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The Ultimate Math Program for Electronics

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D from BC

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.
I tried Mathematica...which just about eliminated my paper math. I
might check Mathcad next..
But I want more...
Anybody know if there's a math program for electronics. Preloaded
with lots of constants and electronics equations. All I have to do
is fill in the blanks... :)
 
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Phil Hobbs

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.
I tried Mathematica...which just about eliminated my paper math. I
might check Mathcad next..
But I want more...
Anybody know if there's a math program for electronics. Preloaded
with lots of constants and electronics equations. All I have to do
is fill in the blanks... :)

Shortsighted. There's nothing that generates intuition faster than
grinding through the algebra yourself.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
 
D said:
Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.
I tried Mathematica...which just about eliminated my paper math. I
might check Mathcad next..
But I want more...
Anybody know if there's a math program for electronics. Preloaded
with lots of constants and electronics equations. All I have to do
is fill in the blanks... :)

I know this does not sound like much but how about looking for a
package for Mathematica (or Maple or Matlab, preferred by engineers
everywhere)tailored to electronics. There are tons of them out there, I
am sure you can find the one that suits your needs. You can even roll
your own, if a few constants and simple formulas is what you need. All
of these software suites already have code that deals with graphs,
matrices, and transforms so you can easily customize them. A few
engineers I have worked with swear by Matlab. It even has a free
clone---Octave. MACSYMA is similar to Maple (but not as sleek in
appearance) and is also free. All of them can be setup to import SPICE
files of even call SPICE directly if that is what you need. What would
you consider indispensable in a package like that?

Alex
 
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David L. Jones

Jan 1, 1970
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D said:
Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.
I tried Mathematica...which just about eliminated my paper math. I
might check Mathcad next..
But I want more...
Anybody know if there's a math program for electronics. Preloaded
with lots of constants and electronics equations. All I have to do
is fill in the blanks... :)

This one is excellent:
http://www.miscel.dk/MiscEl/miscel.html

The author posts here, and updates fairly regularly.

Dave :)
 
D said:
Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.
I tried Mathematica...which just about eliminated my paper math. I
might check Mathcad next..

Try out Matlab. It's expensive but worth it (heck, Mathematica is
expensive). Matlab has lots of goodies for engineers including
generating working, compilable C code directly from your models.
But I want more...
Anybody know if there's a math program for electronics. Preloaded
with lots of constants and electronics equations. All I have to do
is fill in the blanks... :)

I'd suggest looking for electronics related libraries for the math
package you end up using.
 
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi

After getting sick of scribbling pages of math and catching on that
software seems to be taking care of everything, I went looking for
math software.

<snippety>

Careful... Mathematics software, like any other software tool, is
perfectly capable of putting out utter garbage if it is fed garbage.

In other words: If you don't understand enough of the principles of
mathematics to spot a potential error, then the software will only help
you make the same mistakes (or bigger ones) twice as fast, and twice as
easy.

Happy learning.
 
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