Half Wave Rectifier With Filter ( NOT FINISHED)

This circuit is not complete and is under construction. Don't read below this line or test the equations in the schematic until stated. Thank you :) *** Input signal is supposed to mimic the wall outlet with 170 Volts peak-to-peak, 120 Volts RMS, and a frequency of 60 hertz. This circuit takes a AC signal with both positive and negative cycles, and outputs a pulsating DC or pure DC. It only outputs the positive or negative cycle depending on how you configure the direction of the diode. In our case we will get the positive cycles because of the way that we have the orientation of the diode . This is why it is called a half wave rectifier, because it rectifies only half of the signal. You can make this signal into pure DC by increasing the value of the capacitor or resistor. This will cause the round peaks to flatten out. You can see the original signal ( green color) starts to flatten out more ( turquoise color ) and more ( blue color ) as we increase the capacitance value until it completely flattens out and becomes a straight line ( purple color). You can also keep the capacitance value the same and increase the resistance value, the same behavior will occur.