Hi Everyone,
I recently chatted with Bart Anderson in the Tesla Coil chat room and he gave me his approval to begin work on an updated version of JavaTC. I personally would like to thank Bart for the tremendous amount of effort he has put into this indispensable tool. I have worked with JavaScript on numerous occasions, and it is a real chore. That Bart has kept JavaTC up all these years shows his dedication to the coiling community. The new version of JavaTC will be called WebTC, as such the processing will no longer occur client-side, which means the calculations will be much faster. Also this will eliminate many browser compatibility issues. The user interface will see a complete overhaul to match the looks of this site and possibly make it even more user friendly.
Here are a few ideas I have (none of these ideas are set in stone):
1. Simplify Primary / Secondary Inputs by using a drop down box to select a coil geometry. The default secondary geometry would be cylindrical, meaning only one radius would have to be entered. Primary geometry would default to flat, meaning only inner/outer radius and (ONE) height would have to be entered. Also I'd like to integrate the turns calculator into the the main script, so you do not have to copy and paste values, they will be entered directly into the turns field after the calculations are done.
2. Support for Flat conductor primaries. Primary conductor will default to round, but flat may be selected from a drop down menu. This depends on whether or not I am able to obtain the formulas for flat conductor primaries.
3. Support for DRSSTC calculations. Primary voltage, peak current, expected spark length, etc. (If you have formulas for DRSSTC calculations and you'd like to share them, please do.)
4. Integrated MMC calculator. This would compute how many capacitors you need to to reach a specified voltage and capacitance. There would be predefined capacitor value inputs for some of the most popular capacitors.
5. Support for saving a limited number of coil designs on the server, in addition to the ability to save an unlimited number of coils to your computer.
6. Support for printing out a data sheet for your coil.
I do not plan to port the voltage gradient graphs. If someone else would like to do this please let me know.
If you have any PHP/MYSQL/C++/AJAX skills and you are interested in helping with this project please let me know. If you'd like to get in touch with me you can view my e-mail address in my profile (if you are a member), or you may contact me in the Tesla Coil chat room. If you have any other ideas you would like me to consider please post them here.
-Phillip Slawinski
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