transcalc(1)

📦 version 0.14, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

✨ transcalc — the microwave/RF transmission line bestie ✨

okay so this is the manual page for transcalc, living in the General Commands Manual section. She's an analysis and synthesis tool for microwave and RF transmission lines — and yes, she's that girl. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

transcalc — analysis and synthesis tool for microwave and RF transmsision lines 🌈

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

transcalc [-h/--help]  [-v/--version]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

transcalc is an analysis and synthesis tool for calculating the electrical and physical properties of different kinds of RF and microwave transmission lines. Literally doing the math so you don't have to. 🧚

Transcalc lets you interactively edit substrate, component, physical and electrical parameters of a given transmission line. For each type of transmission line, using entry boxes, you can enter values for the various parameters, and then either:

  • calculate its electrical properties — press the Analyze button or function key F3 ✨
  • or use the given electrical requirements to synthesize physical parameters of the required transmission line — press the Synthesize button or function key F4 🦋

When run for the first time, Transcalc creates a .transcalc directory under the user's home directory, where some configuration information is stored. She remembers the last transmission line parameters used when the user exits, and presents those parameters when restarted. She's thoughtful like that. 🫶

Calculated results are updated and presented within the user interface. Moving the mouse over the parameter labels pops up a more helpful tooltip about that parameter. For example, if you wonder what Er stands for, move the mouse over it and a helpful tooltip tells you that it stands for relative permittivity. no cap, the tooltips are lowkey the best part. 😭

Transcalc knows and converts between many unit types for length, frequency, resistance and angles. Default units can be saved by using the File->Options menu. Calculated results include conductor and dielectric losses in decibels (dB). 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Transcalc has few command line options at this point. (iconic, minimal, unbothered.)

  • -v, --version — Causes transcalc to print its version number (a string on the form MAJOR.MINOR, like 0.10) to the standard output, and then exit. 🌟
Heads up bestie: the synopsis up top also mentions -h/--help, but the OPTIONS list only spells out -v/--version. That's just how the page is written, so don't come for me. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

transcalc was written by Gopal Narayanan (gopal@astro.umass.edu) and Claudio Girardi (claudio.girardi@ieee.org). 🫶

Transcalc is available at http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/ (link to URL http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/). 🌈

And that's the whole page, bestie — transcalc(1) from the General Commands Manual, signed off with a little transcalc(1) at the bottom like a signature kiss. 💋 Go analyze something. Slay. 💅✨

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