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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.

resistormaid_2_0_1.patch md5: 9482b16ce012e24f2b24a4e1d10775c5

resistormaid_2_0_0.tar.gz md5: 4296e292d9c723da5b316386e301be3e

resistormaid_1_0_0.tar.gz md5: 30ce6803158fd4b8dacc58e9846a6d2c

Limitations

Because to err is human.

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 or provided a value that isn't valid in its current position.

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.