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Ansys Inc. headquarters building in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. | |
Public | |
Traded as | NASDAQ: ANSS S&P 500 Component |
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Industry | Computer software |
Founded | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States (1970) |
Headquarters | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
Key people | James E. Cashman III, Chairman Ajei S. Gopal, President and CEO |
Products | Ansys suite of engineering simulation software |
Revenue | $1.0953 billion (2017)[1] |
$390 million (2017)[1] | |
$259 million (2017)[1] | |
Total assets | $2.9 billion (2017)[1] |
Total equity | $2.2 billion (2017)[1] |
+2,900 (2017)[1] | |
Website | www.ansys.com |
Ansys Inc. is an American public company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It develops and markets engineering simulation software. Ansys software is used to design products and semiconductors, as well as to create simulations that test a product's durability, temperature distribution, fluid movements, and electromagnetic properties.
Ansys was founded in 1970 by John Swanson. Swanson sold his interest in the company to venture capitalists in 1993. Ansys went public on NASDAQ in 1996. In the 2000s, Ansys made numerous acquisitions of other engineering design companies, acquiring additional technology for fluid dynamics, electronics design, and other physics analysis.
- 1Corporate history
- 2Software
Corporate history[edit]
Origins[edit]
The idea for Ansys was first conceived by John Swanson while working at the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory in the 1960s.[2] At the time, engineers performed finite element analysis (FEA) by hand.[2] Westinghouse rejected Swanson's idea to automate FEA by developing general purpose engineering software, so Swanson left the company in 1969 to develop the software on his own.[2] He founded Ansys under the name Swanson Analysis Systems Inc. (SASI) the next year, working out of his farmhouse in Pittsburgh.[3][4]
Swanson developed the initial Ansys software on punch-cards and used a mainframe computer that was rented by the hour.[2] Westinghouse hired Swanson as a consultant, under the condition that any code he developed for Westinghouse could also be included in the Ansys product line.[3] Westinghouse also became the first Ansys user.[3]
Growth[edit]
By 1991 SASI had 153 employees and $29 million in annual revenue,[5] controlling 10 percent of the market for finite element analysis software.[5] According to The Engineering Design Revolution, the company became 'well-respected' among engineering circles, but remained small.[6] In 1992, SASI acquired Compuflo, which marketed and developed fluid dynamics analysis software.[6]
In 1993, Mr. Swanson sold his majority interest in the company to venture capitalist firm TA Associates.[3][5] Peter Smith was appointed CEO[6] and SASI was renamed after the software, Ansys, the following year.[3][5] Ansys went public in 1996, raising about $46 million in an initial public offering.[6] By 1997, Ansys had grown to $50.5 million in annual revenue.[7]
In the late 1990s, Ansys shifted its business model.[6] It focused less on selling software licenses and corresponding revenue declined.[6] However, revenue from services increased more dramatically.[6] From 1996 to 1999, profits at Ansys grew an average of 160 percent per year.[5] In 1999, Ansys acquired Centric Engineering Systems, a private company based in California that developed fluid, structural and thermal analysis software.[5]
2000s[edit]
In February 2000, Jim Cashman was appointed CEO.[6] Later that year, Ansys acquired ICEM CFD Engineering software for $12.4 million.[5][8] ICEM was focused on mesh simulations for aerospace, automotive and electronics engineering design.[5] In 2001, Ansys acquired a French computer-aided design company called Cadoe.[3][5][8] Ansys acquired CFX, which developed fluid dynamics simulation software, two years later.[5] In 2005, Ansys acquired Century Dynamics, a developer of hydrodynamics simulation tools, for $5 million.[5] Later that year, it acquired Harvard Thermal Inc., which focused on simulating the cooling time and temperature of electronics.[5]
In 2006, Ansys acquired Fluent Inc. and its fluid dynamics tools for $299 million.[5][6] Before the acquisition, Fluent was the second-largest fluid dynamics company, followed by Ansys.[5] Ansys acquired Ansoft Corporation, an electronics design provider, for $387 million two years later.[5] In 2011, Ansys paid $310 million to acquire former competitor Apache Design Solutions, which was focused on semiconductor simulation software.[9]
In 2012, Ansys acquired Esterel Technologies, a French-based company focused on simulating interactions between software and hardware, for $53 million.[10] The following year, Ansys acquired EVEN (Evolutionary Engineering), a cloud-based software company for engineering composites,[11] for an undisclosed sum. EVEN became a subsidiary of Ansys called Ansys Switzerland.[12]
