See my calculation here:
L=2.91mH
C=68.2pF + 180pF=248.2pF
L=2.91mH=0.0291H
C=248.2pF=0.0000000002482F
Rs=sqrt(L/C)
Rs=sqrt(0.0291/0.0000000002482)
Rs=sqrt(117244157.937147461)
Rs=10827.9341
Cs=[2*pi*sqrt(LC)]/Rs
Cs=[2*(22/7)*sqrt(0.0291*0.0000000002482)]/10827.9341
Cs=0.000000000156010404798
If 10^-9 = n
Then Cs=1.56nF
So I get
Rs=10k8
Cs=1.56nF
Sorry that I have only O level maths and that was grade B I got many many many years ago!!
L=2.91mH
C=68.2pF + 180pF=248.2pF
L=2.91mH=0.0291H
C=248.2pF=0.0000000002482F
Rs=sqrt(L/C)
Rs=sqrt(0.0291/0.0000000002482)
Rs=sqrt(117244157.937147461)
Rs=10827.9341
Cs=[2*pi*sqrt(LC)]/Rs
Cs=[2*(22/7)*sqrt(0.0291*0.0000000002482)]/10827.9341
Cs=0.000000000156010404798
If 10^-9 = n
Then Cs=1.56nF
So I get
Rs=10k8
Cs=1.56nF
Sorry that I have only O level maths and that was grade B I got many many many years ago!!
chris ma said:See my calculation here:
L=2.91mH
C=68.2pF + 180pF=248.2pF
L=2.91mH=0.0291H
L=0.00291H -- you missed a zero.
btw, a scientific calculator makes life a lot easier -- and the Texas Instruments version can even talk to your DVM. (I am embarrassed to say that I use an HP41 which is over 20 years old.)
four decades ago when I took physics and calculus we had to do this stuff with a book of logarithms and a slide rule.
jack
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I have a not-so-old TI-86 myself, although I never use it anymore, instead preferring to use 'Virtual TI' (a TI calc emulator for Windows), since it is far faster than any real calculator.
You should be proud, not embarassed! Not succumbing to the modern disposable mentality is one step closer to a sustainable existence. Plus old stuff is often the bestjackinnj said:...I am embarrassed to say that I use an HP41 which is over 20 years old...
I have a not-so-old TI-86 myself, although I never use it anymore, instead preferring to use 'Virtual TI' (a TI calc emulator for Windows), since it is far faster than any real calculator.
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Hey... the HP is RPN, i can't use those other silly calculators that aren't... i'd still be using my HP25C if it hadn't gotten left in an ex's glovebox.
My HP is virtual these days (althou i have a rarely used HP (maybe 15 years old) somewhere in the lab -- needs fresh batteries)
dave
jackinnj said:and the Texas Instruments version can even talk to your DVM. (I am embarrassed to say that I use an HP41 which is over 20 years old.)
Hey... the HP is RPN, i can't use those other silly calculators that aren't... i'd still be using my HP25C if it hadn't gotten left in an ex's glovebox.
My HP is virtual these days (althou i have a rarely used HP (maybe 15 years old) somewhere in the lab -- needs fresh batteries)
dave
jackinnj said:-- worked out the tractrix horn formula in RPN.
I think i was using an HP11 when i figured out my 1st tractrix horn... then i did a FORTH program, now i have a Trapeze spreadsheet.
dave
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I can beat that. 1978 Casio fx-451 scientific calculator with Solar Cell - 27 years of calculation with zero batteries - and I have two of them!
Jan Didden
Mr Evil said:
You should be proud, not embarassed! Not succumbing to the modern disposable mentality is one step closer to a sustainable existence. Plus old stuff is often the best
I have a not-so-old TI-86 myself, although I never use it anymore, instead preferring to use 'Virtual TI' (a TI calc emulator for Windows), since it is far faster than any real calculator.
I can beat that. 1978 Casio fx-451 scientific calculator with Solar Cell - 27 years of calculation with zero batteries - and I have two of them!
Jan Didden
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