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Free practical electronics engineering calculators for circuit design, components, RF, power electronics, batteries, signal analysis and electrical engineering.

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Tools for Modern Electronics

Explore calculators covering fundamental circuits, passive components, RF and signal analysis, batteries, electrical units and practical hardware engineering.

Circuit & Analog

Calculators for voltage, current, resistance, power, dividers, time constants and resonance.

Components

Practical calculators for resistors, capacitors and inductors used in everyday circuit design.

RF & Signal Analysis

Calculators for wavelength, frequency, antennas, dB, dBm and signal relationships.

Power Electronics

Tools for electrical power, batteries, stored energy and practical power-system calculations.

Frequency & Timing

Convert frequency and period and work with timing relationships used in digital and analog electronics.

Electrical Units

Convert common electrical engineering units and signal levels quickly without leaving the Octopart platform.

Electronics Calculators

Engineering Calculator Directory

Browse the available Octopart.org calculators. Each tool provides the relevant formula, inputs, worked examples and practical engineering notes.

Use these tools for quick engineering calculations during circuit design, component selection, prototyping, RF work, power-system analysis and electronics development.

Circuit Calculators

Fundamental voltage, current, resistance, power and circuit relationships.

Ohm's Law Calculator

Calculate voltage, current, resistance and power using Ohm's law.

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Voltage Divider Calculator

Calculate divider output voltage, current and resistor power.

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Current Divider Calculator

Calculate current distribution through parallel resistor branches.

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Power Dissipation Calculator

Calculate electrical power from voltage, current and resistance.

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RC / RL / RLC Time Constant

Calculate RC and RL time constants and related circuit timing values.

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Resonance Frequency Calculator

Calculate LC and RLC resonant frequency from inductance and capacitance.

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Resistor, Capacitor & Inductor Calculators

Component values, combinations, stored energy and electrical characteristics.

SMD Resistor Code Calculator

Decode 3-digit, 4-digit, R-marked and EIA-96 SMD resistor markings.

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Resistor Color Code Calculator

Decode resistor values from common color-band markings.

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Series Resistor Calculator

Calculate total resistance, circuit current, voltage drops and power for series resistors.

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Parallel Resistor Calculator

Calculate equivalent resistance for parallel resistor networks.

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Capacitor Reactance Calculator

Calculate capacitive reactance from frequency and capacitance.

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Inductor Reactance Calculator

Calculate inductive reactance from frequency and inductance.

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Series Capacitor Calculator

Calculate equivalent capacitance, charge and voltage distribution.

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Parallel Capacitor Calculator

Calculate total capacitance for parallel capacitor networks.

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Capacitor Energy Calculator

Calculate energy stored in a capacitor using E = ½CV².

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Inductor Energy Calculator

Calculate energy stored in an inductor using E = ½LI².

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RF, Signal & Frequency Calculators

Tools for frequency, wavelength, antennas, signal levels and RF engineering.

Frequency ↔ Wavelength

Convert frequency to wavelength and wavelength to frequency.

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Antenna Length Calculator

Estimate quarter-wave and other antenna lengths from operating frequency.

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dB Calculator

Calculate power, voltage and current ratios in decibels.

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Voltage ↔ dB Calculator

Convert voltage ratios to dB and dB values back to voltage ratios.

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dBm ↔ Watts Calculator

Convert RF power levels between dBm, watts, milliwatts and microwatts.

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Frequency ↔ Period

Convert frequency to period and period to frequency across common units.

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Power & Battery Calculators

Practical tools for electrical power, battery capacity and stored energy.

Power Dissipation

Calculate power using voltage, current or resistance.

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Battery Runtime Calculator

Estimate battery runtime from capacity, voltage, load and efficiency.

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Capacitor Energy

Calculate stored energy from capacitance and voltage.

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Inductor Energy

Calculate magnetic energy stored in an inductor from L and current.

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Electrical Unit Converters

Convert electrical engineering quantities and signal-related units.

Electrical Unit Converter

Convert common electrical units including voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, frequency and power.

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Frequency ↔ Period

Convert Hz, kHz, MHz and GHz into corresponding time periods.

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Frequency ↔ Wavelength

Convert between frequency and wavelength for RF, optical and acoustic applications.

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dBm ↔ Watts

Convert absolute RF power levels between dBm and watts or milliwatts.

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Octopart Development

Engineering Tool Roadmap

The calculator library will continue expanding into PCB engineering, embedded systems, power electronics, RF and hardware manufacturing.

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Fundamental Electronics

Ohm's law, voltage and current dividers, resistance, power, capacitors, inductors, RC circuits and resonance.

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Component Engineering

Resistor color codes, SMD markings, capacitor codes, component combinations, energy storage and practical component calculations.

3

RF & Signal Engineering

Wavelength, antennas, dB, dBm, attenuation, signal ratios, RF systems and transmission-line calculations.

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PCB & Power Electronics

Trace width, via current, impedance, PCB stackups, converters, batteries, thermal calculations and power-system tools.

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Embedded Systems & Manufacturing

Future tools can include UART, SPI, I²C, PWM, clocks, BOM analysis, PCB manufacturing, assembly and hardware production utilities.

