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* [https://www.anaconda.com/download/ Anaconda Python]
* [https://www.anaconda.com/download/ Anaconda Python]
** A free Matlab-like IDE and GUI, using the Python language. The '''''Spyder''''' interface is modeled after Matlab.
** A free Matlab-like IDE and GUI, using the Python language. The '''''Spyder''''' interface is modeled after Matlab.
** Includes the scientific Python libraries needed for array math (numpy), plotting (matplotlib), data science (pandas) and many others. Many open-source packages are available to extend capabilities.
** Includes the scientific Python libraries needed for array math (numpy), plotting (matplotlib), data science (pandas) and many others. Many open-source packages are available to extend capabilities. The [https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ PyVisa] module adds equipment control capabilities for automated measurements.


* [https://www.online-utility.org/math/math_calculator.jsp Octave Online Interpreter (online-utility.org)]
* [https://www.online-utility.org/math/math_calculator.jsp Octave Online Interpreter (online-utility.org)]

Revision as of 23:20, 24 January 2018

This page lists a few online calculators and utilities that are useful to lab users.

Fabrication Processes & Converters

Material Parameters

Wet Etching

Refractive Indices

Scripts + Programs

General Calculators

  • Anaconda Python
    • A free Matlab-like IDE and GUI, using the Python language. The Spyder interface is modeled after Matlab.
    • Includes the scientific Python libraries needed for array math (numpy), plotting (matplotlib), data science (pandas) and many others. Many open-source packages are available to extend capabilities. The PyVisa module adds equipment control capabilities for automated measurements.
  • Wolfram Alpha
    • A versatile online interpreter/calculator, allowing calculations such as "Volume of 1.5g of Silicon", "melting point of SiO2" or "520°C in Fahrenheit".

Python Scripts

These scripts are best run in the Spyder IDE, which is easily installed via Anaconda, Python(X,Y), or direct compiling using a command-line package manager.

Analysis Programs

  • FIJI - scientific image anaylsis software
  • Gwyddion - free analysis software for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs)
    • Sophisticated leveling, slicing, roughness analysis functions etc.
    • Can open Bruker NanoScope files, from the AFM