Hi Jim,Scan Tesla had a large "array" of equations like that. That had to be solved for ten solutions. Antonio had to figure that one out though!! ;) He made it looks easy :) That is why EEs make the big bucks so they can retire at 45 :D
Just an update too. I ran Microsim models and the delay is constant during a ring down. My simple model gave a 1.7833uS Prediktion and the actual was 1.858uS. So the real was 4.2% longer with ringdown. My simple equations are probably close enough for practical work. But as I thought, there really is a little time added for ringdown but not much to worry with.
TerryBTW - All the calculations done by mankind throughout history with a slide rule can be done on a fast desktop PC in under a minute :D Knowing what to calculate and how to calculate it is the key ;) That takes far longer and no PC can do that... Here is Antonio's ScanTesla solution:
===================================================== NOTES Antonio supplies the magic calculating engine for solving the nodes. I basically just add the input and output scanning stuff. DRSSTC simulator By Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz acmq@xxxxxxxxxxx Version 1.0 - 6/6/2005 This program simulates the structure: +v1- k12 +v3- +---C1--R1--+ +--R2--+--C3--+ +| + | | + | + | vin i1 L1 L2 i2 C2 v2 R3 -| - | | - | - | +-----------+ +------+------+ */ /* Inverts [L] matrix */ M=K12*sqrt(L1*L2); d=L1*L2-M*M; G11=L2/d; G22=L1/d; G12=-M/d; G21=G12; /* Assembles the state equations dx/dt=[A]*x+B*vin */ A[1][1]=0; A[1][2]=0; A[1][3]=0; A[1][4]=1/C1; A[1][5]=0; A[2][1]=0; A[2][2]=-1/(R3*C2); A[2][3]=1/(R3*C2); A[2][4]=0; A[2][5]=-1/C2; A[3][1]=0; A[3][2]=1/(R3*C3); A[3][3]=-1/(R3*C3); A[3][4]=0; A[3][5]=0; A[4][1]=-G11; A[4][2]=G12; A[4][3]=0; A[4][4]=-G11*R1; A[4][5]=-G12*R2; A[5][1]=-G12; A[5][2]=G22; A[5][3]=0; A[5][4]=-G12*R1; A[5][5]=-G22*R2; B[1]=0; B[2]=0; B[3]=0; B[4]=G11; B[5]=G21; /* Generates MT=([I]-(dt/2)*[A])^(-1) */ for (i=1; i<6; i++) for (j=1; j<6; j++) if (i==j) MT[i][j]=1-(T1_inc/2)*A[i][j]; else MT[i][j]=-(T1_inc/2)*A[i][j]; Invert(5,MT); /* Sets the initial state */ ========================================================== Jim Mora wrote:
Hi Terry, Et Al, Damn, that may seem trivial to you! I used to do phase angles with a slide rule which was easier but three points max accurate. No one in class had a TI geekdom calculator as I remember. When that very aged teacher died, a whole lot of radio theory and experience went with him. When the dust settles, and you folks on the bleeding edge of the frontier of modern Tesla coiling have jumped the hurdles, I have yet another project to look forward too ;-) Thanks for all you folks do, Jim Mora
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