Transformer fabrication - Proven Winding Calculator/Software?

[Mecanix]

Just found out I have to make my own transformer for an off-line/high-freq SMPS I'm hoping to design and learn from (hopefully before getting zapped to my death with 220VAC). Making my own is not a problem hardware-wise, seems we have access to pretty much the whole hardware via eStores (cores, bobbins, mylar, etc etc). What I completely lack of is confidence (knowledge?) in manually calculating wire and sizes, ferrite core shapes and everything else relevant to the great science of transformation, electrons and magnetism...

So ranting aside; can someone (please) recommend a software toolkit that offers these calculations?

Thanks

[Jwillis]

A couple I use are Xformer Designer designer and  EI Series Transformer Calculation  Both simple to use and fairly accurate .  The downloads are free and safe .

Other online calculator I some times use is Coil and transformer calculator which is more complex requiring more accurate information .

[Mecanix]

Sweet, thanks JWillis. Fairly accurate is good enough-of-a-start for me

Seen this? Although never seen, used, nor recommend a.k.a *use at your own risk*
https://www.poweresim.com/index2.jsp?topologytype=68&deduct=169&InitNow=T&pc=99309

ps. one day I'll get down to the physics and math, promise :/

edit: Rather.... https://www.poweresim.com/Xformer/Select_Application_Front_Page.jsp?default=T&designator=XF1&pc=1439

[Jwillis]

Simulators and me don't seem to get along .

[Mecanix]

Good old Casio Scientific Calculator wins worlds!! Can see a week or two of 'theories' though... so that sim comes quite handy in the sense that it will get me a flyback TR on the benchtop in time for when the PCB and components will arrive. Copper wires and Dbl'ed the order of fuses lol

[Mecanix]

Just a follow-up on the progress and the solution I've settled with. Not a huge fan of promoting anyone's products being clueless about all fronts (I'm sure they are the good guys lol) but I have to say that the application provided by power.com made it happen for a beginner; from schematics, BOM, to the manual fabrication of the magnetics... it just works!!!

Serious Plug & Play stuff...