This week I dedicated most of my time to the testing for each individual component. This will be the final testing period before final assembly. I’ve spent time in the 220 lab testing the resonance frequency of our Tesla coil, input & output correspondence of our circuit, as well as many other important metrics. I’ve also purchased an oscilloscope for better and more flexible individual testing so we don’t have to always run to the lab. For next week we should complete individual testing by fixing the primary coil. After that we will go right into assembly, as well as the fabrication of the housing for the Tesla Coil.
Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2026 – Caleb Doan, Jayson Ma, Jack Wang