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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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The post When GPS Isn’t Enough: Building a Second Layer of Positioning appeared first on EE Times.

India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus

NI said Kaynes Semicon has selected its semiconductor test systems, while other Indian OSATs continue to evaluate equipment as manufacturers prepare for production.

The post India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus appeared first on EE Times.

Why Chip Design AI Benchmarks Must Go Beyond Functional Correctness

Demand for custom silicon is rising as physical AI, data centers, automotive systems, and edge devices require architectures optimized for specific workloads, memory bandwidth, latency, and energy efficiency. Delivering these designs requires teams to coordinate heterogeneous compute blocks, complex interconnects, and multiple domains while closing increasingly demanding power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.   AI offers […]

The post Why Chip Design AI Benchmarks Must Go Beyond Functional Correctness appeared first on EE Times.

Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory

A new MCU combines AI-native acceleration with integrated high-bandwidth DRAM scalable to hundreds of megabytes.

The post Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory appeared first on EE Times.

Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags

A company on Canada’s east coast is pushing acoustic telemetry toward lighter payloads and decade-scale deployments by treating energy, sensing, and animal welfare as a single systems problem.

The post Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags appeared first on EE Times.

Hackaday News

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Every Type of Current Sensor Explained

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Sega Genesis Controllers on the Philips CD-i

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Knitting Yarn and Filament with FilaLoom

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Adafruit Blog News

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miekush shares: A 3D printable case for an Adafruit Monster Eye with an industrial flair! download the files on: Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, […]

Candy Corn Dragon Halloween #3DThursday #3DPrinting #3DThursday #3DPrinting

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From the mail bag…

From the mail bag! I ordered several on/off switches that had been on back order. They arrived in a small, elegant box, reminiscent of those from Tiffany’s. Although the color wasn’t the same, it was still beautiful. Inside, I found the four stunning switches, their chrome bevels gleaming under my overhead light. I wanted to […]

Halloween Coffin Planter #3DThursday #3DPrinting #3DThursday #3DPrinting

user_1490077247 shares: A Halloween-themed coffin planter for small plants or succulents. Coffin has drainage holes at the bottom; base catches runoff. Second plate: a matching RIP tombstone. 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill, ~2.7h across 2 plates, ~109g PLA for the main piece. Standard Digital File License (non-commercial). Designer mentions a matching spider model separately. […]

Adafruit Learn Guide: Cosplay Hacks #WearableWednesday

This guide is about COSPLAY HACKS. Yeah, cosplay — dressing up as characters for conventions and social gatherings, parades, movie openings and Halloween — because this too has its small nuisances! This Adafruit guide is not about electronics and code. There’s a bit of that, because computers touch everything these days, but the guide examines […]

Electronics Weekly News

Hydrogen truck for Dakar Rally

Toyota is to enter a hydrogen-powered truck (pictured with driver Dania Akeel) in the January 2027 Dakar Rally. The truck is a hydrogen fuel cell version of the ICE Hilux […]

The post Hydrogen truck for Dakar Rally appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Flapping Airplanes raises $1bn

Flapping Airplanes, a one year-old San Francisco AI neolab, has raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation before it has put a product on the market. ‘Neolab’ denotes an […]

The post Flapping Airplanes raises $1bn appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Photon Bridge raises €10m

Photon Bridge, the Dutch photonics specialist, has raised €10 million to tackle an emerging bottleneck in AI infrastructure: producing the millions of lasers that will be needed to connect increasingly […]

The post Photon Bridge raises €10m appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Q3 phone market sinks 22% YoY

The global smartphone market shrank 22.0% YoY to 255.3 million, according to  IDC., Shipments marking the highest YoY decline to date of any quarter.. “The sharp downturn the industry has […]

The post Q3 phone market sinks 22% YoY appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Private wireless RAN revenue growth slows

Private Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue growth slowed to the mid-single digits in H1, reports Dell’Oro. Wide-area private wireless networks are increasingly supporting market growth, driven by opportunities in […]

The post Private wireless RAN revenue growth slows appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

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