Ansys acquired a 3-D modeling company called SpaceClaim in 2014 for $85 million.[13][14] This was followed by deals for the analytics company Gear Design Solutions (2015),[15] the systems analysis company Delcross Technologies (2015),[16] an automotive design company called KPIT medini Technologies AG (2016), [17] a 3D printing company called 3DSIM (2017),[18] and an optical simulation company called OPTIS (2018).[19] Current CEO Ajei S. Gopal was appointed in early 2017.[20][21]
Software[edit]
Ansys develops and markets finite element analysis software used to simulate engineering problems.[7] The software creates simulated computer models of structures, electronics, or machine components to simulate strength, toughness, elasticity, temperature distribution, electromagnetism, fluid flow, and other attributes.[7] Ansys is used to determine how a product will function with different specifications, without building test products or conducting crash tests.[5] For example, Ansys software may simulate how a bridge will hold up after years of traffic, how to best process salmon in a cannery to reduce waste, or how to design a slide that uses less material without sacrificing safety.[4]
Most Ansys simulations are performed using the Ansys Workbench software,[22] which is one of the company's main products.[5] Typically Ansys users break down larger structures into small components that are each modeled and tested individually.[4] A user may start by defining the dimensions of an object,[23] and then adding weight, pressure, temperature and other physical properties.[23] Finally, the Ansys software simulates and analyzes movement, fatigue, fractures, fluid flow, temperature distribution, electromagnetic efficiency and other effects over time.[23]
Ansys also develops software for data management and backup, academic research and teaching.[5] Ansys software is sold on an annual subscription basis.[5]
History[edit]
The first commercial version of Ansys software was labeled version 2.0 and released in 1971.[5][8] At the time, the software was made up of boxes of punch cards, and the program was typically run overnight to get results the following morning.[3] In 1975, non-linear and thermo-electric features were added.[8] The software was exclusively used on mainframes,[6] until version 3.0 (the second release) was introduced for the VAXstation in 1979.[3] Version 3 had a command line interface like DOS.[24]
In 1980, Apple II was released, allowing Ansys to convert to a graphical user interface in version 4 later that year.[24] Version 4 of the Ansys software was easier to use and added features to simulate electromagnetism.[3] In 1989, Ansys began working with Compuflo.[3] Compuflo's Flotran fluid dynamics software was integrated into Ansys by version 5, which was released in 1993.[3] Performance improvements in version 5.1 shortened processing time two to four-fold, and was followed by a series of performance improvements to keep pace with advancements in computing.[6] Ansys also began integrating its software with CAD software, such as Autodesk.[6]
In 1996, Ansys released the DesignSpace structural analysis software, the LS-DYNA crash and drop test simulation product, and the Ansys Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulator.[8] Ansys also added parallel processing support for PCs with multiple processors.[8] The educational product Ansys/ed was introduced in 1998.[3] Version 6.0 of the main Ansys product was released in December 2001.[3] Version 6.0 made large-scale modeling practical for the first time, but many users were frustrated by a new blue user interface.[3] The interface was redone a few months later in 6.1.[3] Version 8.0 introduced the Ansys multi-field solver, which allows users to simulate how multiple physics problems would interact with one another.[25]
Version 8.0 was published in 2005[8] and introduced Ansys' fluid-structure interaction software,[8] which simulates the effect structures and fluids have on one another. Ansys also released its Probabilistic Design System and DesignXplorer software products, which both deal with probabilities and randomness of physical elements.[26] In 2009 version 12 was released with an overhauled second version of Workbench.[8][27] Ansys also began increasingly consolidating features into the Workbench software.[22]
Version 15 of Ansys was released in 2014.[22] It added a new features for composites, bolted connections, and better mesh tools.[22] In February 2015, version 16 introduced the AIM physics engine and Electronics Desktop, which is for semiconductor design.[28] The following year, version 17 introduced a new user interface and performance improvement for computing fluid dynamics problems.[29] In January 2017, Ansys released version 18.[30] Version 18 allowed users to collect real-world data from products and then incorporate that data into future simulations.[30] The Ansys Application Builder, which allows engineers to build, use, and sell custom engineering tools, was also introduced with version 18.[30]
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- ^'Ansys' SpaceClaim Purchase Enhances Engineering Productivity'. Gartner Inc. May 8, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
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- ^Reh, Stefan; Beley, Jean-Daniel; Mukherjee, Siddhartha; Khor, Eng Hui (2006). 'Probabilistic finite element analysis using ANSYS'. Structural Safety. Elsevier BV. 28 (1–2): 17–43. doi:10.1016/j.strusafe.2005.03.010. ISSN0167-4730.
