely from thin Lego...

This is the getting started guide for the miniTesla solderless electronic prototyping system. Learn the basics of how to build, develop, test, and disassemble circuits, and how to mechanically connect them to the world of Lego.

miniTesla is a new electronics prototyping system based on an ingenious spring contact originally developed by Philips in the 1960s. This contact provides mechanic as well as electric connectivity. We have further improved the original system by eliminating the need for carrier boards for discrete transistors, and by adding additional ways to connect components providing three...

Bud Morris had a creative mind. In this collection of effects he demonstrates how a bit of electronics allows you to perform miracles and entertain your audience.

• Bud Morris … Who's He?
• The Brain Wave Lamp
• Oriental Caddy
• Way Out-Er Limits
• E.S.P. And The Joker Is Wild!
• Mystic Black Ball
• Remote Control Table
• The Wheel Of Thought
• Skull-Duggery
• Electronic Equipment

Although you can find versions of these Electronic Monte boxes for sale on magic websites, I could not find one large enough for my needs nor one that included a buzzer (not just a light). So I built my own. In spite of the fact that my electronic knowledge only involves the ability to insert a plug into an outlet, I built my own the first time in under an hour for around $20.

The premise is simple. From among multiple buttons, you win if you can find the button that lights the light and sets off the buzzer. With the diagram included in my instructions you aren't limited to only three buttons...

For me personally these lecture notes have been a real treat - something I enjoyed tremendously reading and getting my creative juices flowing. This is an ebook on enabling miracles with electronics. Magicians have always used the latest technology to create their wonders. Claude Klingsor from Belgium has specialized in using electronics to create miracles.

This is a magic ebook for engineers, inventors and tinkerers. The fact that these notes were written in the late 80s means that you won't find any microcontrollers, but that is also the charm of this ebook. The circuits are very easy to...