% This script will carry out error analysis R = 0.5; % 0.5Ohm L = 0.0015; % 1.5mH data_points = 100000; h_divisions = 1000; % Go on for a time constant time_constant = L/R; step = time_constant/data_points; T=150e-6; % 150us f = 1/T; w = 2*pi*f; A = 6; Vin = @(t) A*cos(w*t); current_initial=0; A = 6*R/(R^2 + (w*L)^2); B = 6*w*L/(R^2 + (w*L)^2); current_exact = @(t) A*cos(w*t) + B*sin(w*t) - A*exp((-R/L)*t); Vout_exact = @(t) Vin(t) - current_exact(t)*R; for k=1:h_divisions [time_array, Vout_array] = ralston(R, L, Vin, current_initial, step*k, data_points*step); for j=1:data_points/k error_array(j) = Vout_exact(time_array(j)) - Vout_array(j); end max_array(k) = max(error_array); max_t(k) = k*step; end loglog(max_t, max_array); title('Order of error') xlabel('Time step size') ylabel('Maximum error')