Report for Software to Analyse a Simple Resistive Network

Developed by Jason Burke and Mark Ferry
Coded by Mark Ferry
www.cs.uct.ac.za/~mferry/eee/Contents.htm

Contents

1. Outline of Theory : Node-Voltage Analysis

2. Program Functioning
   
   1. Storage Method
      
      1. Circuit Structure
         
      2. File Structure
         
      3. Reconstruction Method
         
   2. Analysis
      
      1. Finding Nodes Dependent on Sinks [Phase 1]
         
      2. Generating the Matrix [Phase 2]
         
      3. Finding Currents through Resistors [Phase 3]
         
   3. Features
      
      1. Current Source Handling
         
      2. Separated Interface

3. Possible Extensions
   1. Error-Checking for Circuits containing Short-Circuits
      
   2. GUI Updates
   3. Output Sophistications

4. Programming API

5. Source Code

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