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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.

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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

SEMICON West 2026 Displays AI-Era Chipmaking, Workforce Development

The trillion-dollar semiconductor industry is ready to adapt and expand its fab infrastructure for the AI wave.

The post SEMICON West 2026 Displays AI-Era Chipmaking, Workforce Development appeared first on EE Times.

Data Center Power a Prominent Highlight of OCP 2026

The OCP Summit showcased power delivery boards, PSU designs, hot-swap controllers, and event-based telemetry.

The post Data Center Power a Prominent Highlight of OCP 2026 appeared first on EE Times.

Taiwan’s AI Ambitions Run into Talent Gap

AMD’s David Wang told EE Times that while Taiwan has huge opportunities in rack-scale AI, physical AI, and AI PC markets, the sticking point may well be talent.

The post Taiwan’s AI Ambitions Run into Talent Gap appeared first on EE Times.

Your Chip Works. Prove It Is Secure.

Join this 30-Minute BitCast as our expert demonstrates how information flow tracking follows security-sensitive assets during existing simulation or emulation runs.

The post Your Chip Works. Prove It Is Secure. appeared first on EE Times.

AI Moves to System-Level Co-Design: How Can Taiwan Capture More Value

During a panel session at iTechCon 2026, discussions explored how Taiwan can build on its strengths in semiconductors, advanced packaging, and system design to support AI development.

The post AI Moves to System-Level Co-Design: How Can Taiwan Capture More Value appeared first on EE Times.

Hackaday News

The 10€ Gamepad

We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more

Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap

In a world where wireless earbuds are increasingly seen as devices that you toss into the e-waste bin as soon as they stop working, it’s heartening to see companies take …read more

Hackaday Podcast Episode 391: Tuned in to ESP32 SDR, New Old Pagers, and Bugs on Mars

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this episode off with a discussion about Philadelphia’s budding hacker conference and the imminent retirement of the EZ80. After considering the parallels …read more

Braino! Takes the Cheap Yellow Display to School

These days, it’s common to give even very young children a mobile device loaded up with educational software that aims to improve everything from basic motor skills to reading and …read more

This Week in Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, and Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks

Critical Internet keys changed this week. Did you notice?  The keys behind DNSSEC, the system for cryptographically validating DNS responses, rolled over on October 11 2026. This is the second …read more

Adafruit Blog News

STM32F407 RT-Spark Music Player Using FreeRTOS

John Paul Maluya, Karl Vincent Remo, and Amer Patrick Lauma built an eight-song music player built on the STM32F407 RT-Spark board. Check out the details of their project on hackster.io This project was developed for BCA182 Embedded Systems Programming Laboratory 2 using the RT-Thread RT-Spark development board with an STM32F407 microcontroller. The objective was to […]

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: STEMMA QT Port GPIO Pins

#circuitpythonparsec Use the STEMMA QT port on your board as a plug-and-play set of GPIO pins plus power and ground! Also, bonus code to ask the board for pin name aliases. Try out the code example To learn about CircuitPython:  

Budgeting RAM for your Raspberry Pi Project #piday #raspberrypi

RAM is expensive. There was a time when makers would default to the beefiest Pi for nearly any project. A little extra RAM couldn’t hurt, right? Well, these days, a little extra RAM can hurt your wallet. Calvin Wankhede at Engadget goes over how much RAM you actually need and why, most often, the 1 […]

Get Ready for Electronic Halloween with nOOds

  To put it simply, we LOVE nOOds! Our flexible LEDs come in different lengths and color and are perfect when you want lighting that’s got pizzazz. They’re made of dozens of micro LED diodes that are bonded together on an ultra-flexible metal backing, then coated in colorful silicone for protection. And because they’re just […]

Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread: understanding IoT protocol performance in practice

A paper posted to arXiv compares two low power mesh protocols used in smart home gear: Zigbee and Matter over Thread. Both run on 802.15.4 radios, both build mesh networks, and both show up in products from the same vendors. The question the paper takes on is how they actually behave once they are deployed, […]

Electronics Weekly News

Microchip POL-05-20S is radiation-tolerant GaN point-of-load converter

Microchip is expanding its space power Portfolio with the POL-05-20S, a radiation-tolerant GaN point-of-load converter that delivers up to 20A of output current. Measuring 1.51” x 1.51” x 0.45” in […]

The post Microchip POL-05-20S is radiation-tolerant GaN point-of-load converter appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

What caught your eye? Arm vs Qualcomm, AI boom, ADR mission

The latest installment of the Arm vs Qualcomm case, the weirdness of the current semiconductor market, and an active debris removal mission to launch from Scotland mission...

The post What caught your eye? Arm vs Qualcomm, AI boom, ADR mission appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

When Mandy Became A Revolutionary

Mandy is known for other things now but 28 years ago he was a revolutionary, as this EW yarn in September 1998 chronicled: ‘The first major speech as cabinet minister […]

The post When Mandy Became A Revolutionary appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

A/V: CUK Group adds Auracast assistive listening technology to portfolio

From our sister title, AV Magazine: A new partnership with AUDIOropa will allow the UK-based CUK Group to provide integrators with solutions that deliver more-inclusive audio experiences across public and […]

The post A/V: CUK Group adds Auracast assistive listening technology to portfolio appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

R&S extends amplifier range for satellite use

Rhode & Scharwz has added the SAM200 system amplifier to its SAM portfolio. This model extends the bandwidth of the earlier SAM100 model with a capability of 20GHz-53GHz with up […]

The post R&S extends amplifier range for satellite use appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

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