pcb_caculator(1)
π pcb_caculator(1) β General Commands Manual π
okay bestie, sit down, we're doing PCB math and honestly? it's giving calculator app but make it β¨electronicsβ¨. welcome to the General Commands Manual page for pcb_caculator. π
β¨ NAME β¨
pcb_caculator β tools for calculating the environment on a PCB. π¦
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
so pcb_caculator is your little bestie for planing and calculating all the stuff you need before you commit to a board layout. like, it's not just vibes, it's numbers π
here's what it'll help you figure out:
- the width of traces π₯
- voltage regulators β‘
- electrical spacings π
- RF Attenuators π‘
and it doesn't stop there, no ma'am. it also shows you information about color codes for resistors π (iykyk, those lil stripes are NOT self-explanatory) and information about board classes π
literally a whole glow-up for your design workflow. obsessed. π«Ά
π§ SYNOPSIS π§
pcb_caculator
no flags, no drama, no arguments. you just run it and she serves. π β¨
π AUTHOR π
Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> β the icon who made all this happen. periodt. π
heads up bestie: this page is short but she's mighty β everything she does, she does from the one command up there. no hidden options, no secret menu. just run her. π
okay that's the whole page, my love π₯° this was pcb_caculator (that's the source/version, she's literally named after herself, main character energy fr fr) and the date on this little artifact is January 19, 2017 β vintage, iconic, timeless. mwah ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: kicad 6.0.11+dfsg-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: kicad 9.0.2+dfsg-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: kicad 6.0.2+dfsg-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: kicad 7.0.11+dfsg-1build4 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: kicad 9.0.3+dfsg-1
- ubuntu resolute: kicad 9.0.8+dfsg-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: kicad 10.0.6+dfsg-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
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