Professional RF, Microwave & Satellite Engineering Tools

Developed and maintained by Dr Peter King.

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RF System Design

Simple Link BudgetEstimate link SNR, FSPL, 1st Fresnel
Cascaded Line-UpsRF line-ups, cascaded gain, noise figure, OIP3, P1dB, levels
RF CalculatorCommon RF conversions and engineering calculations
Monte-Carlo RF SystemDesign line-ups statistically instead of worst-case
Modulation & CodingCompare MODCOD choices for Eb/N0, spectral efficiency
Data Converter AnalyserEvaluate ADC/DAC performance

Propagation & Coverage

RF Pathloss CalculatorEstimate RF path loss for terrestrial radio links
Antenna Gain & BeamwidthCalculate antenna gain, aperture and beamwidth
ITU-R Atmospheric LossEstimate atmospheric propagation losses using ITU-R models
3D Indoor PropagationVisualise indoor RF propagation for coverage and multipath
HF Propagation & Link BudgetEstimate HF propagation and link budget SNIR
Fading AnalyserExplore fading statistics from SDR Uno IQ wav files

RF & Microwave Design

RF Network Simulator (RFnetSim)Analyse RF circuits, microstrip filters and matching
LC Filter DesignerSynthesize and view lumped-element filters
S-parameter PlotterPlot and view S-parameter data
S-Parameter Calc & PlotPlot and view derived multi S-parameter summation data
RF MatchExplore impedance matching component values
PLL DesignerPhase-locked-loop design calculations and synthesize loop filter
Integrated Phase NoiseIntegrate phase-noise to estimate RMS phase and timing jitter
Mixer Spur SearchFind spur frequencies in RF mixers
IQ Mixer SpursFind spurs in IQ transceiver architectures
DPD WorkbenchDigital predistortion correction of nonlinear PA with memory effects

Satellite & Space

Satcom Link BudgetBuild satellite communications link budgets
Satellite & Sky TrackerTrack satellite and sky objects
Multi Satellite TrackerTrack satellite constellations
Orbit ExamplesWorked satellite constellation examples
EME Link CalculatorEstimate Earth-Moon-Earth link performance
EME ExperimentExperiment for exploring Earth-Moon-Earth radio behaviour
Satcom ExperimentSatellite communications experiment and telemetry download

Other Projects

Morse Code · Stars & Planets · Space Calculator · Web Audio Analyser · Media Edit Tool · Chess · Invaders · Solitaire · Minesweeper

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