- ^Dadkhah, F.; Zecher, J. (2009). Ansys Workbench Software Tutorial with Multimedia CD: Release 12. SDC publications. Schroff Development Corporation. p. 1-PA5. ISBN978-1-58503-581-6. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^Lockwood, Anthony (February 11, 2015). 'ANSYS 16.0 Launches'. Digital Engineering. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^'ANSYS Fluent 17.0 Introduces New User Interface'. Engineering.com. February 5, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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Electrical and electronic engineering requires a deep knowledge of all things electrical, from mathematics to circuitry, and everything in-between. Hundreds, if not thousands, of tools, mobile apps, and software products exist in the marketplace, all targeted to electrical engineering professionals. But, it’s not always easy for busy electrical engineers to find the time to search through all of the offerings and select the tools that are best suited for them.
Of course, electrical engineers require various tools for various jobs, so there is not just one tool that fits the bill. The electrical engineering professional needs a literal toolbox as well as a virtual toolbox to complete jobs effectively and efficiently. That’s why we’ve searched for the best tools, mobile apps, and software products around – to save those busy professionals time and energy. To make the cut, the tools, mobile apps, and software products must be innovative, on the leading edge of technology, useful for multiple situations, easy to use, and provided by well-regarded sources in the industry. We offer the top 50 tools for an electrical engineer’s toolbox here, in no particular order.
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1. Calculatoredge
One of the most important tools for electrical engineers is a calculator. And, Calculatoredge offers free online calculators tailored to an electronic engineer professional’s needs. The website “features more than a few hundred calculators solving complex equations and formulas in the field of electrical, mechanical, chemical, electronics…” and more. With separate categories for electrical engineering and electronics engineering, Calculatoredge is sure to have the tool you need.
Key Features:
- RMS Value
- Ohm’s Law
- Voltage Drop
- Resistance-Frequency-Capacitance
Cost: FREE
2. Electronics Bundle
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@WagMob
WAGmob is known for delivering its simpleNeasy learning apps for “Electronics and Digital Electronics.” The best part is, the apps are available on mobile devices, so electrical engineers can access the information from any where, at any time.
Key Features:
- “Snack-sized chapters” to access the information more quickly and easily
- “Bite-sized flashcards” for memorizing key ideas
- Quizzes for self-assessment
- Designed for students and adults
- Available for smartphones and tablets
Cost:
- iPhone and iPad app: $1.99
- Google Play app: FREE
3. E3.series
@ZukenAmericas
@ZukenAmericas
Zuken’s E.3 series is electrical wiring, control systems and fluid engineering software. Electrical engineers will appreciate the updated electrical CAD software, which is available in various product options, including E3.3d Routing Bridge, to E3.enterprise, to E3.Wireworks.
Key Features:
- Design and documentation of wire harnesses and cable assemblies
- Design and documentation of control systems and panel layouts
- Fluid design for hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Multi-view project file
- Electrically-aware parts library
- Real-time design rule checks (DRC)
Cost:
- A free test drive of E.3 series Design Software is available
- Contact for the solution and quote that best fits your needs
4. PartSim
@PartSim
@PartSim
PartSim is “a free and easy to use circuit simulator that runs in your web browser.” Electrical engineers looking for SPICE simulation, AC/DC/Transient Sims, and a Waveform Viewer need to look no further than PartSim.
Key Features:
- A full SPICE simulation engine
- Web-based schematic capture tool
- Graphical waveform viewer
- Browse examples on the website without registering for PartSim
- An integrated Bill-Of-Materials manager allows you to assign Digi-Key Part Numbers to your models
Cost: FREE
5. Electrical Tools & Reference
@ProCerts
@ProCerts
When apps are done well, they can make electrician and electrical engineers’ jobs infinitely easier. As “one of the most comprehensive electrical apps,” the Electrical Tools & Reference App for Android from ProCerts Software is one of those apps.
Key Features:
- Includes Max Zs Values, Watts Amps volts Calculator, kVA Calculator, and more
- Includes several electrical reference charts
- Developed using reliable Android SDKs for smooth running on Android devices
- Available on Google Play
Cost: $4.28
6. Power eSim
Power eSwim was developed with the mission of making “a tool for designing better power supply” by Dr. Franki N. K. Poon. Power eSim lives up to its mission, as it provides online switch moe power supply SMPS, circuit and transformer design, calculation, and simulation software.
Key Features:
- More than 100 circuits and topologies are available with real constructed transformer
- Allows users to complete the predesign phase in minutes and is a great verification tool for the final design
- Component loss analysis
- Essential waveforms
- Feedback loop analysis
- MTBF prediction
Cost: FREE
7. NL5 Circuit Simulator
With all of the tools available to electrical engineers, it is difficult to find one that truly stands out from the rest. The NL5 Circuit Simulator is one that does, because instead of using SPICE-based simulators that attempt to perform accurate simulation, it offers simple “ideal” components. That’s just one of the many features that should appeal to electrical engineers about NL5 Circuit Simulator.
