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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

Precision Timing Special Report

Choose timing with confidence: compare crystals, oscillators, RTCs, MEMS, and atomic references for reliable designs—download the guide.

The post Precision Timing Special Report appeared first on EE Times.

Video Interview: Applied Materials CEO on the Economics Behind Its $5B EPIC Bet

Following the unveiling of its EPIC Center, Applied Materials revealed strong financial projections. We look at how it all ties together and feature a new video interview with CEO Gary Dickerson.

The post Video Interview: Applied Materials CEO on the Economics Behind Its $5B EPIC Bet appeared first on EE Times.

Qualcomm Wins Key Claims Against Arm, but Damages Total Just $2

The verdict is the latest chapter in a four-year IP dispute between the two chip giants, safeguarding Qualcomm's custom processors while placing financial pressure on Arm.

The post Qualcomm Wins Key Claims Against Arm, but Damages Total Just $2 appeared first on EE Times.

From Macro to Micro, and Back

This year’s Nobel prizes explained large systems through their smallest parts. What can chip design learn from them, and can AI help us design in the other direction too?

The post From Macro to Micro, and Back appeared first on EE Times.

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.

Hackaday News

Meshtastic Sniffer for DragonOS

Meshtastic has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years thanks to its low barrier of entry. No licenses are needed and the hardware is dirt cheap, at …read more

An Open Micro-Maniplulator Improved

If you need a micro-manipulator, you probably already have a good idea of what it does. For example, you might be moving a probe over an IC die or wafer. …read more

One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door

Don’t want AI features on your Mac? Tough luck, unless one wants to imperfectly do it by hunting down settings in about a dozen different places. Even then, the multi-gigabyte …read more

Charlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital Twin

The first viable powered aircraft predated the first proper runway by two decades. While it’s entirely possible to launch some planes from austere dirt or grass strips, the aviation world …read more

An LCR Meter with Compromises

YouTube, like the Internet, has its plusses and minuses. On the plus side, you can find information on just about anything. On the minus side, you don’t always know if …read more

Adafruit Blog News

Classic Macintosh software has been rebuilt for modern macOS

A collection of 68000 Mac programs from the 1980s and ’90s has been rebuilt as native macOS apps. The developer used Claude Opus 5.5 to reverse-engineer each one back to an approximation of its original source language, then ported the game logic to Swift or C with SDL. The original sounds and artwork are used. […]

A flicker-free DMA driver for SM16380 S-PWM HUB75 LED panels on the ESP32-S3

StubbyDevs has published a driver on GitHub for HUB75 LED panels that use SM16380 S-PWM column drivers, running on the ESP32-S3. The row scan runs in hardware with no CPU time, and a new frame is spliced in at the end of a scan pass, so updates do not tear or blink. A 128×64 panel […]

etherbulb: the bulb that shows you the RF spectrum

Peter Holzhauser has published Etherbulb on GitHub, open source firmware that turns an inexpensive ESP32-C3 smart bulb into a receive-only radio. The bulb listens to the 2.4 GHz band and the mobile bands nearby, classifies what it hears, and colors the room by signal type. Blue for Bluetooth, green for WiFi, and a color of […]

A Pimoroni Presto UK train display

Robin Cole has published a live UK train departure board for the Pimoroni Presto on GitHub. It pulls data from National Rail Darwin through the Rail Data Marketplace REST/JSON API. There is no Raspberry Pi, server, cloud function or translation proxy in the chain. The legacy SOAP service is not used. Setup is two local […]

A custom server for the undead robot vacuum cleaners

Neato Robotics shut down in 2023, and its vacuums depended on company servers to work. Vacuula has published a replacement server on GitHub that brings those orphaned robots back online. The project is an all-in-one repair and control solution for broken Neato robots. It runs as a server you host yourself, so it needs hardware […]

Electronics Weekly News

Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function

Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new firmware option for its high-resolution 59xx series digitizers to perform onboard summation averaging. The tool is for reducing unwanted signal noise while and improving […]

The post Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Who Wants A Sports Car?

Tesla unveiled its flying Roadster last week, marking a return to the company’s roots. The very first vehicle Tesla ever sold was an electric sports car. The new Roadster is […]

The post Who Wants A Sports Car? appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Power amplifier in 3x3mm QFN targets ISM-band radio

CML Micro has released a power amplifier for ISM-band radio designs. The CMX90A002 is delivered in a 3mm x 3mm QFN module and supports the 868MHz – 915MHz licence-free ISM […]

The post Power amplifier in 3x3mm QFN targets ISM-band radio appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

ORCA launches PT-3 photonic quantum computer

ORCA Computing, a spin out from the University of Oxford, is launching the PT-3, the latest generation of its photonic quantum computers. The first system is live in the Digital […]

The post ORCA launches PT-3 photonic quantum computer appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Multi-band RF module suports “all major” low bands

A multi-band mobile radio front-end module, the FFM51010 is available from Forefront RF. It is claimed to be the only front-end module that suports all major low bands in the […]

The post Multi-band RF module suports “all major” low bands appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

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