PCB based rogowski coil design software

Question

Hi guys, I need to design a rogowski coil on a 2 layer PCB. How can I draw a simply rogowski coil on a PCB software? Are there any ways i can do it? It should look something like this:

Richard_H · Answer

You can draw one part of the coil, for example two vias and the wire connection.

Now select it with GROUP and do a CUT and PASTE to duplicate it. Easiest way is to do this in the command line.

Some preparation first. Set a MARK in the centre of the coil. Now you can use polar coordinates for duplication.

What you would do with the mouse can be done in the comand line, as well.

The syntax would look like this

CUT (>CP14 0)   this selects the group and puts into the paste buffer;
                        similar to a Ctrl+right click onto the polar coords 14 0; > stands for right click, C for Ctrl pressed,
                         P for polar

PASTE R12.5 (P14 12.5) this places the group rotated by 12.5° in an angle of 12.5° and the same
radius of 14 around the centre

Simply try a bit to get out how it works...

HTH

gadget.iom · Answer

Try Eagle. If the board is less than 100x80mm you can experiment on the free version. CadSoft EAGLE PCB Design Software|Support, Tutorials, Shop

Former Member · Answer

With regards to using EAGLE to develop Rogowski coils, I got assistance from jorge <jorge.garcia@cadsoftusa.com> and he shared that:

EAGLE unfortunately doesn't have any built-in mechanism to create rogowski coil structures. The only way to do it in EAGLE is to code in ULP to perform the mechanical calculations based on some input parameters and then script out the creation of these features.

Hence i decided to try other software.

PCB based rogowski coil design software

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