Key Features:
- Performs instantaneous switching of ideal switches and diodes
- Uses piece-wise linear (PWL) representation
- Much faster than solving complex non-linear equations at nearly every step of simulation
- Friendly and intuitive interface for fast modifying of the schematic
Cost:
- 30-Day Trial License: FREE
- 1 Year Student License: FREE
- 1 Year Single PC License: $99
- Single PC License: $199
- Portable License: $299
- Network License: $399
- Personal License: $499
8. LTspice IV
@LTspice
@LTspice
Linear Technology offers several tools and solutions for electrical engineers, and its LTspice IV is one of its best. Described as a “high performance SPICE simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models of easing the simulation of switching regulators,” LTspice IV is a tool that should definitely be in an electrical engineer’s toolbox.
Key Features:
- Enhancements to SPICE make simulating switching regulators extremely fast
- Users can view waveforms for most switching regulators in just a few minutes
- Includes LTspice IV, Macro Models for 80% of Linear Technology’s switching regulators, over 200 op amp models, as well as resistors, transistors, and MOSFET models
- Available for Windows and Mac OS X 10.7+
Cost: FREE
9. Note Taker HD
@NoteTakerHD
@NoteTakerHD
Note Taker HD, a productivity app, is an electrical engineer’s dream come true, when it comes to organizing handwritten notes and diagrams. With all of the documentation electrical engineers have to keep track of, make that job a little easier with Dan Bricklin’s Note Taker HD for the iPad.
Key Features:
- Write and organizes handwritten notes, diagrams, and more on the iPad, or annotate PDF files
- Shrinks writing to easily fit a great amount of text on a page
- Read the reduced-size “ink” as though you had written using a very fine pen
- Auto-Advance allows you to continue writing while Note Taker HD automatically adds new writing to the old
- Multi-level undo and redo buttons, plus an eraser
- Type blocks of text with optional borders
- Choose from more than 60 customizable shapes
- Insert images from photo albums or pasteboard
- Cut, coy, and paste selections
Cost: $4.99
10. iCircuit
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@praeclarum
iCircuit, an easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer, is versatile enough to be suited to students, hobbyists, and professional electrical engineers. Available for iOS devices, Mac OS X, Windows phones, and Android phones and tablets, iCircuit works on nearly any platform and meets today’s electrical engineers’ needs because it is always simulating, just like a real circuit.
Key Features:
- Handles both analog and digital circuits
- Realtime always-on analysis
- Add elements, connect them, and set their properties
- Does not require users to stop to take a measurement or spend time configuring reports
- Includes everything from simple resistors, to switches, to MOSFETs, to digital gates
- Use the multimeter to probe around the circuit to instantly read voltages and currents
Cost:
- iPhone and iPad app: $9.99
- Windows 8 Store app: $4.99
- Windows Phone 7 app: $2.99
- Google Play app: $4.99
11. ElectroDroid
ElectroDroid, a “simple and powerful collection of electronics tools and references,” is available in both a free and a PRO version. With its calculators, conversion tables, pinouts and resources, ElectroDroid is an incredibly useful multi-tool for electrical engineers.
Key Features:
- Lookup Resistor color by value
- SD card pinout
- Raspberry Pi GPIO pinout
- Fuses and Automotive Fuses color codes
Cost:
- ElectroDroid Free Google Play app: FREE
- ElectroDroid Pro Google Play app: $2.79
- Windows Phone app: $2.99
- Android Appstore app: $2.71
12. High Voltage Engineering
@FaaDo0engineers
@FaaDo0engineers
Better suited for electrical engineering students, High Voltage Engineering cores 149 topics related to High Voltage Engineering, divided into 5 units. Topics covered by the app include Finite Difference Method, Charge Simulation Method, Surface Charge Simulation Method, and many more.
Key Features:
- Topics are addressed in approximately 600 words
- Topics come complete with diagrams, equations, and other visual representations
- Detailed, yet simple explanations of concepts
- Access content from anywhere, any time
Cost: FREE
13. Electrician’s Bible
@electricianB
@electricianB
Sometimes, electrical engineers require tools that are helpful in the field and for certification purposes. The Electrician’s Bible is one of these tools that does double duty for electricians, electrical contractors, and electrical engineers.
Key Features:
- Voltage Drop
- Electrical schematics
- Transformers
- Raceway calculations
- Pipe Bend
- Box Fill
Cost: $2.99
14. Circuit Simulator
Circuit Simulator is a handy tool for simulating electronic circuits using basic components. Intended for education purposes, Circuit Simulator is a good choice for people beginning to pursue electrical engineering or who are electrical engineering students.
