THE ENGINEER’S WORKBENCH

Less scratch work.
More building.

Small tools for the calculations that keep coming back. Explicit units, visible formulas and useful starting points for your next experiment.

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01 ↗TRANSFORMS

Quaternion ↔ Euler angle converter

Convert roll, pitch and yaw in degrees to ROS-order quaternions, or normalize a quaternion and convert back. Explicit axis conventions and gimbal-lock handling.

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02 ↗MOBILE ROBOTICS

Differential drive wheel speed calculator

Convert robot linear and angular velocity into left and right wheel angular speeds and RPM. For ideal two-wheel differential drive kinematics.

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03 ↗PERCEPTION & DATA

ROS bag & sensor bandwidth calculator

Estimate camera and LiDAR throughput, network bandwidth and ROS bag storage. Model multiple cameras, message overhead and an assumed compression ratio.

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04 ↗EMBEDDED & CONTROL

Encoder resolution & wheel distance calculator

Calculate output-shaft encoder counts per revolution, angular resolution and ideal wheel travel per count using quadrature decoding and gearbox ratio.

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05 ↗MECHANICAL DESIGN

Robot joint static torque calculator

Estimate gravity torque for a point payload on a horizontal lever and the corresponding ideal motor torque through a gearbox.

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