Re: ScanTesla program - basically working!!

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Original poster: "Sean Taylor" <sstaylor@xxxxxxxx>


> Marco has suggested some "smart" ways to search the parameter space so
> the program would zero in on the best parameters and avoid searching
> obviously hopeless ones.  But I have not gotten that far yet.

I was going to ask about this, but someone beat me to it :-)  Basically, I
was going to suggest doing a gradient ascent algorithm to look for what
direction the output voltage increases.  Perhaps an even "grid" of test
points first, then calculate a gradient field, then choose the best point
and go in the best direction.  Each subsequent step can have the size
changed in order to not overshoot the peaks.  Of course, in this
situation, we know generally what the space looks like, and there won't be
any hiding tiny maxima or minima: mainly large peaks and valleys.

Sean Taylor
Urbana, IL