Welcome to the Syntherrupter wiki. This is a collection of how-tos and documentation around Syntherrupter.
- Getting Started. Start here if you're new.
- Firmware Flashing. How to flash Syntherrupter for the first time or update its firmware.
- Password Reset. Forgot your password or need to reset it? Here's how you do it.
- Lightsaber ESP8266 Setup. How to flash and use the ESP8266 which the lightsabers are based on.
- Hardware Reference. Schematics, parts, wiring, etc.
- User Interface Reference. Documentation of all UI features and functions.
- Custom MIDI Commands. Documentation of the Syntherrupter specific commands, that are f.ex. required for some stereo features.
- Build-in Envelopes. List of the build-in envelopes and how to use them.
The High Voltage Forum topic contains some subjects that haven't made their way into this wiki yet. Hence they're linked below.
- My best MIDI sources. Somewhat outdated but still useful I guess.
- A bunch of demo videos with a tesla coil. Thanks futurist! And just below that post you'll find a video from AstRii, too.
- What the n-tau parameter does to envelopes (ADSR). Post is outdated, picture not.
- Envelope (ADSR) editor and looping
- What is MIDI? What is ADSR? Is it the same?
- In-depth explanation of note duty vs note ontime
- AstRiis Syntherrupter build with 4 outputs
In addition, Mads Barnkob from Kaizer Power Electronics has a video series about his impressive Syntherrupter based show controller:
- Tesla Coil Show Controller Project (Part 1 of 6)
- Tesla Coil Show Controller - Programming Syntherrupter (Part 2 of 6)
- Tesla Coil Show Controller - 6 Optical Output Control Panel (Part 3 of 6)
- Tesla Coil Show Controller - 6 Interrupters (Part 4 of 8)
- Tesla Coil Show Controller - Syntherrupter Installation And MIDI Test (Part 5 of 8)
- (Other parts will be added as soon as they're released)