Ever wanted to know when a storm is brewing miles away? I built this simple but surprisingly sensitive lightning detector using a handful of jellybean transistors and a ferrite rod. Here’s how it works and why it blinks on a single strike.
Ever wanted to know when a storm is brewing miles away? I built this simple but surprisingly sensitive lightning detector using a handful of jellybean transistors and a ferrite rod. Here’s how it works and why it blinks on a single strike.