Re: TC resonance estimation?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Mike,

At 08:08 PM 7/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>
>Ok, so I need to do a bit more reserch on what the upper limits are on
>the FET switching rates in what I will be using on my SSTC I guess. 
>That way I will be able to figure out what frequency range I want to
>target.  What simulation tools do you guys use?  Are they free?  I think
>I should definately simulate this stuff before trying it out because I
>do not have the money to blow on fets and such :).
>

The old and new student versions (free) of MicroSim are at:

The old version works fine and is a smaller file.  I have some coil models
there too.  The student version is limited but you can still do a lot of
Tesla coil stuff with it.

 http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Programs/Programs.htm

Cheers,

	Terry