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- INDUCTOR.* - This is a general-purpose inductor design
- program. It handles air-core and toroidal inductors and
- contains routines to allow the user to transform an air-core
- inductor into a toroidal inductor and visa versa. The air-
- core inductor equations are from the Radio Amatuer's Handbook
- while the toroidal equations are from the Micrometals catalog
- #3; RF applications. Contact Micrometals at 1190 N. Hawk
- Circle; Anaheim, CA 92807. As far as I can tell, this data
- is the same as the Amidon toroid data given in the Radio
- Amatuer's Handbook.
-
- For air-core inductors, the user enters the desired
- inductance and approximate physical dimensions of the
- inductor needed. The program will then calculate the number
- of turns required. By trial and error, the user can soon
- home in on an inductor which is the proper physical size.
-
- For toroidal inductors, the user again enters the
- desired inductance along with the uH/100 turns figure given
- in the Micrometals product catalog. The program again
- computes the number of turns required and allows the user to
- change whatever variable needed.
-
- There are also two verify options for toroidal and
- cylindrical inductors. The user enters the physical
- dimensions of the inductor (length, diameter and # of turns
- for the cylindrical case; # of turns and core permeability
- for the toroidal case) and the program computes the resulting
- inductance. The user is then allowed to twiddle with
- parameters to reach his design goal.
-
- The program is menu-driven and fairly easy to use.
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