Toroid Universe

A tool for exploring single-layer toroidal inductor configurations. This tool helps calculate and visualize possible winding combinations for toroidal cores using different wire gauges.

Features

• Calculates realizable winding combinations for toroidal cores
• Toroid dataset includes Mag-Inc and Micrometals cores.
• Generates detailed visualization diagrams
• Computes inductance and fill factors
• Multiple visualization styles (B&W, Color, Creative)
• Random sampling option for exploring possibilities

Example Output

Here's an example visualization of a T184-26 core wound with 11 AWG wire:

Usage

Basic usage:

python toroid-universe.py

Generate visualizations for all combinations !WARNING! There are >8000 combinations currently:

python toroid-universe.py --generate-plots

Generate 10 random visualizations:

python toroid-universe.py --random-plots 10

Change visualization style:

python toroid-universe.py --random-plots 5 --style creative

Output

The tool generates a comprehensive results table containing the realizable single layer toroid configurations.

License

Copyright 2025 Andrew Meares MIT License