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Wireless electricity is something new and exciting. While its core principles are fairly easy to understand it can quickly become overwhelming for the average person. I faced a similar problem, I found the whole thing rather overwhelming to understand due to the fact that there were many different things that I felt I needed to understand to be able to make one. So when i found this schematic online I naturally had to build it. I think it's important to say that building one yourself does help you get a feel for just how exactly the technology works. Wireless electricity is basically electromagnetic induction. The transmitter coil emits a magnetic field when an alternating (Here's where I'm not 100% sure, please tell me if I've gone and messed something up.) current is applied to it. When the receiving coil's resonant frequency is the same as the transmitter coil's (Another not-sure moment here, if some one could link a good article or instructables post on resonance and how to measure/calculate it that'd be awesome!) then the oscillating field being produced by the transmitter coil induces an alternating current in the receiver coil. The alternating current that exists in the receiving coil is then turned into a d/c current through the use of a simple ac to dc rectifier made of a diode and two capacitors. Finally this dc current illuminates the LED.

Parts: (some are pictured some are not) (feel free to switch to the optimal stuff)

BD139 transistor

9 volt batter and battery clip

magnet wire/16 gauge wire

3D printed parts (only with 16 gauge wire)

10k resistor

Breadboard

Some connecting wire for use on the breadboard

Two (2) 470pF capacitors (all of the caps i used were only rated for 50v)

Two (2) 4.7nF capacitors

Two (2) 220nf capacitors

1N4148 Diode

LED (the lower the voltage the brighter it'll be)

Step 1: Circuit Assembly 1

Here's where it starts to get rather dull, just forewarning you it is very easy to loose track of where things go, if you follow these instructions and find that it wont work the most likely cause is that something in the breadboard stage didn't work, so make sure to look at the final stage to make sure that everything is 100% where it should be.

Place transistor on breadboard.

Additionally I'll be putting a link at the end of each one of these steps to the design page so that if what I've said isn't clear or is just plain wrong you can use it to troubleshoot and use as a secondary guide.

Step 2: Circuit Assembly 2

Place the resistor on the breadboard as shown.

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Step 3: Circuit Assembly 3

Place the two 470pF capacitors onto the breadboard as shown.

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Step 4: Circuit Assembly 4

Place a 4.7nF capacitor on the breadboard as shown

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Step 5: Circuit Assembly 5

Place a 220nF capacitor on the breadboard as shown

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Step 6: Circuit Assembly 6

Connect the positive power line as shown.

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Step 7: Circuit Assembly 7

Attach the negative wire as shown.

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Step 8: Circuit Assembly 8

Attach the output wires as shown. Note that the middle wire will go to the middle connector of the transmitter coil.

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Step 9: Circuit Assembly 9

Attach the remaining 220nF capacitor to the LED.

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Step 10: Circuit Assembly 10

Next attach the diode to the positive LED wire (you may want to check the schematic to make sure you're doing it correctly). after this you'll want to attach the remaining 4.7nF capacitor as shown in the second image.

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Step 11: Coil Creation Version 1

You may want to use electrical tape or zip-ties to hold the magnet wire coils together, they have a tendency to spring apart if not held together.

Transmitter coil:

Wind magnet wire around a coffee cup 5 times, then cut the wire, make sure that there is plenty of wire on either end of the coil to connect to the breadboard. Then attach the wire at the end of the wire still on the spool, solder together, then wind again 5 more times in the same direction that you did the first 5 turns.

Receiver coil:

Wind magnet wire around coffee cup 5 times,make sure that there is plenty of wire on each end of coil to make connections to the LED setup.

Coil attachment: It may hep to look at the diagram for this

The middle connection of the transmitter coil needs to go to the middle wire the way we have set it up. the other two wires should be connected to the remaining two wires, you don't need to match specific wires, it doesn't matter.

The receiver coil is easy, just attach each end of the receiver coil to an end of the LED circuit.

Step 12: Testing

As you can see when the receiving coil is lowered into the field generated by the transmitter coil the electric current created lights the LED.

Step 13: Coil Creation Version 2 Files

It all starts with he design files, each of these must be printed twice. Once printed and assembled they will hold the 16 gauge wire used in this iteration in place.

Step 14: Coil Creation Version 2 Assembly

After printing the parts make sure all of the key features are in good condition, the holes may need drilled out a bit and the interlocking slot may need some material removed as well if the print didn't go perfectly. Next the printed coils must be assembled. This is a fairly easy task. Simply connect the two pieces using the built-in interlock slot in each piece, no adhesive required! Next you'll need to begin to thread the wire through the holes, the wire will hold the two pieces together and prevent them from coming apart no matter what. It is important to note that while the receiving coil is fairly straightforward to thread the transmitting coil does need to have the middle connecting point like in the previous coil.

Step 15: Wiring Version 2

Wiring version two coil is more or less exactly the same as the version 1 coil; the wires go in the exact same place. If you need to look back at the reference design here it is