idealDesign · prototype

Designing circuits, not just shopping lists

A preview of the depth the shipped tool doesn't have yet: resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, and ICs — plus calculators that size real component values from your requirements.

Concept preview · values illustrative
Circuit calculators 03
Passive parts 017
Discrete semiconductors 06
Analog / timer ICs 04
Breakout modules 55 unchanged

Pick a circuit block on the left and adjust the requirements below — the resistor and capacitor values are computed live from real design formulas, then snapped to standard (E12) part values, the way you'd actually buy them.

LED current-limiting resistor

Solves R = (Vsupply − Vf) / I for a single LED, then rounds up to the nearest standard resistor so the LED never exceeds your target current.

Supply voltage must exceed the LED's forward voltage.
Calculated R
Standard part (E12)
Actual current
Resistor power
220Ω LED V+ GND

555 astable blinker / oscillator

Solves the classic 555 astable equations for R1 and R2 given a target frequency, duty cycle, and timing capacitor, then snaps both resistors to E12 values and reports the frequency you'd actually get.

Classic 555 astable topology only reaches duty ≥ 50% — for lower duty, a diode across R1 is required (not modeled here).
R1 (standard)
R2 (standard)
Actual frequency
Actual duty
NE555 R1 R2 OUT C

Linear regulator power supply

Computes the power a linear regulator has to burn off as heat (Pd = (Vin − Vout) × Iout) and flags when a TO-220 package needs a heatsink.

Input voltage must exceed output plus ~1.5 V dropout.
Power dissipated
Heatsink
Input cap
Output cap
AMS1117 V_in V_out