Abul Hasan| Published February 7, 2016 | Updated January 26, 2020
There are more than 2.2 million apps available on the Google Play Store. With around 2000 apps for electronics engineers or hobbyists, it can be a bit confusing to decide which apps you need.
We have streamlined the choices in this list of the top 5 apps for electronics tinkerers.
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Electrodriod
The idea: This app provides an enormous collection of electronics tools and references. It is a mix of all the resources, pin-outs, and electronic calculators you will ever need. A must-have for every electronics engineer or hobbyist.
Cost: Free and Pro (Rs 195)
Rating: 4.6/5
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Features:
Resistor color code decoder (3-6 bands and includes inverse lookup)
SMD Resistor Code
Inductor color code and design tool
Reactance/Resistance Calculator
Resistors ratio, series, parallel value calculator
Capacitor charge
Adjustable voltage regulator calculator
Battery life and voltage drop calculator
Simple filter, NE555, power calculator
RMS, decibel, frequency, analog to digital, Y – Delta transform, range converter
Port pin-outs: USB, Ethernet, RJ, SCART, DVI, HDMI, S-Video, VGA, VESA, Firewire, RCA, XLR, ATX power, EIDE, SATA, PS/2-AT, MIDI, Apple 30-pin, PDMI, Color codes for optic fibers, SD card, R-pi, LCD, GPIB/IEEE-488 etc.
Resources: Resistivity table, standard resistor, and capacitor table, capacitor merging codes, symbols and abbreviations, circuit schematic symbol, SI units prefixes, Boolean algebra and logic gates, ASCII codes, battery list, 78XX IC, decibel table, PIC ICSP/AVR ISP, radio frequencies, PT100 conversion table, fuses and their color codes, thermocouple color codes, and much more.
The idea: This is the best in its class app for building and simulation of electronic circuits. You can use it to make digital logic circuits too. It has an appealing UI. But don’t consider it just as eye candy. It is a powerful circuit builder and simulator with a huge component database.
Cost: Free and Paid versions. The full version unlocks the complete functionalities and increases the workspace.
Rating: 4.3/5
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Features:
Animations of the voltage waveform and current charges
Animations of capacitor charges
Analog control knob to adjust component parameters
Automatic wire routing
Oscilloscope
Seamless DC and transient simulation
Components: Sources, signal generators, controlled sources (VCVS, VCCS, CCVS CCCS), resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, potentiometer, lamp, switches, SPST, SPDT, pushbuttons, NO, NC, diodes, Zener diodes, LEDs, MOSFET, BJT, OPAMP, digital logic gates, relay, 555 timer, counter, 7-segment display, and decoder.
The idea: This app is a useful tool for calculating unknown quantities in the field of electronics and electrical engineering on the go. It provides a simple and easy to use UI.
Cost: Free and Pro (Rs 60). The pro version comes with many additional and useful features.
Rating: 4.3/5
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Features:
Resistor color code calculator with tolerance
Ohm’s law and power calculator
Series and parallel value calculator for resistors, capacitors or inductors
Reactance calculator for inductors and capacitors
Power triangle
Magnetic fields finder
Calculate charge and energy stored in a capacitor
Calculates the parameters of OPAMP,NE 555 timer IC, 555 astable or monostable circuits
The idea: This is an excellent app that allows the user to control an Arduino, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi and other microcontrollers with their smartphone in a blink of an eye. It uses the internet to connect with the devices. It allows the user to create beautiful interfaces with widgets like buttons, knobs, graphs, displays, and much more. The most amazing thing about this app is it’s absolutely free!
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.6/5
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Supported Boards:
Arduino Uno, Nano, Mini, Pro Mini, Micro, Mega, YUN(Bridge), and Due.
The idea: As the name suggests, it is an electronic components database. It allows you search the component and get its detailed information. It also makes it possible to download the data sheets.
These are the top five apps that we feel an electronics engineer and enthusiast must-have. We hope you will find them useful. Are there any other apps that you think should be included in this list? Feel free to mention them in the comments section. Also, check out our list of the top five electronics apps for iOS users.