An Electronics Toolbox for Engineers

Octopart.org brings practical electronics calculations and engineering utilities into one accessible platform. The calculator library covers circuit design, passive components, RF and signal analysis, power electronics, batteries and electrical unit conversion.

New engineering tools can be added progressively, with an emphasis on clear formulas, useful examples, responsive interfaces and practical engineering notes.

Latest Electronics News 2026 | Engineering, Tech & Hardware Updates

Latest Electronics News & Engineering Articles

Stay updated with the newest trends in electronics, hardware, and embedded systems.

EE Times News

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GlobalFoundries said strained-silicon FD-SOI can deliver 7-nm-class performance without EUV and open a new market for Europe.

The post Manfred Horstmann: GlobalFoundries Bets on FDX Fusion for Physical AI appeared first on EE Times.

Solid-State Transformers: Accelerate Your SST Design

Join our expert-led webinar to explore Infineon's comprehensive portfolio for Solid-State Transformers (SSTs).

The post Solid-State Transformers: Accelerate Your SST Design appeared first on EE Times.

Connecting Chiplets Isn’t Enough – Solving the Data Movement Challenge in Multi-Die Systems

Join this BitCast and explore how extending NoC connectivity across die boundaries enables engineering teams to scale from monolithic SoCs to multi-die architectures.

The post Connecting Chiplets Isn’t Enough – Solving the Data Movement Challenge in Multi-Die Systems appeared first on EE Times.

U.S. Manufacturing Activity Sustains Growth in September as Backlogs Surge

Manufacturing maintains nine-month growth streak despite soaring costs and trade barriers.

The post U.S. Manufacturing Activity Sustains Growth in September as Backlogs Surge appeared first on EE Times.

Physical AI Needs a Neuromorphic Path from Sensor to Silicon

Physical AI will be limited in the real world if we keep pretending that physical data comes packaged like the digital world.

The post Physical AI Needs a Neuromorphic Path from Sensor to Silicon appeared first on EE Times.

Hackaday News

Valve Releases Hardware and CAD Reference For New VR Headset

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Restoring an Altimeter Watch to Former Heights

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The Weirdest Video Games were Hacks

We were looking into the marvelous recent project by [Throaty Mumbo] to recreate and reimagine the forgotten world of VHS-tape-based video games. Wait, what? Yes, back in the day, when …read more

Why Every Microwave Has a “Popcorn” Button, But Every Bag Warns You Not to Use It

[Hyperfixed] has a podcast episode that does a deep dive into exactly why bags of microwave popcorn advise against using your microwave’s popcorn setting (in North America, anyway.) The answer …read more

Another IKEA Product Yields an LED Matrix

The IKEA Kortlinje is a digital clock that costs around 20 dollars, featuring a hygrometer and thermometer. It’s another cheap appliance, you might think, were it not that the display …read more

Adafruit Blog News

TinkerNews Free Electronics Tools

TinkerNews has quite a few Free Electronics Tools available on their website including an IoT Battery Life Calculator, Resistor Color Code Calculator and more! Pinouts, resistor codes and calculators for the bench. No signup, no ads, and every result is a link you can share. Learn more!

The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

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Powering your Raspberry Pi Over Ethernet using PoE

PiMyLifeUp shared how to power your Raspberry Pi using Power over Ethernet (PoE). The PoE standard is a neat way to power devices without needing to plug them in physically to a power point. Power is instead delivered over your ethernet connection, this is super useful if you have to run an Ethernet cable to […]

NEW GUIDE: Fruit Jam Motion Tracking Eyeballs #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

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LED Bubble Hair Extensions with Motion Controlled Effects #Sensors #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Turn your hair into a motion-reactive light show with these colorful LED Bubble Hair Extensions from Erin St Blaine. This wearable project combines lightweight LED seed pixels with bright bubble-braid hair extensions to create glowing cyberpunk-style hair that reacts when you move. An LIS3DH accelerometer senses a shake of your head and kicks the animations […]

Electronics Weekly News

Jury still out in Qualcomm vs Arm case

After four hours deliberation yesterday the jury failed to come to a conclusion in the Qualcomm versus Arm law case. It will reassemble to continue is deliberations on Tuesday. The […]

The post Jury still out in Qualcomm vs Arm case appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Defence satcom revenues to surpass $23bn by 2035

Novaspace, the space consulting and market intelligence firm, has released the 2nd Edition of its Satellite Communications for Defense and Security report. This covers the global military satellite communications market, […]

The post Defence satcom revenues to surpass $23bn by 2035 appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Axiom Space highlights space computing progress

Axiom Space, which specialises in human spaceflight services and space infrastructure, says it is making progress on its “orbital compute” strategy. Specifically, progress on its Axiom Resilient Compute (ARC) platform. […]

The post Axiom Space highlights space computing progress appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

The Single-Chip PC

28 years ago,  EW carried this yarn:   ‘National Semiconductor’s president and CEO, Brian Halla, said that the company would reduce the chip count of PCs from 12 to one […]

The post The Single-Chip PC appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Failure analysis in the era of 3D integration

TSV misalignment revealed with plasma focused ion beam milling Failure analysis has become an integral part of process optimisation and has evolved from a 2D process to a 3D challenge, […]

The post Failure analysis in the era of 3D integration appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

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