EE phone apps that will save your ass + 2 PC ones - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BiOzZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 07:48:31 am
content: OK so i (like most people who exist on the internet) carry my smart phone arround with me everywherei use a Motarola Droid 4 phone running Android 4.1 as my primary phone, an acros 101T android 2.2 tablet and an original droid (AKA the moto milestone) android 2.2 as a dev phonewhen im at my work bench i do have a laptop but its mostly off and when i need some quick and simple calculations like figuring out a voltage divider or calculating rough inductance or just looking up a part numberThese are the apps i useElectrodroid (i use Pro but free is good to!) - Freehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.demi.elettronica&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd-- Pro ($2.69USDhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.demi.elettronica.pro&feature=nav_other)Electrodroid is the first app i reach for it has all sorts of nice calculators and pinoutsFreescale RF Engineering Tools - Freehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freescale.rfEngTools&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mcmVlc2NhbGUucmZFbmdUb29scyJdGreat set of RF calculators and referencesPartSeeker - Freehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.demi.electrodroid.octopart&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsIml0LmRlbWkuZWxlY3Ryb2Ryb2lkLm9jdG9wYXJ0Il0.Very good quick reference guide to get pinnouts and basic datasheets on many many parts ... has saved my ass like you could not believe!ATmicro & PicMicro databasehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.demi.elettronica.db.avr&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsIml0LmRlbWkuZWxldHRyb25pY2EuZGIuYXZyIl0.&&https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.demi.elettronica.db.pic&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiaXQuYW5kcm9pZC5kZW1pLmVsZXR0cm9uaWNhLmRiLnBpYyJdI dont REALLY use this as im generally at my computer when im doing this kind of research but it can be helpful when your in the luu and want to start figuring out what MCU you want to use for your projectEvery Circuit -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.everycircuit&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ldmVyeWNpcmN1aXQiXQ..$10... ... i payed for it and im not too happy with its use of cellphone screen realestate but it works fine on my tabletits a circuit simulatorPC AppsElectronics Assistant -http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/download.php#assistanti keep it on my desktop and i use it quite often when i dont feel like switching my brain on ... lots of nice calculators and a reverse resistor color code lookup!Kinds unnamed circuit simulator -http://www.falstad.com/circuit/WORKS A TREAT!! i have used this to simulate everything from test 555 rigs to boost inverters to transmission line loss ... the simple (downloadable) multiplatform circuit simulator is a real powerful tool!EDIT: circuit simulator download linkhttp://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuit.zip... run the JAR inside of the zipYES i have decompiled and looked at the JAR nothing malicious is in there .... be careful opening random JARs!!!

author: knarf.be
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 08:05:40 am
content: Wow! I only knew electrodroid, but those others seem also interresting.I'm going yo check them out the next time.And It would be loveley if there was a resistor calculator where you just put your camera on it and bang!

author: BiOzZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 08:29:42 am
content: Quote from: knarf.be on April 14, 2013, 08:05:40 amhehe that would be nice! but i have hard enough time telling some colors apart and knowing CV and the vast differences between cameras inside phones even of the same model it might be hard XPbut i am not afread to say i have been in to EE seance i was 12 ... im working on my masters in EE ... and i still cant tell color codes XD i only know the basic ones ... 1K 10K 4.7K exc ... i know someone will respond with "ITS EASY! just ..." but my brain does not work like that XDD

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 08:33:18 am
content: I have Droid Tesla Pro as a Spice simulator on my phone. Running Spice on a phone is a bit of a pain, but the program is not bad, and it is just nice to have the ability to simulate something anywhere.

author: BiOzZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 08:34:33 am
content: Quote from: amspire on April 14, 2013, 08:33:18 amthanks! downloaded ittho i have enough trouble using spice on my PC XD

author: Recyclojunk64
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 08:40:05 am
content: QuotePerhaps a CHDK script (if anyone keeps a Canon camera handy at their workbench) that you enter in a desired resistor value (or other component perhaps) and let the camera locate it for you on a scrap circuit board. I'd imagine that a phone camera wouldn't have good enough image quality/close up for it to be reliable though.