Key Features:
- Basic electronics components for ease of use
- Colorful graphics to better visualize circuits
- Made for Android devices
Cost: FREE
15. EE Engineer’s Handbook
A very popular app for electrical engineers, EE Engineer’s Handbook can attribute its popularity to the fact that it was made by an engineer for engineers. From Dude Productions, EE Engineer’s Handbook is updated frequently and encourages users to post feature requests in the feedback.
Key Features:
- Bode plots
- Filter design
- Impedance calculations
- Track width
- AWG Gauge table
- Design Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass or Bandcut filters
Cost: $1.99
16. LTpowerPlay
@LinearTech
@LinearTech
From Linear Technology, LTpowerPlay is “a powerful, Windows-based development environment supporting Linear Technology’s Digital Power System Management products, including PMBus Power System Managers and DC/DC Power Converters with PSM.” For electrical engineers looking for a software solution that does all of this, plus is able to become a valuable diagnostic tool when bringing up boards or rails, LTpowerPlay is the answer.
Key Features:
- Supports a variety of different tasks
- Evaluate Linear Technology ICs by connecting to a demo board system
- May be used in an offline mode without any hardware present, in order to build a multi-chip configuration file to be saved and reloaded later
- Unprecedented diagnostic and debug features
- Automatic update feature
Cost: Contact for a quote
17. Logisim
Perfect for electrical engineering students, Logisim has a simple toolbar interface and can help those who are learning even the most basic concepts related to logic circuits. Electrical engineering students are able to “design and simulate entire CPUs for educational purposes” with Logisim.
Key Features:
- Runs on any machine that supports Java 5 or later
- Color-coded wires for simulating and debugging a circuit
- Save completed circuits to a file, export to a GIF file, or print them
- Use “subcircuits” of other circuits to create a hierarchy of circuit design
Cost: FREE
18. Design Dimensions Pro
Design Dimensions allows users to sort through hundreds of illustrations in the extensive visual database of commonly referenced items and find their corresponding dimensions. An incredibly useful app, Design Dimensions Pro helps electrical engineers to find the materials and the information needed, quickly and easily.
Key Features:
- Ever-expanding database of the most commonly referenced design items
- In-app search
- Metric conversion
- Every item is displayed with a 3D thumbnail
- Available for Android devices
Cost:
- App with ads: FREE
- Ad-free version: $4.99
19. Cable 3D
Installation often poses a design challenge, and Cable 3D helps by quickly solving calculations involving “complex three-dimensional cable pulling tension and sidewall pressure.” Electrical engineers will enjoy the ability to make quick, correct decisions and the freedom from worrying about cable damage.
Key Features:
- Easily communicate designs with professional reports and graphs
- Calculates jam ratios, clearances, and percent fills
- Suitable for any type of cable and pulling profile
- Simple single-screen interface
- 3D graphical display
Cost: Contact for a quote
20. xCircuit
For electrical engineers, it can be very frustrating to find a program that produces the output of a schematic capture that is suitable for publication. XCircuit, a UNIX/X11, Windows, or Windows using Cygwin and the Cygwin X-Server program, holds the key to the problem. With XCircuit, electrical engineers are able to draw electrical circuit schematic diagrams and other figures that are of a high enough quality to be published.
Key Features:
- Writes both hierarchical PostScript output and hierarchical SPICE netlists
- Save editable circuit components in or retrieve them from libraries
- Maintain flexibility in style without compromising the schematic capture
Cost: FREE
21. AutoCAD 360
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@AutoCAD360
Often, electrical engineers want to collaborate and share their latest projects, but find it difficult to do so. AutoCAD 360 is the software that enables you to view, edit, and share drawings from a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer, so that electrical engineers no longer need to bring printed drawings to the sites.
Key Features:
- View, redline, add comments, and make changes directly on the tablet or smartphone.
- Real time editing and sharing of drawings
- View, create, and edit using a web browser or the mobile app
- Access and edit drawings using existing cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Box, etc.
Cost:
- AutoCAD 360 FREE: FREE – 5 GB storage, 10 MB maximum support file size, view third party storage
- AutoCAD 360 PRO: $4.99/month or $49.99/year – 25 GB storage, 30 MB maximum support file size, view and edit third party storage, all of the FREE features, plus create drawings with advanced editing, unit, and measuring tools and more
- AutoCAD 360 PRO PLUS: $99.99/year – 100 GB storage, 40 MB maximum support file size, view and edit third party storage, plus all of the PRO features
22. Circuit Number To Color
Designed for professional electricians and electrical engineers or those with a knowledge of the electrical field, Circuit Number To Color is an app that quickly and accurately delivers the standard color code according to the circuit number. The app is useful for electrical engineers who are frustrated with needing to do repulls because the wrong color had been pulled initially.
