Rectifier Ripple API
Rectifier ripple and smoothing-capacitor maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The ripple endpoint computes the peak-to-peak ripple voltage left on a reservoir (smoothing) capacitor after a rectifier, Vr = I_load/(f_ripple·C), where the ripple frequency is the line frequency for a half-wave rectifier and twice it for a full-wave or bridge rectifier — and it solves for whichever of the load current, the capacitance or the ripple you leave out, also giving the RMS ripple. The capacitor endpoint sizes the smoothing capacitor for a target ripple, C = I_load/(f_ripple·Vr), and the energy it stores. The output endpoint gives the DC output of the rectifier from the transformer RMS voltage: the peak Vrms·√2, minus the diode drops in the conduction path (one for half-wave and centre-tapped, two for a bridge), the average DC voltage and, given the ripple, the ripple factor. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for power-supply and electronics-design tools, linear PSU, charger and audio-amplifier design, and electronics education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is rectifier ripple and filtering; for Ohm's law, reactance and RC time constants use an Ohm's-law API.
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