Tux Resistor is an Interactive Electronics Tool which can be used to convert Resitor color bands to Resistor values and vice versa.
Download and extract the Zip file and run
./tux.sh or run from commandline
java -cp .:tuxresistor.jar tuxresistor.Main
Download and extract the Zip file and run the .jar file using Java or run from command line
java -cp .:tuxresistor.jar tuxresistor.Main
You need to install Java Runtime Environment(JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK),
For Linux Download JRE from here – http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=64145
If you are using Windows Download JRE form here – http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=64152
Vivek r - vividvilla@gmail.com
Tux Resistor is an Interactive Electronics Tool which can be used to convert Resistor color bands to Resistor values and also Convert Color Codes to Resistor Color Bands.
If you are an Electronics Hobbyist It will be helpful to save some time.
Absolutely,it is an Opensource Project and I also hosted the sources on Sourceforge.
Yes,it will.Just Download Windows version, extract the Zip file and run the .jar file.
Yes,It will Download Linux version and extract the Zip file and you will find a tux.sh file run on Terminal or just by double clicking and choosing run option.
Unfortunately I haven't tried this version with Mac or other Operating Systems,As soon as I test it it will be available for download.
I have tested it in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4,It works great.Just download the Unix version and run the shell script in Mac Terminal.
Yes, You need to install Java Runtime Environment(JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK),
If you are using Windows Download JRE form here - http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=64152
For Linux Download JRE from here - http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=64145
Linux users have plenty of other options also like installing open JDK from repository.