Software

resistormaid

I couldn't find any good CLI resistor calculator to my liking so I made one.
Presenting resistormaid! Just enter the color bands and you'll get the specifications.

Usage: resistormaid first second [third] multiplier [tolerance] [temp_coefficient]
Valid arguments: black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, purple, gray, grey, white, gold, golden, silver

Source Code

Uses Semantic Versioning if you rely on it for scripting.

2.0.0 md5: 4296e292d9c723da5b316386e301be3e

1.0.0 md5: 30ce6803158fd4b8dacc58e9846a6d2c

Limitations

Because to err is human.

~~It doesn't have a terminal UI yet. I'll introduce one when I get to it.~~ Not considered anymore.
It has had limited testing. I recommend checking the resistors seperately afterwards in case this has bugs.

~~It outputs the multiplier value seperately. I'll release an update that outputs human readable values later.~~ Version 2.0.0 brings this.
It doesn't accept numbered color values, only words specified in the usage text. Could be added I guess.
Maybe I should have imitated the df utility and added a '-h' option.

Why does it say that the value I entered is invalid?

You either:

Entered a value that isn't specified in the usage text.
The argument you provided that value for doesn't accept that value.

License

MIT license as specified in the release.

No binaries?

That would require you to place complete trust on me to provide legit binaries. I don't want anyone to place that amount of trust on me. My programs are intended to follow the Unix philosophy and therefore intentionally small. Audit and compile them.

Bugs, patches, suggestions et cetera

Contact me at the email address specified in the footer of this page, I'd really appreciate it! If you are sending a patch, please mention what license your patch is as well.