EE iPad apps reviews - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: diracshore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2012, 10:05:22 am
content: There are some truly amazing iPad apps for engineers that would make a great video review. Take a look at iCircuit, electronic TB, Pi Cubed, Convert, Matlab mobile. I'm sure there are many more. Also the Google translate app is amazing, off topic though. You can speak in English it speaks back in any language you choose.Loving the blog !

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2012, 12:41:55 pm
content: I disagree, there are very little apps which are available for free and which are helpful.

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2012, 02:50:13 pm
content: I'd suggest reviewing Android apps, they've improved much today, many are truly free but often have ad-ware.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2012, 04:57:20 pm
content: Quote from: saturation on August 04, 2012, 02:50:13 pmThe only one i use most often is Electronics Toolkit PRO and Electrodroidthe others are useful only to a certain extent ( Like : Electronica and Electronics Tool Box )

author: diracshore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 07:26:51 am
content: The apps are not free, perhaps $45 will get you all the best ones under Apple. But when you actually see what they can do for you, its a no brainer.

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 08:29:51 am
content: So now I just wasted 800 bucks on a nice piece of hardware which I was able to see and test out. Then I got to waste 45 bucks on something I haven't tried without any guarantees I'll like it and something that isn't physical, nor that it will be on my device permanently. Why can't software just be free!

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 08:33:27 am
content: CrApple devicesLesson : 45 bucks can be better saved towards a new scope

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 08:34:29 am
content: Quote from: T4P on August 05, 2012, 08:33:27 am

author: diracshore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 11:32:45 am
content: When you see these apps in action, you will understand. They range from $1 - $10 a piece, and when you buy Apple keeps a log so if you wipe your device you can just click and redownload the app again from your account. You own it from then on. Plus if you have more than one device you can use apps you buy on all of them. Android apps do not have as much depth because few people buy the apps. Piracy has killed the incentive.Apple equipment BTW is the best of the best. You don't know what you are missing.

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 11:34:42 am
content: I already have an iPad, so I ain't missing out on anything. What I'm saying is that I prefer something physical if I have to pay for it, rather than a formation of pixels on the screen which do something. If its free then great! But if I got to pay money for the app then hell no I aint buying it.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 11:54:11 am
content: expletives and abuse direct towards other members removed

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 12:02:18 pm
content: Quote from: Mint. on August 05, 2012, 08:29:51 amTrying writing one, supporting one, and maintaining one, and find out...Dave.

author: chrome
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 02:12:39 pm
content: Quote from: diracshore on August 05, 2012, 11:32:45 amlol, not from what I have seen.

author: Jon Chandler
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 03:59:50 pm
content: Quote from: Mint. on August 05, 2012, 11:34:42 amSo what you're saying is somebody's creativity and labor to create software is worth nothing? Or is that other people should pay, but you should get it free?I suppose you think the same thing about music too? After all, it doesn't cost anybody anything if you download an MP3, right?

author: chrome
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 04:55:30 pm
content: Quote from: Jon Chandler on August 05, 2012, 03:59:50 pmPeople keep thinking that because somebody downloaded an mp3/game/movie/whatever it's lost money.Its not always the case, just because someone downloaded something doesn't mean they would have bought it if there wasn't any option to illegally obtain it, this means that there wasn't any sale to begin with, and since there hasn't been a physically stolen object, only virtual data, there isn't any lost value.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 05:18:03 pm
content: Quote from: chrome on August 05, 2012, 04:55:30 pmYou know that is not quite the case. If we all did it, it would be a lost sale and the goods would never be produced. Give someone the option of having something free and then tell them they can pay for it if they want. Which do you think they choose ?

author: chrome
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2012, 05:39:50 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on August 05, 2012, 05:18:03 pmI said it's not always the case of a lost sale.If a products is good people will buy it, you'll always have the people that pirate though.Sometimes it's even because some games for example don't get a demo and you don't want to waste 60$/€ or whatever on something.

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2012, 06:18:34 pm
content: If only I was one of those rich boys born into a rich family

author: Achilles
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2012, 01:43:03 pm
content: Well, would be more interesting to take a review if the app actually helped you or you just saw it, loaded it on your Android/IOs device and left it there for rare occasionsI use several Apps (Android) on my phone on regular basis. But there are more RSS readers, Navigation/Mapping App's or Fieldguides. I may see an advantage in a formula-collection, but I think basics should be more in your head than on your phone.....Well, I do use the Agilent apps quite a lot, but it's sth. different and special as you need an Agilent meter and Bluetooth transmitter, too.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 09:41:43 pm
content: "LogiScope transforms an iPhone, iPad or iPod into a 100MHz, 16 channel logic analyzer."http://www.oscium.com/products/logiscope-logic-analyzer-for-ipadLooks quite expensive to me but I'd thought i'd share.

author: MacAttak
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2013, 10:06:35 pm
content: I stumbled upon this older thread when searching the forums for anything about iCircuit. For $10 it seems like a good buy, even if I only used it to tinker with circuit sims while on the crapper. I'm still learning a lot through tinkering, and I don't like to spend hours on a breadboard just to verify my understanding of basic circuits - I feel like it slows me down a lot.I'm wondering if anyone on the forums has looked at this (or any other iPad EE apps) in the year since this thread was active, and if there is anything positive or negative to say about it? I'm not interested in predisposition for/against Apple or whether folks want to seek moral justification for piracy. I'm just interested in hearing about real experience and feedback about these programs. (assuming Dave hasn't already tested them out himself - they seem fairly clearly targeted to the beginner, and so he isn't quite the target demographic)I found out about iCircuit in particular because it was written using Xamarin, and was highlighted at their Evolve conference last week as a model app. The App Store reviews look really positive, which reinforces that impression of it being a well-written program.I'm not really interested in the logic analyzer software (which seems likely overpriced), just the circuit simulators out there.P.S. as someone who makes a living from writing software, nearly everything in this thread other than the first post is quite disheartening. I can assure you all that writing good software is bothhardandtime consumingand even for people (like me) who love what they do, it is still asoul crushing and life shortening career. And despite what ITT advertisements might claim, it takes the investment of decades of experience to be worth a shit at it.