Electronic
engineers have recently experienced an app windfall. With iPhone and Android
apps vying for their attention, they have revolutionized the way you can
calculate measurements, check for errors, and simulate expensive equipment such
as signal generators right from your phone. Not only will they help you to
complete tasks quickly, but there’s no longer any need to carry around charts
and manuals everywhere you go.
Top Apps for Electronic Engineers
This app stores
more than 680 formulas across fields of optics, electronics, and thermodynamics
for instant access. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod, and is an
ideal beginner’s app.
ASCII Chars is a
simple app that provides users with ASCII characters with their decimal
conversions. It is powered by Android.
This app runs on
android and hence the name. It connects users to a vast range of electronic
gadgets. It is indeed useful when searching for the latest and the best tools.
The app offers a lot of useful information for electronic engineers.
For instant
calculations, result graphs, and data tables at their fingertips, all you have
to do is input the data for equations, resistors, and capacitance problems, and
you have accurate results in a jiffy! It becomes a powerful tool when dealing
with long calculations and testing running gadgets.
Here’s another
calculator app that makes it a breeze to calculate a huge amount of data
continuously and also allows automatic recalculations as soon as new values are
typed. It runs on iPhone and iPad. It is one of the most useful of all
electronic engineering apps.
Element 14 everywhere
is a brainstorming panel for electronic engineers and gadget enthusiasts. It
enables users to comment on and share ideas and opinions with other engineers
and a likeminded community. It also helps users stay on top of the latest
electronic news.
Magnify is a fun
app that turns your smartphone smarter. It allows you to view circuits and
boards with zoom in features. Powered by Android, this little app comes with a
built-in flashlight so that you can view circuits even in the dark.
Whiteboard HD is
the perfect app for futuristic thinking and building innovations every day. It
is a virtual whiteboard where users can sketch diagrams, store data and record
it for future use. It runs on iPad and has an engaging interface. You can
easily create sketches of electrical circuits using this app.
This app
streamlines electronic circuits and helps rectify diagram errors in a flash.
Everything from linear circuits to voltage and pulse sources are identified and
analysed with this smart phone app.
It is the perfect
step to get introduced to assembly basics. For modern gadgets that are too
complicated for freshmen, this app creates useful simulations. These
simulations help users check the usefulness of electronic codes at every step,
and are useful mainly for checking beginner’s CPUs. If you want to get started
with assembly basics, this is the perfect tool to have.
The app begins
and ends with electronic codes, charts, and, tables covering everything from
wiring continuity, voltage, current and resistance.
Sharing data and
checking for reference becomes easy with iDVM. The app enables electronic
knowledge to go social and let you imagine and create future gadgets.
Get the latest
industry news and updates on your smartphone using EE Times Europe. It is a
one-stop destination for electronic engineering students and professionals.
The Agilent PCBCalc
for iPhone is a calculator that runs complex circuit impedance checks for
different circuits. It also calculates trace geometrics.
The multimeter
data acquisition app for the Radio Shack 22-812 Digital Multimeter will log any data that you can
measure in a simple CSV format. You will
also need a RS232 to Bluetooth device for both to be able to communicate.
Mobile Apps for
electronic engineers have created a knowledge rich virtual community which is
always on the lookout to improvise and recreate. There are electronic
directories, newscasts, calculators and circuit check tools. Overall, these
apps build a strong support for everyday electronic designs. These are affordable apps which occur within
the price range of $2 to $20 and many of them are free to download. Like all
other apps, regular and pro versions are available for these and everyone from
engineering students, professionals, and gizmo lovers have them on their
phones.
Written by:
Christopher
Parkinson’s interest in electronics stem from an early age, I remember watching
my father using a multimeter to test my Scaletrix
which had stopped working. At that time
this was the most fantastic thing I had ever seen bear in mind I was 6 and so
very easily impressed. I went on to
study microprocessor design theory before working for a company repairing
mobile phones.
