Calculators

All tools, organized by type. More added regularly.

Fundamentals

Core laws and relationships

Analog

Passive component circuits

555 Timer

soon

Astable and monostable modes. Frequency, period, duty cycle.

RC / Filter

soon

Time constant τ, cutoff frequency, and charge/discharge curves.

Cap Charge

soon

Voltage vs time during RC charge or discharge.

Battery Life

soon

Estimate runtime from capacity and load current. Includes Peukert correction.

Wire Gauge

live

AWG to resistance and current capacity. Pick the right wire.

Active

Transistors, op-amps, regulators

BJT Bias

soon

Q-point, base/collector/emitter voltages for common-emitter stage.

Op-Amp Gain

soon

Inverting and non-inverting configurations. Gain and resistor values.

LDO / 78xx

soon

LM78xx series dropout, heat dissipation, and capacitor selection.

Zener

soon

Series resistor sizing for zener shunt regulator circuits.

Power & Signal

Power supplies, decibels, PWM

dB Converter

soon

Convert between dB, voltage ratio, and power ratio.

PWM Voltage

soon

Average output voltage from duty cycle and supply.

Filter Cap

soon

Minimum filter capacitor for target ripple voltage.

Transformer

soon

Turns ratio, secondary voltage, and VA rating.

Digital / MCU

Microcontrollers and logic

I²C Pull-Up

soon

Optimal pull-up resistor for I²C bus speed and capacitance.

GPIO Budget

soon

Total current draw across GPIO pins for Arduino / RPi.

Debounce RC

soon

R and C values to debounce a mechanical switch input.

RF & Advanced

Frequency, resonance, transmission lines

LC Resonance

soon

Resonant frequency of an LC tank circuit.

Antenna

soon

Dipole and quarter-wave antenna length for a given frequency.

Reference

Codes, conversions, pinouts

SMD Code

soon

Decode 3-digit and 4-digit SMD resistor markings.

Cap Code

soon

Decode 3-digit ceramic capacitor codes to picofarads.

Unit Converter

soon

Convert between mA/A, mV/V, pF/nF/µF, and more.