Windows Programmer/Engineer Calculator - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: forrestc
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 02:30:51 am
content: For a long time I've wanted to install a better calculator on the windows computer where I do my electronic design & development work. The windows 10 calculator is a bit better once I realized I could resize it. (It shows all 4 bases at the same time, etc.). But the modality of it bothers me - why can't I have a floating point, scientific calculator AND a programmers calculator AND one which does unit conversions (english to metric) all at the same time?But before I go off ranting about everything which is wrong about the calculators I've used, I'll stop and just ask what everyone else has used....So, what else is everyone using? Is there an awesome windows calculator I haven't found yet?

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 08:38:41 am
content: for calculator i use this... cross platform even in Aliendows...for 8/16/32 bit specific, i'll use this...if i cant reach the casio and only for simple math, i click calc.exewhen i go out when my casio left at home, i installed/use PowerCalc by Scalea Software by Petr Hapal in my android phone the closest interface to my casio that i can find...

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 08:41:22 am
content: I had a simpler one before, but now I'm using an old Sharp EL-506L for I don't know how long.I do use the windows one mostly, but I don't like what they did that when you change modes it erases your memory and values, used to be it kept it.Hmm, I just downloaded the EL-W506 windows emulator from Sharp, I wonder how it compares or if they do have better emulators that have Hex, Octal, Binary conversions (And whatever PEN means, maybe base 5?): Edit: yup, PEN is base 5, who uses that?http://www.sharp.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/gb/hs.xsl/-/html/pc-simulator.htmIt looks fancier than mine since it looks like a graphing calculator and mine is not although a bit archaic on looks.Edit: Hmmm, no help within the application, but I bet the manual is available somewhere.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 08:55:03 am
content: I use real Casio's on the desk.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 09:49:13 am
content: I keep a copy of XCALC on my desktop:http://www.tordivel.no/xcalc/It's open source freeware but no longer under development. It does however display the full RPN stack and handles, Dec, Oct, Hex, Bin as well as Complex numbers and if fairly customizable. I haven't tried it on Win7 but don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 03:58:45 pm
content: Yes, xcalc works in Win7 x64

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 04:07:43 pm
content: I use the Excalibur 32 bit RPN calculator v2.00. The author hosted the project on Geocities which is long gone, but the wayback machine archived the page and the zip file:http://web.archive.org/web/20091021133658/http://geocities.com/dbergis/freeware.htmThere's a review and an alternative download location here:http://www.freeware-guide.com/OldGoodFreeware/Excalibur.htmlI'll have to check out xcalc and see if it is any better.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 04:36:38 pm
content: EMU48

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:04:04 pm
content: All these software calculators look like actual calculators. They don't need to.Just give me something like wolframalpha (but faster) where you can literally type your formula.Meanwhile I've got a FX-991MS, because it can do base conversions and binary stuff. No more than 10 bit in binary unfortunately.

author: LA7SJA
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:09:07 pm
content: I have, and use this on a daily basis:If you would like a "New" HP try DM41 or DM41L fromhttps://www.swissmicros.com/or DM15/DM15L.For pure programming try the DM16/DM16L.Johan-Fredrik

author: 0xdeadbeef
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:24:46 pm
content: Many, many years ago I wrote myself a command line calculator I calledCalcuttaand still use it ever day at work and at home.It's written in Java and released as Open Source. Unfortunately I became lazy and stopped really working on it years ago. I just get back to it now and then when I have to.Anyway, you can write your own function in its own scripting language.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:27:40 pm
content: Convert for WindowsI've used it for many years now. Great little aid to add to the desktop. Freeware at it's best.http://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/

author: eHeadB4Bed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:52:58 pm
content: Windows calc for programming (I like to see the bits), but python's IDLE interpreter for everything else. Looks like Python has a unit module too (seehttps://pint.readthedocs.org/en/0.6/).Want to change from a float to an int? Just cast it with int(). Want to see the hex or binary view of a value? Use hex() or bin().Would that work for you?

author: ThomasDK
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2016, 05:55:39 pm
content: I use calc.exe for simple quick things. I use Matlab for everything else.