Key Features:
- Deigned for 120-240 VAC 3 phase or 277-480 VAC 3 phase Color Code By Circuit Number
- Easy to use functions and buttons within the app
- Reset with the push of one button
- For Android devices
Cost: $2
23. Electronic Toolbox Pro
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@CreatingYourApp
Currently offering more than 70 individual tools, Electronic Toolbox Pro combines electronic reference materials with calculation and conversion tools. Known for providing “the most important electrical information right at your fingertips,” Electronic Toolbox Pro is an app most electrical engineers do not like to be without.
Key Features:
- 72 individual tools from ASCII Table to Zener Diode calculation
- Wide variety of simple and complex tools, including the resistor color code conversion and the PCB Trace width tools
- Include reference tools with millions of component specs for ICs, Transistors, FETs, and more
- Parametric search for components within certain specs and cross references
Cost:
- App Store iPad, iPhone, and iPad app: $6.99
- Windows Store app: $8.99
24. Voltage Drop Calculator
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@Southwire
Available both online and in application form, Voltage Drop Calculator is exactly that – a calculator that helps electrical engineers to calculate the voltage drop of various projects. The app is available for the iPad, iPhone, or Android devices.
Key Features:
- Calculate using either minimum conductor size or maximum circuit distance
- Appropriate for use with either single or three phases and copper or aluminum conductors
- Choose from direct buried, conduit, or overhead installation
- Easily input your parameters to get a quick calculation
Cost: All versions are FREE
25. Engineering Calc
Keysight Technologies offers its Engineering Calculator Application for iPhones, to give individuals involved with electrical engineering their “engineering calculator at your fingertips.” Simply input the necessary information and get results in the form of graphs, tables, animations, or other helpful representations. Engineering Calc is suitable for engineers, lecturers, and engineering students.
Key Features:
- Basic electrical equations
- Resistor color coding calculator
- Capacitance value calculator
- Smith Chart simulation
Cost: FREE
26. Circuit Pro
A utility application, Circuit Pro is intended to aid electrical engineers and electricians in their quest to size branch circuits according to the National Electrical Code (NEC). Based on the input circuit load, which can be entered in Amps or kiloWatts, the app discovers the appropriate standard breaker size and other information necessary for completing the job.
Key Features:
- Determines the minimum required conductor or parallel runs of conductors based on Table 310.16 of the NEC
- Determines the equipment grounding conductor using Table 250.122 of the NEC
- Determines the minimum-sized conduit using the Tables from Chapter 9 of the NEC
- Displays the ampacity and conduit fill of the calculated branch circuit
- Upsize the circuit to the next standard circuit sizes, repeatedly if you wish
- Multiple insulation and conduit types are available
Cost: $4.99
27. AmpCalc
While some calculators for electrical engineers are just for use in simulations or small residential jobs, AmpCalc is appropriate for cable installations in industrial, commercial, and utility electrical power distribution systems. A computer program for Windows XP or Windows 7, AmpCalc is useful for calculating power cable ampacity ratings and/or cable operating temperatures for user defined cable installations.
Key Features:
- Ampacities calculated for single or multiple underground systems, including duct bank, direct buried cable, and direct buried conduit
- Calculations and aerial systems including cables isolated in air, conduit isolated in air, and cables in a covered or an uncovered cable tray
- All calculations are in compliance with Neher-McGrath calculation procedures
Cost: Contact for a quote – Licenses for single computer, multiple computers, and network applications are available
28. Electrician App
Easy to use, the Electrician App is appropriate for anyone in the electronics engineering field, including those in training. With the most important formulas necessary for completing the job, Electrician App is a handy tool to have in your toolbox.
Key Features:
- Calculation of up to twenty resistors (parallel)
- Calculation of current, charge, and time
- Calculation of line resistance
- Calculation of real, reactive, apparent power at AC
- For Android Devices
Cost: $1.35
29. CEDAR Logic Simulator
CEDAR Logic Simulator (CEDAR LS) is intended for electrical engineering teaching purposes or for testing simple digital designs. An interactive digital logic simulator, CEDAR LS earns high marks from users in the categories of simulations and visualization.
Key Features:
- Low-level logic gates
- High-level components, including registers
- Z80 microprocessor emulat
Cost: FREE
30. Lessons in Electric Circuits
Lessons in Electric Circuits, from tomtomapps, is an education tool. While it was designed for students of electrical engineering, the app also is appropriate for professional engineers who want to sharpen their knowledge and skills.
Key Features:
- In-depth information written in a reader-friendly manner
- Includes 6 lessons in electric circuits
- For Android devices
Cost: FREE
31. Electronics Tutorials
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Electronics Tutorials, an education app, provides tutorials and projects for students of electrical engineering. Also suitable for hobbyists, the app is for Android devices. The app follows a blog-like format, which matches the posts on the developer’s website.
