Professional RF, Microwave & Satellite Engineering Tools

Developed and maintained by Dr Peter King.

Available for RF consultancy Credits

RF System Design

Simple Link BudgetEstimate link SNR, FSPL, 1st Fresnel
Satcom Link BudgetPredict satellite communication link margins
Cascaded Line-UpsRF line-ups, cascaded gain, noise figure, OIP3, P1dB, levels
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
RF CalculatorCommon RF conversions and engineering calculations
Radio Sky BrightnessEstimate antenna noise temperature

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 PlotterView S-parameter data
S-Parameter Calc & PlotView derived multi S-parameter summation data
RF MatchExplore impedance matching component values
PLL DesignerPhase-locked-loop design 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 linearization of nonlinear PA with memory

Satellite & Space

Satellite & Sky TrackerView satellite orbits and sky objects
Multi Satellite TrackerView satellite constellations
Orbit ExamplesWorked satellite constellation examples
EME Link CalculatorEstimate Earth-Moon-Earth link performance
EME ExperimentExperiment 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

25+ RF tools, free, no ads, no sign-up, no tracking cookies. Built and maintained by one engineer.
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