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iOS reference app for electronic engineering

12 March 2014 News

RS Components has unveiled its first design support app for iOS-based mobile devices. Called RS Toolbox, the free app provides a central access point to popular electronic reference materials and calculation and conversion tools in an easy-to-use format for electronics design engineers, hobbyists and students.

RS Toolbox runs on mobile devices that use the iOS operating system, which includes iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices from Apple. A version that runs on Windows 8 devices is also planned. The new app is based upon the ‘Electronic Toolbox Pro’ app, which was developed by Marcus Roskosch, the creator of a range of highly successful apps for engineers. Electronic Toolbox Pro has attracted a high level of acceptance from engineers with more than 200 000 downloads to date.

RS Toolbox offers an extensive range of functions, which are grouped as icons on the main screen, including a multitude of engineering calculators, converters and lookup tables. For example, included in the functions are RLC filter calculators, a 555 timer configurator, calculators for a variety of voltage regulators and op-amps, and essential tools such as numbering system converters, Ohm’s Law calculator and lookup tables for battery types and sizes, cable colour codings, package sizes, toroid specifications and much more.

The app offers a high level of customisation and is available in 16 different languages.

For more information contact RS Components, +27 (0)11 691 9300, [email protected], www.rsonline.co.za



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