Key Features:
- Features 8051 Micro controller tutorials
- Includes basic electronics projects
- Covers several topics, including Arduino, robotics, and more
Cost: FREE
32. Electric Circuits
An education app from DC E-Apps, Electric Circuits is a great choice for beginners in the electrical engineering field or students of electrical engineering. Electric Circuits contains useful information about DC electric circuits.
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- Contains useful information and concepts relating to DC electric circuits
- Includes formulas for DC circuits
- Made for Android devices
Cost: FREE
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33. FreePCB
Electrical engineers often search for useful tools for PCB. A feature-rich solution is FreePCB, a PCB editor for Windows, that is suitable for anyone in the electronic engineering field, from novices to professionals. While it does not have a built-in auto router, it uses the FreeRoute web-based auto router.
Key Features:
- Maximum board size of 60″ x 60″
- English or metric units available for most functions
- Copper fill areas
- 1 to 16 copper layers
- Imports and exports PADS-PCB netlists
Cost: FREE
34. Power*Tools for Windows
SKM Systems Analysis, Inc. is known for its top quality products and outstanding customer service, and now it is known for its Power*Tools for Windows (PTW) 7.0. Electrical engineers have ben using SKM’s electrical engineering software for years, and they will be thrilled with the way in which PTWO simplifies power systems.
Key Features:
- Arc Flash Evaluation
- Quickly switch between functions with the protective device Function Toggle button in the Component Editor and TCC Interface
- General Modeling
- Transient Motor Starting (TMS)
Cost: Contact for a quote (You may be eligible to receive up to 60% off when you switch from ETAP to SKM)
35. Electric Circuit
From DudiE, Electric Circuit is an education app intended for electrical engineering students, but professional electric engineers will also find it helpful as they refine their skills, because the app is a multi-tool.
Key Features:
- Multiple functions and features
- Power calculator
- Parallel circuits
- Simulator
Cost: FREE
36. KiCad EDA Software Suite
Intended for electrical engineering professionals, KiCad is an EDA software suite designed for creating professional schematics and printed circuit boards up to 16 layers. KiCad is unique in that it allows users to develop their PCB using three interconnected and independent main applications, Eeschema, Cvpcb, and Pcbnew.
Key Features:
- Includes a robust set of libraries with 3D models as well
- Includes a project manager and four main independent software tools
- Software tools include Eeschema, Pcbnew, Gerbview, and Cvpcb
- Available for Windows, Linux script, Ubuntu via PPA, and OS X
Cost: FREE
37. TINA-TI
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From Texas Instruments, TINA-TI is a circuit simulation tool based on a SPICE engine. Intended for designing, testing, and troubleshooting a wide range of “basic and advanced circuits, including complex architectures, without any node or number of device limitations.” Easy to use, yet powerful, TINA-TI is a great tool for an electrical engineer’s toolbox.
Key Features:
- Fully functional version of TINA
- Complete with a library of TI macro models plus passive and active models
- Includes Schematic Symbol Editor (useable with the Macro Wizard)
- Import any SPICE model
- Includes Block Wizard for making block diagrams
- Available for Windows XP or 7
Cost: FREE
38. Electronics Engineering ToolKit PRO
A highly-rated and recommended productivity app, Electronics Engineering ToolKit PRO is available for the iPhone and iPad. From developer Thomas Gruber, the app is suited for anyone interested in electrical engineering, from students to hobbyists to electrical engineers.
Key Features:
- Extra large component reference section
- Unit converter
- Auto save feature
- Enhanced stability
Cost: $4.99
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39. Electrical Calc USA
From Snappy Appz, Electric Calc USA is intended for electricians and electrical engineers, “to make their lives easier.” Electric Calc USA is specifically designed for the latest US code rules, and it is designed by tradesmen who work in the field.
Key Features:
- Several time-saving modules that provide accurate results
- Find box fill for any situation
- Solve pipe fill for any wire combination
- Available for iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone
Cost:
- Google Play app: $5.07
- App Store iPhone app: $9.99
- App Store iPad app: $9.99
40. Electrician Side Kick
Developed by Innervision Web Development, Electrician Side Kick is a useful resource to have on the job. As a tool for everything from ohms law to jotting down notes about projects, Electrician Side Kick is an aptly name tool for any electrical engineer.
Key Features:
- Bending calculator helps users quickly calculate offsets for various conduit sizes
- Calculate ohms, amps, or volts with the ohms law calculator
- Quickly add notes to the note pad and update later as needed
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $0.99
41. Electrical Pro Formulator
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MultiEducator, Inc. offers mobile apps for Apple devices, with Electrical Formulator Pro included. With over 200 formulas for calculating electrical formulas and over 400 conversions formulas included in the program, electrical engineers find Electrical Pro Formulator to be one of the most useful tools in their toolbox.
