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Tools, references and communities worth your time. Everything here opens in a new tab.

Engineering Tools

The software this platform teaches and uses.

  • Ansys HFSS(opens in a new tab)

    3D full-wave electromagnetic field solver.

  • Keysight ADS(opens in a new tab)

    RF, microwave and high-speed circuit design.

  • MATLAB(opens in a new tab)

    Numerical computing and signal analysis.

  • Python(opens in a new tab)

    The general-purpose language most engineering automation ends up in.

  • LTspice(opens in a new tab)

    Free SPICE simulator for analogue circuits.

  • KiCad(opens in a new tab)

    Free, capable PCB design suite.

  • scikit-rf(opens in a new tab)

    Open-source RF and microwave engineering in Python.

Learning

Where to go deeper than any course can take you.

  • IEEE(opens in a new tab)

    The professional body for the field.

  • IEEE Xplore(opens in a new tab)

    Papers, standards and conference proceedings.

  • MIT OpenCourseWare(opens in a new tab)

    Full university courses, free.

  • NPTEL(opens in a new tab)

    Indian engineering lecture series, free.

  • Microwaves101(opens in a new tab)

    A working reference for RF engineers.

Electronics

Parts, data and the manufacturers behind them.

  • Octopart(opens in a new tab)

    Component search across distributors.

  • Digi-Key(opens in a new tab)

    Distributor with reliable parametric search.

  • Mouser(opens in a new tab)

    Distributor, strong on new-product data.

  • Analog Devices(opens in a new tab)

    Analogue and RF semiconductors, with unusually good application notes.

  • Qorvo(opens in a new tab)

    RF front-end components and reference designs.

  • Rogers Corporation(opens in a new tab)

    RF laminates and their datasheets.

Career & Research

Conferences, journals and funding.