Electronics Engineering Platform

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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

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.

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.

Hackaday News

One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door

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Charlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital Twin

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An LCR Meter with Compromises

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Driving On the Moon at a Blistering 11.6 MPH

As NASA continues humanity’s slow march back to the Moon, different pieces of the puzzle of establishing a more permanent base there are falling into place. One of these pieces …read more

Thunderbolt Strikes Windows98

If there’s one thing everyone hated about Windows 98, was the lack of USB4.0 support. We remember vividly the cries of anguish at the launch party when we found out …read more

Adafruit Blog News

NEW GUIDE: CircuitPython Text to Speech

Text to speech has been a favorite since the introduction of the TI Speak & Spell. There are many environments where feedback via speech would be a great feature. Up until recently, using microcontrollers for speech was too slow. But not any more, thanks to CircuitPython 11! The capability of a speech model depends on […]

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit CP2105 Friend – USB to Dual UART Serial Converters

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit CP2105 Friend – USB to Dual UART Serial Converters __________________________________________________________________________________________________ On our first Pentium 120 tower (purchased at PCs for Everyone on Thorndike st in Cambridge Mass) came with two DE-9 serial ports on the back: COM1 and COM2. Perfect for connecting a mouse and maybe a modem. Nowadays, long gone are […]

Make an Arc Reactor for #ElectronicHalloween

image via Hackster.io user Yiğit   Hackster.io user Yiğit made an Arc Reactor that gets its glow from a NeoPixel Ring! The goal of this project was to build a compact, fully portable Arc Reactor prop that runs reliably off a battery without unnecessary network overhead or boot delay. Flip the power switch, and it […]

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1985) – From Tall Tales & Legends

One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season is resurfacing media I haven’t watched or listened to since childhood – the more obscure the better! I vaguely remember renting various episodes of Tall Tales & Legends from our local video rental place (Video Update I think it was called?). The “The Legend of Sleepy […]

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]

Electronics Weekly News

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.

UKDI powers-up Tactical Power Challenge for military innovation

The UKDI (UK Defence Innovation) department is launching a “Tactical Power Challenge” on behalf of the British Army, with support from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The £2.45 […]

The post UKDI powers-up Tactical Power Challenge for military innovation appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

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