Key Features:
- Conversion of Kilowatts to BTUs, horsepower, joules, and lumens
- Calculates amps from both AC and DC currents
- Includes over 200 charts and direct access to the National Electrical Code
- Save, email, or print every result
- Select from favorites and recent formulas
Cost: $6.99
42. Electrical Dictionary Pro
A great tool for electrical engineering education, Electrical Dictionary Pro allows users to type in the words or terms they want to find. Perfect for beginning electrical engineers or hobbyists, Electrical Dictionary Pro is a handy reference for electrical engineering.
Key Features:
- Bookmark favorite electrical terms by clicking the star icon
- Add and store new terms
- Free of ads
- Use it offline, as no internet connection is necessary for using the app
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $1.06
43. Harmonic Calculator
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A tool from Rockwell Automation, Harmonic Calculator helps users determine “how much voltage and current distortion might exist on your distribution system when operating nonlinear loads.” Electrical engineers will find the tool especially helpful for complex projects, as Harmonic Calculator is not meant to be used for determining harmonic distortion with single phase loads.
Key Features:
- Provides an estimate on harmonic conditions that might exist when applying nonlinear equipment that controls ac motors
- Estimates the additional distortion that could be likely within the distribution system
- Available in both basic and advanced editions
Cost: FREE
44. LitePro 2.0
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When electrical engineering projects involve lighting design, the engineers don’t always have all of the information about the lighting brands they have to use. LitePro 2.0, which contains files for nearly all of the Hubbell Lighting, Inc., brands including Kim, AAL, Columbia, Prescolite, Alera, Spaulding, SLS, and Hubbell Outdoor and Industrial, solves that problem.
Key Features:
- Operates with Vista, Windows 7, or earlier Windows operating systems
- Allows users to compare multiple lighting systems within the same project
- Provides several useful interactive tools, reports, and renderings
Cost: Contact for a quote
45. Circuit Builder
Developed by LJ Create Ltd, Circuit Builder is intended for users who are looking to understand the basics of electrical and electronic circuits. As an introduction to constructing and operating electronic circuits, Circuit Builder is a helpful tool for those individuals just starting out in electrical engineering.
Key Features:
- Optimized for use on tablets, but also works on smartphones with larger screens
- Use any combination of electrical components to build your own virtual circuits
- Virtual multimeters measure voltage, current, and resistance
- Use either component or schematic vies
Cost: $2.55
46. Circuit Color Chuchoideas1
Colors are very important to electrical engineers, so tools that help them to find the correct color of a wire are very useful. Circuit Color Chuchoideas1 is a tool that does just that, with a very simple interface to save electrical engineers time.
Key Features:
- Chose from several options
- Determine the color of the wire according to the circuit number and set of phases used
- Requires a few simple inputs and clicks to quickly get results
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $0.99
47. Power Wizard
Power Wizard, from Phoenix Computers, is a different sort of app for electrical engineers, as it is designed for anyone working with home solar panels or wind turbine technologies. As technologies change and alternate power sources become more popular, electrical engineers will find tools like Power Wizard an invaluable resource.
Key Features:
- Calculate total load on an inverter given the inverter efficiency
- Calculate amps, volts, and watts
- Usage guide for a variety of input fields
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $1.34
48. Master Electrician Reference
A productivity app from PawEng, LLC, Master Electrician Reference (MER) is a handy pocket electrician reference guide for electrical engineers. A robust app, MER goes beyond being a reference guide and does useful calculations for those working in the electrical field.
Key Features:
- Nearly every page contains a general scientific calculator that is expression based
- Includes key NEC tables
- Divided into several sections for easy navigation and reference
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $9.99
49. Conduit Runner Pro
“The leading smartphone conduit bending app,” Conduit Runner Pro is a must-have app for electrical engineers working in the field. With a wide range of options and features, Conduit Runner Pro is helpful for nearly any electrical engineering project.
Key Features:
- Calculates conduit bends, fill, and more
- Length converter accepts a variety of unit inputs
- Additional bends and information are added as free upgrades
- Available for Android devices
Cost: $0.99
50. WEBENCH® Power Designer
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Get “power supply design at your fingertips” with WEBENCH® Power Designer from Texas Instruments. Electrical engineers looking to reduce the time and hassle with traditional power supply design methods have found the perfect solution in WEBENCH.
Key Features:
- Create customized power supplies or DC-DC converters for your circuits
- Tools help in solving switching-power-supply design problems before you build your prototype
- WEBENCH Electrical Simulation
- WebTHERM Thermal Simulation
- Build It Features
- Available for Android devices
Cost: FREE trial available
- Contact for a quote
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