1 4,000-Joule Exploding Wire Machine
Cited as a vivid example of huge current pulses making conductors blow apart, and of the heavy thyristor needed to switch that much power.
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2 8-Bit Adder built from 152 Transistors
Linked as an example of an 8-bit adder made entirely from discrete transistors, with one commenter doubting its accuracy over a schematic symbol error.
3 Tabletop Tesla Coil
Hyperspace Pirate's MOSFET slayer exciter is a common reference for builders of small Tesla coils, and people discuss its schematic and diode choice.
4 Brushless DC Speed Controller
Offered as an approachable guide to brushless motor drive circuits, including a demonstration of why smoothing capacitors stop a microcontroller resetting on noisy supplies.
