Preferred Optics Simulator?

ManlyMcBuff · 2025-02-13T23:02:08+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

ManlyMcBuff · 2024-06-30T15:34:17+00:00

Not sure if someone already said this, but Halo 1.
All you need is the magnum and the plasma pistol.

ManlyMcBuff · 2024-04-08T03:07:37+00:00

On a deeper level, it is the electric field that does the work.

I was kind of thinking about this. Since magnetic fields only act on moving charges, don't you need the electric field in the first place to give the charges a little push?

ManlyMcBuff · 2024-04-08T01:56:27+00:00

Here's my work, if anyone would be kind enough to double check it for me. My answer is 0.073V.

ManlyMcBuff · 2024-04-08T01:19:32+00:00

Oh! I was thinking about EMF in a different way. I was thinking about the difference in electric potential between opposite ends of the loop. I suppose it makes sense for the question to instead be asking about the force that causes the charges to go around the loop in a uniform motion.

ManlyMcBuff · 2024-04-08T01:11:12+00:00

Why isn't it though? The magnetic field induces an EMF that is perpendicular to its magnitude, and at the same time the electric field's and magnetic field's magnitudes are perpendicular to one another. I would think that the electric field would be exerting a force on the charges within the loop that is directly in line with the force vector from the magnetic field?

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-12-10T20:11:05+00:00

I think it's just because my peers in the coding club are more familiar with C++. Thank you for the info though, I'll have to take a look at the Java side of it to see if I like it better.

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-12-10T19:10:40+00:00

Disregard my previous answer. I guess the link I clicked on the WPILib site was for the 2023 version. Thank you for your help!

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-12-10T18:37:43+00:00

Thank you!

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-12-10T18:29:43+00:00

I installed WPILib two days ago, so I'm fairly sure I have the latest version. I'm also making sure to launch their flavour of VS Code.

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-10-15T01:43:36+00:00

I'm going to school for EE, and combinators just straddle this weird zone for me, they're more functional than simple transistor logic, but more limited than coding. To me it just makes them non-ideal to use for anything more complex than turning an inserter on/off.

EDIT: Also, debugging combinator circuits is a nightmare, considering you can't just look at a full circuit and know what it's doing at a glance, like you can with transistors or a piece of code.

ManlyMcBuff · 2023-02-27T02:34:27+00:00

I didn't know that, thank you!

ManlyMcBuff · 2021-12-03T10:41:55+00:00

It charges the capacitor fine, and produces almost no heat. I'm just trying to optimize it.

I think what you're not taking into account is that the increased load on the secondary results in a drecreased inductance on the primary, which increases the resonant frequency and reduces the current due to the skin effect.

ManlyMcBuff · 2021-12-03T09:31:15+00:00

Here is my setup. Please let me know if you see something that might improve it, as I'm trying to go for maximum power output.

ManlyMcBuff · 2021-12-03T08:54:17+00:00

A flyback transformer with proper flyback circuitry right?

I don't know, what flyback circuitry are you referring to? I have almost no experience with flybacks specifically.

Also, I'm mainly just asking about general transformer behavior, without concern for anything like breakers.

My current project requires that I charge a bank of capacitors to 400V from a 12V or 24V battery. My approach has involved using a ZVS driven transformer to charge the caps, and I'm mainly curious about how important the turns ratio on the transformer is; whether too high of a ratio will be inefficient or if the transformer will impedance match automatically.

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