@cstanhope I tend to insist on connections - PDF search is nice but not always available - but organization is still good. The hierarchical style KiCad got me doing works really well for me. Everything is shown connected, but in block diagram form
whoops, forgot alt text
"very busy schematic of part of a CRT monitor, with lots of confusing groups of lines zig-zagging around the page"
hey if you're a computer person would you like to fill out this form to see how well known these cursed computer things are?
@symbo1ics is it the flyback behavior specifically, or won't the circuit run at all?
@symbo1ics should be able to simulate it, just add switches to disconnect the power supply or load, and step their phasing to see how it behaves at different parts of the waveform
@symbo1ics yeah there aren't too many ways to approach this. I can't remember why I put the inductor on the ground side
@symbo1ics if they have the inductor topside, they might be relying on slow shutdown or even allowing the transistors to avalanche occasionally
if it's at the bottom instead, the spikes get applied to Vbe and negative Vbe causes permanent degradation
this is my last one of these - it's not HV though.
@symbo1ics These kick pretty hard at shutdown (flyback on L1) and can also give spikes during operation depending on the leakage inductance. I usually add protection diodes for the former; the latter isn't a big issue with a good transformer
@recursive i got really pissed off after going down a transphobia rabbithole and decided if i couldn't punch all the people in the face i'd at least leave
@uint8_t well yeah, it's still March 2020
analog witch. anarcho-tran gendertrash. some kind of engineer. likes crappy old tech that makes clunky noises. kinda into motorcycles. really not into pigs. abolish police, the carceral system, and capitalism.