Attenuator Calculator

A free, open-source calculator for T and Pi attenuators.

 home: ky8d.net/free 

Introduction    ↑   → 

I prefer calculators having no tedius Calculate button which needs to be re-clicked over and over, entering trials one at a time. Mine runs as a free-running loop. Start it, and enter a value. Change that entry and see a new value. Or just click in a box then make play with your keyboard's up/down arrow keys.

List of Features     ←   ↑   → 

• Calculates for either power or voltage.
• Gives also power dissipation for each component.
• Provides a schematic of each circuit type.
  • Currently only just T and Pi.
  • In a future update, ballanced attenuators as well.
• The EULA provided as a humorous poem.

Download     ←   ↑ 

You’ll need two things for it to run: my *.exe application itself, plus also the interpreter program on which it runs. Kind of like Java that way, except that the Java interpreter is probably pre-installed on your system. The LabVIEW run-time engine will not be.

1.  LabVIEW Runtime Engine 
   • This is the interpretor program.
   • Or, should it please you, the entire LabVIEW programming environment.
   • Link back to ky8d.net/free where I give download instructions.
2.  KY8D_Attenuator_Calculator.exe 
3. Unzips as a folder. Keep all together. Elsewise the schematics won't show, and you'll see something strange instead of the Unicode symbol for Ohms.
4. Source Code, for any who want it.
   • Here too is my source code to do with just as you please. And although I will take it very kindly if given credit, I do not insist you must do so.
   •  Source  The LabVIEW source code.