Spreadsheet by:

Edy - EEVBlog forum user (edy)

RC curve
6

voltage (V)
3
Change only the YELLOW
fields marked below to set
your R, C and V. The 2
rest is automatically
calculated and plotted. 1

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
time (sec)
SETUP VARIABLES:
R 125 ohms Time to 63% 1.25
C 0.01 Farads Time to 99% 6.25
e 2.718282
Vs 5 volts
charging
phase step time RC -t/RC e^(-t/RC) (1-e^(-t/RC) Vs(1-e^(-t/RC))
charging 0 0 1.25 0 1 0 0
charging 1 0.125 1.25 -0.1 0.904837 0.09516258 0.4758129098
charging 2 0.25 1.25 -0.2 0.818731 0.18126925 0.9063462346
charging 3 0.375 1.25 -0.3 0.740818 0.25918178 1.2959088966
charging 4 0.5 1.25 -0.4 0.67032 0.32967995 1.6483997698
charging 5 0.625 1.25 -0.5 0.606531 0.39346934 1.9673467014
charging 6 0.75 1.25 -0.6 0.548812 0.45118836 2.2559418195
charging 7 0.875 1.25 -0.7 0.496585 0.5034147 2.517073481
charging 8 1 1.25 -0.8 0.449329 0.55067104 2.7533551794
charging 9 1.125 1.25 -0.9 0.40657 0.59343034 2.9671517013
charging 10 1.25 1.25 -1 0.367879 0.63212056 3.1606027941
charging 11 1.375 1.25 -1.1 0.332871 0.66712892 3.3356445815
charging 12 1.5 1.25 -1.2 0.301194 0.69880579 3.4940289404
charging 13 1.625 1.25 -1.3 0.272532 0.72746821 3.6373410348
charging 14 1.75 1.25 -1.4 0.246597 0.75340304 3.7670151803
charging 15 1.875 1.25 -1.5 0.22313 0.77686984 3.8843491993
charging 16 2 1.25 -1.6 0.201897 0.79810348 3.99051741
charging 17 2.125 1.25 -1.7 0.182684 0.81731648 4.0865823797
charging 18 2.25 1.25 -1.8 0.165299 0.83470111 4.1735055589
charging 19 2.375 1.25 -1.9 0.149569 0.85043138 4.2521569039
charging 20 2.5 1.25 -2 0.135335 0.86466472 4.3233235838
charging 21 2.625 1.25 -2.1 0.122456 0.87754357 4.3877178587
charging 22 2.75 1.25 -2.2 0.110803 0.88919684 4.4459842082
charging 23 2.875 1.25 -2.3 0.100259 0.89974116 4.4987057814
charging 24 3 1.25 -2.4 0.090718 0.90928205 4.5464102336
charging 25 3.125 1.25 -2.5 0.082085 0.917915 4.5895750069
charging 26 3.25 1.25 -2.6 0.074274 0.92572642 4.6286321089
charging 27 3.375 1.25 -2.7 0.067206 0.93279449 4.6639724363
charging 28 3.5 1.25 -2.8 0.06081 0.93918994 4.6959496869
charging 29 3.625 1.25 -2.9 0.055023 0.94497678 4.7248838997
charging 30 3.75 1.25 -3 0.049787 0.95021293 4.7510646582
charging 31 3.875 1.25 -3.1 0.045049 0.9549508 4.774753988
charging 32 4 1.25 -3.2 0.040762 0.9592378 4.7961889801
charging 33 4.125 1.25 -3.3 0.036883 0.96311683 4.815584163
charging 34 4.25 1.25 -3.4 0.033373 0.96662673 4.8331336502
charging 35 4.375 1.25 -3.5 0.030197 0.96980262 4.8490130829
charging 36 4.5 1.25 -3.6 0.027324 0.97267628 4.8633813878
charging 37 4.625 1.25 -3.7 0.024724 0.97527647 4.8763823676
charging 38 4.75 1.25 -3.8 0.022371 0.97762923 4.8881461407
charging 39 4.875 1.25 -3.9 0.020242 0.97975809 4.8987904428
charging 40 5 1.25 -4 0.018316 0.98168436 4.9084218056
charging 41 5.125 1.25 -4.1 0.016573 0.98342732 4.917136623
charging 42 5.25 1.25 -4.2 0.014996 0.98500442 4.9250221159
charging 43 5.375 1.25 -4.3 0.013569 0.98643144 4.9321572049
charging 44 5.5 1.25 -4.4 0.012277 0.98772266 4.9386133005
charging 45 5.625 1.25 -4.5 0.011109 0.988891 4.9444550173
charging 46 5.75 1.25 -4.6 0.010052 0.98994816 4.9497408213
charging 47 5.875 1.25 -4.7 0.009095 0.99090472 4.9545236145
charging 48 6 1.25 -4.8 0.00823 0.99177025 4.9588512648
charging 49 6.125 1.25 -4.9 0.007447 0.99255342 4.9627670846
charging 50 6.25 1.25 -5 0.006738 0.99326205 4.966310265
steadystate 51 6.375 1.25
steadystate 52 6.5 1.25
steadystate 53 6.625 1.25
steadystate 54 6.75 1.25
steadystate 55 6.875 1.25
steadystate 56 7 1.25
steadystate 57 7.125 1.25
steadystate 58 7.25 1.25
steadystate 59 7.375 1.25
steadystate 60 7.5 1.25
steadystate 61 7.625 1.25
steadystate 62 7.75 1.25
steadystate 63 7.875 1.25
steadystate 64 8 1.25
steadystate 65 8.125 1.25
steadystate 66 8.25 1.25
steadystate 67 8.375 1.25
steadystate 68 8.5 1.25
steadystate 69 8.625 1.25
steadystate 70 8.75 1.25
steadystate 71 8.875 1.25
steadystate 72 9 1.25
steadystate 73 9.125 1.25
steadystate 74 9.25 1.25
steadystate 75 9.375 1.25
discharge 76 9.5 1.25
discharge 77 9.625 1.25
discharge 78 9.75 1.25
discharge 79 9.875 1.25
discharge 80 10 1.25
discharge 81 10.125 1.25
discharge 82 10.25 1.25
discharge 83 10.375 1.25
discharge 84 10.5 1.25
discharge 85 10.625 1.25
discharge 86 10.75 1.25
discharge 87 10.875 1.25
discharge 88 11 1.25
discharge 89 11.125 1.25
discharge 90 11.25 1.25
discharge 91 11.375 1.25
discharge 92 11.5 1.25
discharge 93 11.625 1.25
discharge 94 11.75 1.25
discharge 95 11.875 1.25
discharge 96 12 1.25
discharge 97 12.125 1.25
discharge 98 12.25 1.25
discharge 99 12.375 1.25
discharge 100 12.5 1.25
discharge 101 12.625 1.25
discharge 102 12.75 1.25
discharge 103 12.875 1.25
discharge 104 13 1.25
discharge 105 13.125 1.25
discharge 106 13.25 1.25
discharge 107 13.375 1.25
discharge 108 13.5 1.25
discharge 109 13.625 1.25
discharge 110 13.75 1.25
discharge 111 13.875 1.25
discharge 112 14 1.25
discharge 113 14.125 1.25
discharge 114 14.25 1.25
discharge 115 14.375 1.25
discharge 116 14.5 1.25
discharge 117 14.625 1.25
discharge 118 14.75 1.25
discharge 119 14.875 1.25
discharge 120 15 1.25
discharge 121 15.125 1.25
discharge 122 15.25 1.25
discharge 123 15.375 1.25
discharge 124 15.5 1.25
discharge 125 15.625 1.25
 RC curve

