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Re: ScanTesla program

Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: ScanTesla program


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was thinking about making a program that could scan though Tesla coil
> parameters to find configurations that give the best sparks.  Nothing is
> really written yet, but the "idea" is here:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~terrell/modeling/ScanTesla.pdf
>
> It is sort of the manual version of MicroSim.  MicroSim just can't grind
> though zillions of models and do just what we need.  So I thought it was
> time to make a program that could really do what is needed.  I would
really
> like a program that could generate the data to make 3-D surface plots of
> streamer power vs. say Lp and K...
>
> Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>

Some ideas to think about:

1) Do this as a matrix equation as in classical network analysis (like
Spice, MicroSim, etc.) use.  You build up an matrix representing all the
interconnections and admittances, then solve it.

2) There's a package of Excel routines available for free from an Italian
group
http://digilander.libero.it/foxes/index.htm  --- scan down for Matrix
V1.8...  There's even routines to do linear circuit analysis, with examples.

3) Matlab student/academic edition can also do the matrix math, AND do the
nice 3 d plots your looking for.   Academic price is $99.  Octave is a
freeware clone and should also work.
>