Slayer exciter approximation

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Finally got it working, with a little help from commenter WTFCircuit and after noticing that the timescale for the simulation seems to have an effect on the result;
If I "zoom out" to tens of microseconds (or further out) the output (above cap) goes almost flat but zooming in to a few microseconds and maybe opening/closing the switch once gets it going again... 

I guess it has to do with the "sampling rate" within the simulation but it's still weird and frustrating as hell to troubleshoot :-/

The double diodes seems to slow down the voltage pumping a bit. Go with a single diode if you prefer a steeper voltage curve.

published 10 years ago

WTFCircuit

10 years ago

No simulation limitations, you just make a little mess. Take a look at this: http://everycircuit.com/circuit/6374858121281536 .

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