Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius [平裝]

Acknowledgments　xi
Special Notes　xiii
Introduction　xv
Part 11
Chapter 1　Antigravity Project　1
Theory of Operation　1
Construction Steps　3
Board Assembly Steps　4
Testing Steps　9
Notes　15
Tethering Setup　15
Lifter Troubleshooting Guide　17
Problem 1　The Lifter Is Not Moving, and I Don't Hear a Hissing Noise　17
Problem 2　The Lifter Is Not Moving, and the High-Voltage Supply Seems Completely Dead　17
Problem 3　The Lifter Is Not Moving, and I Do Hear a Hissing Noise　17
Problem 4　The Lifter Is Moving a Little but Is Not Taking Off　18
Problem 5　The Lifter Is Moving but Has a Lot of Electrical Arcing　18
Problem 6　The Lifter Is Lifting Off, but When Arcing Occurs It Suddenly Drops or Loses Height　18
Problem 7　The Lifter Is Lifting off and "Bouncing" the Tether, but Thrust Is Not Stable　18
Problem 8　Arcing Is Occurring Between the Ground Wire and the HV Wire　19
Problem 9　The Lifter Lifts Off and Immediately Shorts the HV and Ground Wires　19
Problem 10　The Lifter Lifts Off and Immediately Pulls to One Side　19
Problem 11　The Corona Wire Flutters During Liftoff and Causes Thrust Problems　19
Problem 12　The Foil Skirt Flutters During Liftoff and Causes Thrust Problems　20
Problem 13　The Lifter Hisses but Just Will Not Lift Off　20
Author's Note: General Troubleshooting Guidelines　20
Chapter 2　Low-Power Electrokinetic Gun　23
Basic Theory　23
First and Preferred Method　23
Second Method　24
Circuit Description　24
Board Assembly Steps　24
Fabrication　25
Electrical Pretest　27
Obtaining More Velocity (Under No Condition Point or Shoot Toward a Person)　28
Chapter 3　High-Energy Pulser　31
System Description　32
Circuit Theory of Operation　32
Special Note　33
Construction Steps　33
Final Assembly　36
Electrical Pretest　37
Main Test　38
Helpful Mathematical Relationships with This Equipment　38
Chapter 4　Mass Accelerator　41
Theory of Operation　41
Setup and Operation of the Mass Accelerator　41
Chapter 5　Plasma Thermal Gun　47
Theory of Operation　47
Assembly Steps of the Thermal Gun　47
Special Notes　50
Chapter 6　Wire-Exploding Project　55
Theory of Operation　55
Setup and Operation　55
Special Notes　57
Chapter 7　Magnetic Can Crushing　61
Setup and Operation　61
Special Notes　63
Part 265
Chapter 8　Handheld Burning CO[subscript 2] Gas Laser　65
Basic Description　66
Theory of Operation　66
Circuit Operation　66
Assembly Steps　69
Laser Head Construction　73
Testing Your Laser　74
Special Notes　80
Optional Focusing Lens　80
Battery Operation　80
Cleaning Output Optics　80
Purging the Cooling System　81
Operating Time　81
Increasing Power Output　81
General-Purpose Test Fixture for Line-Powered Circuits　81
Chapter 9　Handheld Burning Diode Laser Ray Gun　85
Applications　85
Basic Theory　86
Circuit Theory　86
Assembly Steps　86
Circuit Pretest　88
Safety　92
General Handling　92
Static Electrical Damages (ESD)　92
Excessive Forward Voltage　92
Excessive Forward Current　92
Reverse Currents　93
High Temperature　93
Chapter 10　Long-Range Optical Laser Project　97
Chapter 11　Handheld, Ultrabright Green Laser　99
Applications　99
Circuit Description　100
Assembly Steps　100
Electrical Pretest　102
Collimation and Final Assembly　102
Chapter 12　Laser Property-Protection Fence　105
Special Note　106
Circuit Description　106
Construction Steps for the Receiver and Controller　106
Construction Steps for the Laser Beam Generator　109
Chapter 13　Laser Window Bounce Listening Device　113
Special Note　113
Basic Theory　114
Project Description　114
Project Construction　115
Laser Transmitter　115
Circuit　117
Construction of the Electronics Assembly Board　118
Assembly Is Ready for Pretest　118
Special Note　121
Final Enclosure and Optics　121
Fabrication　121
Final Assembly　121
Test-Tone Module Construction　122
Laser Receiver　124
Circuit Theory　124
