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    This document describes how to build an ignition coil driver circuit to generate high voltage for experiments from a car ignition coil. It uses a transistor switched circuit to rapidly turn the coil primary on and off, generating high voltage pulses from the secondary. Protection circuits like capacitors and resistors are recommended to suppress voltage spikes that could damage components. The document provides schematics for simple driver circuits and discusses options for protecting the circuit from back EMF, including varistors, RC networks, and indicator lights. Commonly available parts are listed that can be used to construct the driver.

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    This document describes how to build an ignition coil driver circuit to generate high voltage for experiments from a car ignition coil. It uses a transistor switched circuit to rapidly turn the coil primary on and off, generating high voltage pulses from the secondary. Protection circuits like capacitors and resistors are recommended to suppress voltage spikes that could damage components. The document provides schematics for simple driver circuits and discusses options for protecting the circuit from back EMF, including varistors, RC networks, and indicator lights. Commonly available parts are listed that can be used to construct the driver.

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    DIY Homemade Ignition Coil Driver - RMCybernetics

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    This document describes how to build an ignition coil driver circuit to generate high voltage for experiments from a car ignition coil. It uses a transistor switched circuit to rapidly turn the coil primary on and off, generating high voltage pulses from the secondary. Protection circuits like capacitors and resistors are recommended to suppress voltage spikes that could damage components. The document provides schematics for simple driver circuits and discusses options for protecting the circuit from back EMF, including varistors, RC networks, and indicator lights. Commonly available parts are listed that can be used to construct the driver.

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    DIYHomemadeIgnitionCoilDriverRMCybernetics

    ADIYHomemade
    IgnitionCoilDriverAHighVoltagePowerSupply
    OneofthesimplestwaystomakeabatterypoweredHighVoltagepowersupplyistouseacommoncar
    ignitioncoil.IgnitioncoilsareatypeofinductiontransformerbasedontheTeslaCoilinventedbyNikola
    Teslain1891.Thevoltageriseisnotgivenbytheturnsratiolikeinastandardtransformer,butis
    proportionaltotherateofchangeofcurrentintheprimarycircuit.Thismeanstogetahighoutput
    voltageyoumustbeabletostopthepowerflowingintothecoilasquicklyaspossible.Inoldcarsthiswas
    simplydonemechanically.ForuseasaHVpowersupplythisneedstohappenrapidlyoverandover.Todo
    thisaspacialsquarewavepowersupplyisuseswhichswitchespoweronandofftothecoilhundredsor
    thousandsoftimespersecond.

    WARNING:HighVoltageisgeneratedbythisdevice!

    Standardignitioncoilscanbeobtainedfrommostcarpartsstoresforaround25.Itisnotessentialtouse
    two12Vbatterieslikeshowninthecircuitsshownbelow,butitwillallowyoutoobtainbiggersparks.We
    havesomecompactinductioncoilsavailableforsaleforunder20.Clickthelinktocheckstock.
    Thisdrivercircuitisbasedonthecommonlyused2n3055transistorduetoithighpowerswitchingcapability.
    Whilethesearecheapandhightemperaturetolerant,theyaresusceptibletovoltagespikescausedbythe
    inductivenatureoftheload(ignitioncoil).Prettymuchanypowertransistor,IGBTorMOSFETcanbeusedin
    thiscircuitaslongasitisratedforatlast5Aand100V.Oneswithhighervoltageratingswillbelesslikelyto
    bedamagedbyspikes.Furtherprotectionmethodsareoutlinedlowerdownthispageandinthecomments.If
    youuseaMOSFETorIGBTinsteadofabipolartransistorlikethe2n3055,youshouldalsoaddapulldown
    resistorofabout10kbetweenthebase/gatepinandGND.

    TR1

    IgnitionCoil

    T1

    BFY51SmallTransistor

    T2

    2n3055Power
    TransistorsorHV
    MOSFETorIGBT

    R1

    100OhmResistor

    D1

    1N4007willdobut
    preferablya Schottky
    Diode

    RC1

    0.1FCapacitor+10K
    Resistor

    RC1isusedtohelpsuppresshighvoltagespikesthatcandestroythepowertransistors.
    T2representstwopowertransistorsconnectedinparallelandmountedonaheatsink.
    Thisnextcircuitisdesignedforahigherpoweredoutput.TwoignitionCoilsareconnectedinparallelbutwith
    oppositepolarity.Thismeansthattheoutputvoltagesofeachcoilareoutofphaseoroppositetoeachother
    (whenoneispositive,theotherisnegative).Usingthisconfigurationtheoutputistakenfromthetwocoils
    outputterminals,whereasthecircuitaboveusestheoutputterminalandground.

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    Anewprojecthasbeenaddedandisgreatfordrivingsmallerignitioncoils.

    Thesecircuitswillworkgreatfordrivingignitioncoilsforhighvoltagebuttheycanbesusceptibleto
    damagefrominductivespikes.Whenanignitioncoilisbeingdrivenunloaded(opencircuitontheoutput)
    therewillbesignificantlyincreasedbackemfandriskofdamagingthedrivercircuit.Wesellanignitioncoil
    drivermodulewhichhasbuiltinprotectionagainstmostspikesthatwoulddamageadriver.Italsoincludes
    anearlywarningindicatorwhichwillshowyouhowseverethebackemfisfromyourload.
    ProtectingYourIgnitionCoilDriver

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    Ifyoubuildanignitioncoildrivertomakehighvoltage
    sparksandarcs,youwillneedsomesortofEMIprotection
    foryourcircuit.Withoutit,itisverylikelyyouwilldestroy
    thetransistorsordriverICs.
    Snubbersareatrickysubject,butingeneraltheyareused
    toreduceelectromagneticinterference(EMI)orvoltage
    spikes.TherearemanywaystoreduceEMIanditcanoften
    beusefultousevarioussnubbersindifferentpartsofthe
    circuit.Thesediagramsrepresentafewpossiblewaysyou
    cansnubEMIinanignitioncoildriver.Theseareknownas
    dissipativesnubbersbecausetheexcessenergyisdisspated
    asheatorlight.
    Thetopdigramusesaseriesconnectedcapacitorand
    resistor.Thevaluesusedwilldependonyourdrive
    frequency.(SeeRC1attopofthispage).Generallyspeaking,
    abiggercapacitanceandsmallerresistancewillsnubmore,
    butalsoabsorbmoredrivepowertheforereducingefficiency.
    Acompromisemustbefoundthatbestsuitsyoursetup.
    ThenextdiagramusesadeviceknownasaMOV(Metal
    OxideVaristor).Thesearesemiconductordeviceswhichwill
    onlybeginconductingwhenthevoltagebetweenits
    terminalsexceedsitsratedvalue.Itwillstopconducting
    whenthevoltagegoeslowagain.Intheexampleshown
    above,theMOVwillshortoutanyspikescomingfromthe
    load,butitisalsoshortingthedrivercircuitsoutputforthe
    samebriefinstant.TheMOVchosenmustbeableto
    dissipatethepoweranshaveavoltageratingthatwillcause
    ittoactivatebeforethevoltagegetstoohighforthedrive
    circuit.
    Youcanalsoplaceasmallneonindicatorbulb(Ne1)inseries
    witha1kresistorandplacethisbetweenthelowvoltagewirestoyourignitioncoil.Thisbulbwillbeginto
    glowwhenthebackEMFreachesabout100Vormore.Ifyouseeitglowing,youneedabettersnubberlike
    RC1(topdiagram)oraMOV(varistor)ratedtoclampthevoltagebelowthemaximumyourcomponentswill
    tolerate.

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