The EquivalentCircuitSimplifier is a tool designed to assist students in learning how to simplify electrical circuits involving resistors and capacitors. It provides step-by-step solutions to reduce circuits to their equivalent form. This tool is particularly designed for students in the ECE 200 class at NC State University in Spring 2025.
Features • Solves circuits involving resistors and capacitors. • Simplifies circuits by applying appropriate techniques step by step. • Allows users to input circuit connections and terminal points for analysis.
To use the tool, you can run the script with the following command:
python main.py --terminals "a,b" --connections "a R-40 c,c R-30 e,c R-90 d,e W d,e R-10 f,f R-20 g,d R-60 b,g W b,g R-50 h,c R-80 h,c R-70 *,c W h"
Arguments • --terminals : Specifies the terminals of the circuit (e.g., "a,b"). • --connections : Lists the components and their connections in the circuit (e.g., "a R-40 c,c R-30 e,c R-90 d,e W d,e R-10 f,f R-20 g,d R-60 b,g W b,g R-50 h,c R-80 h,c R-70 *,c W h").
The connections argument should describe the connections between components (resistors, capacitors, wires) in the circuit.
Given a circuit:
To simplify a circuit with specific connections and terminals, you can run:
python main.py --terminals "a,b" --connections "a R-40 c,c R-30 e,c R-90 d,e W d,e R-10 f,f R-20 g,d R-60 b,g W b,g R-50 h,c R-80 h,c R-70 *,c W h"This command will simplify the circuit and return the equivalent simplified circuit.
If you’d like to contribute to the project, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request. Contributions are welcome!
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