charging
steadystate
discharging

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time (sec)

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discharging
steady Vs(e^(-t/RC)) what to plot
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0.47581291
0.90634623
1.2959089
1.64839977
1.9673467
2.25594182
2.51707348
2.75335518
2.9671517
3.16060279
3.33564458
3.49402894
3.63734103
3.76701518
3.8843492
3.99051741
4.08658238
4.17350556
4.2521569
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4.38771786
4.44598421
4.49870578
4.54641023
4.58957501
4.62863211
4.66397244
4.69594969
4.7248839
4.75106466
4.77475399
4.79618898
4.81558416
4.83313365
4.84901308
4.86338139
4.87638237
4.88814614
4.89879044
4.90842181
4.91713662
4.92502212
4.9321572
4.9386133
4.94445502
4.94974082
4.95452361
4.95885126
4.96276708
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4.493703357 4.49370336
4.066070943 4.06607094
3.679133134 3.67913313
3.329017325 3.32901733
3.012219441 3.01221944
2.725568862 2.72556886
2.466196692 2.46619669
2.231507047 2.23150705
2.019151075 2.01915107
1.827003445 1.82700344
1.65314108 1.65314108
1.495823906 1.49582391
1.353477441 1.35347744
1.224677033 1.22467703
1.108133605 1.1081336
1.00268075 1.00268075
0.907263061 0.90726306
0.820925565 0.82092557
0.742804169 0.74280417
0.672117006 0.67211701
0.608156617 0.60815662
0.550282863 0.55028286
0.497916525 0.49791652
0.450533503 0.4505335
0.407659571 0.40765957
0.368865634 0.36886563
0.333763428 0.33376343
0.302001638 0.30200164
0.273262383 0.27326238
0.247258029 0.24725803
0.223728316 0.22372832
0.202437752 0.20243775
0.183173253 0.18317325
0.165742013 0.16574201
0.149969575 0.14996958
0.135698083 0.13569808
0.122784703 0.1227847
0.111100194 0.11110019
0.100527613 0.10052761
0.090961145 0.09096115
0.082305048 0.08230505
0.074472687 0.07447269
0.067385674 0.06738567
0.060973079 0.06097308
0.055170724 0.05517072
0.049920535 0.04992054
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0.040871477 0.04087148
0.036982042 0.03698204
0.033462735 0.03346274