Construction Steps　125
Unit Is Ready for Pretest　126
Final Assembly　126
Laser Receiver Is Ready for Final Testing　127
System Application, Safety, and Legality　128
Setup Using Direct Reflection　128
Assembly of a Field-Worthy, Integrated System　131
Parts and Fabrication Description　132
Part 3137
Chapter 14　Twelve-Inch-Spark Tesla Coil　137
Use Caution Around Sensitive Electronic Equipment　137
Tesla Coil　137
Brief Theory　138
Introduction to Your Easy-to-Build Tesla Coil　138
Circuit Theory　139
Construction Steps　140
Special Notes　145
Application and Operation　145
Experiments Using Your Coil　150
Chapter 15　Two-Inch-Spark Tesla Coil with Timer　157
Circuit Theory　158
Construction Steps　158
Electrical Pretest　158
Final Assembly　159
Chapter 16　Tesla Plasma and Ion Projects　163
Experiments and Applications Using Plasma　163
Circuit Theory　163
Construction　163
Pretest　166
Mechanical Assembly　166
Test and Function Selection　167
Experiments and Applications Using Plasma　167
Experiments and Applications Using Ions　169
Chapter 17　Solid-State Tesla Coil　175
Circuit Theory　175
Assembly　176
Test Steps　180
Chapter 18　Thirty-Inch-Spark Tesla Lightning Generator　185
Basic Points to Consider Before Building This Project　185
Brief Theory of Operation　186
Circuit Description　187
Description of Major Components　188
LS1 Secondary Coil　188
Output Terminal　188
LP1 Primary Coil　188
Coupling　188
SPKGAP Spark Gap Switch　188
C3 Primary Capacitor　189
CHK1--RF Choke　189
Assembly Steps　189
Testing Steps　191
Special Notes　194
Part 4203
Chapter 19　Traveling-Plasma Jacob's Ladder　203
Origin　203
Basic Description　203
Circuit Descriptions　204
Assembly Steps　204
Testing the Circuit　205
Chapter 20　Amazing Plasma Tornado Generator　209
Theory of Operation　209
Project Description　210
Assembly Instructions　210
Application and Operation　213
Special Note　213
Chapter 21　Plasma Lightsaber　215
Circuit Theory　215
Construction　216
Construction Steps　217
Mechanical Assembly Steps　220
Test Points and Troubleshooting Suggestions　221
Special Notes　222
Batteries　222
Applications　222
Part 5225
Chapter 22　Ion Ray and Charge Gun　225
Circuit Operation　226
Construction Steps　227
Board Assembly Steps　227
Testing Steps　229
Mechanical Assembly　231
Operation and Applications　232
Experiments　234
Negative Ion Information　236
Special Notes　236
Chapter 23　See-in-the-Dark Project　239
General Description　239
Basic Theory　240
Circuit Description　241
Circuit Assembly　241
Circuit Board Testing　242
Fabrication and Mechanical Assembly　243
Special Notes　244
Chapter 24　Fish Stunning and Wormer Project　247
General Description　247
Circuit Description　248
Construction Steps　249
Subassembly Pretest　251
Final Assembly　251
Operation　252
Verification of Operation　254
Chapter 25　Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Generator　257
Basic Description　258
Project Objective　258
Hazards　258
Theory　258
Capacitor　259
Inductor　259
Spark Switch　259
Exploding Wire Disruption Switch (High-Power, High-Frequency Pulse)　262
RFC1 Radio Frequency Choke　262
R1 Resistor　262
Charger　262
Assembly　262
Application　265
Sources　266
Part 6267
Chapter 26　Ultrasonic Microphone　267
Applications　268
Circuit Description　268
Construction Steps　269
Electrical Pretest　271
Special Note: Utilizing a Standing Wave　272
Supplementary Application Note　273
Recording　274
Chapter 27　Phaser Pain Field Gun　277
Circuit Theory　278
Construction Steps　279
Subassembly Pretest　280
Final Assembly　282
Chapter 28　Pain Field Property-Protection Guard　285
Project Description　286
Driver Circuit Description　286
Detection Circuit Description　287
Construction　287
Final Assembly　289
Test Procedure　290
Testing Detector-Sensing Circuit　291
Special Notes　292
Application and Setup　292
A Word of Caution　293
General Information on Ultrasonics　293
Index　297