Słomkowski's technical musings

Playing with software, hardware and touching the sky with a paraglider.

Projects of my teenage years


During my teen years I had a lot of time to play with electronics and computers. I used to have a website under an address flylab.ovh.org, now defunct. The projects and the articles were created mainly during my gimnazjum years, then translated to English in 2009. I’ve decided to republish them here since I feel nostalgic recently.

High voltage generator 2.0

High voltage generator 2.0

High voltage generator made of two ignition coils connected in antiparallel configuration.

Small three-wheel vehicle controlled by IR TV remote controller

Small three-wheel vehicle controlled by IR TV remote controller

An experimental gun, which uses magnetic field generated by the coil to accelerate the projectile.

Analog signal recorder for serial port

Analog signal recorder for serial port

Single-channel signal recorder based on analog-to-digital converter TLC549, connected to the computer using serial port (RS232).

Simple one-stage coilgun

Simple one-stage coilgun

An experimental Gauss gun, which uses magnetic field generated by the coil to accelerate the projectile.

Pyrotechnic detonator made of an old military field phone used to safe launching

Pyrotechnic detonator made of an old military field phone used to safe launching

Pyrotechnic detonator made of an old military field phone.