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Your favorite software tool for the shop computer

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
edited 2011-07-26 02:33 in General Discussion
I posted this question to the Gadget Gangster blog: http://www.gadgetgangster.com/news/48/443

What is your favorite software tool for your shop computer?

Mine are a resistor colorcode calculator, Diptrace, Paint.net, and Fritzing.

This seemed like a good question for this forum as well. I'm betting this group collectively has over fifty useful programs. :) Post up!

OBC

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-07-24 12:07
    In addition to the Parallax tools we all know and love:
    UltraEdit (code editor)
    ActivePerl (Perl for Windows)
    perl2exe (Perl script packager)
    CorelDraw (vector illustrations)
    Corel PhotoPaint (bitmapped illustrations)
    CADINT (PCB design)
    Rhino3D (surface modeling)
    DesignWorks Lite (schematic drawing)
    Inno Setup (software install builder)

    -Phil
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2011-07-24 16:31
    I use RobotBasic to send computer info to the propeller
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-07-24 16:35
    Solitare, Mahjong, Angry Birds. ;)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-07-24 16:45
    I nearly forgot: web browser! Before the internet, I would have to drive to Seattle to do research at the U. Wash. library or, if I were lucky, find the necessary resource via an inter-library loan from the local library. The internet and Google have put the world's knowledge at our fingertips. (I just wish the IEEE and ACM would post their papers for free.)

    -Phil
  • markaericmarkaeric Posts: 282
    edited 2011-07-24 17:17
    gResistor, Calculator, and as Phil said, web browser.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-07-24 17:39
      Where do I start?

      All the Parallax Tools
      BST
      EditPlus 3
      Adobe Illustrator
      Adobe Photoshop
      ExpressPCB
      DipTrace
      AutoCad Autosketch
      Google Sketchup
      Audacity
      12Blocks

      I have a little hand held Radio Shack resistor calculator (paper kind) that I got in the 70's for 59 cents :) Still works!
    1. stevebzzzzzstevebzzzzz Posts: 38
      edited 2011-07-24 17:45
      PCTOOLS

      SpinRite

      PROCOMM

      Norton Utilities

      checkit

      :smile:
    2. PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
      edited 2011-07-24 17:57
      And I failed to mention the most important program of all.

      Carbonite

      Peace of mind having an automatic off site backup as soon as I save any file .
    3. W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
      edited 2011-07-24 19:37
      DropBox

      DropBox
    4. mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
      edited 2011-07-24 20:57
      :thumb: Arduino and Processing! :innocent:

      How else do you create "Installations" with those controller shield thingies????


      {KIDDING!!!!!!!}
    5. K2K2 Posts: 693
      edited 2011-07-24 21:18
      LTspiceIV
      xcalc
    6. LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
      edited 2011-07-25 03:53
      Pulsonix for PCB design.
    7. stamptrolstamptrol Posts: 1,731
      edited 2011-07-25 05:25
      DropBox
      Excel
      Procomm
      PLC editing software for Toshiba, Automation Direct
      Browser
    8. Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
      edited 2011-07-25 09:27
      NTE quickcross


      Peter
    9. Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
      edited 2011-07-25 10:05
      Synergy - One Mouse / One Keyboard - Across multi computers and OS's

      VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is also a very valuable piece of software - It also can be used across multi OS systems.

      In both cases for a Linux Operating system, most likely you already have the software package, you just need to install it.

      System --> Administration --> Add/Remove Software ... Next just search for synergy or vnc Other than punching a hole for a few ports through your router and on the Linux Box it's relatively painless.
    10. davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
      edited 2011-07-25 10:31
      web browser
      Excel 2003
      VISIO 2003
      Visual Studio 2005 (C++ and VB)
      OpenOffice.org
      Parallax IDE
    11. Mike GMike G Posts: 2,702
      edited 2011-07-25 10:33
      According to my start menu
      FireFox
      Notepad
      VS2010
      Prop Tool
      Word
      Dreamweaver
      Remote desktop
      PhotoShop
      Command prompt
    12. schillschill Posts: 741
      edited 2011-07-25 14:26
      mindrobots wrote: »
      :thumb: Arduino and Processing! :innocent:

      How else do you create "Installations" with those controller shield thingies????


      {KIDDING!!!!!!!}

      You may have been kidding, but I find Processing to be very useful.
    13. Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
      edited 2011-07-25 15:01
      Ch Standard edition - several useful Gnu utilities that aren't included with Windows, like wget, curl, mdgsum, and sha1sum. Plus it's a good tool for learning C.

      Strawberry Perl zip file edition - no installion needed, just unzip it add the bin directories to your path. Plus it's pre-configured to build CPAN modules with MinGW, so you get a free C/C++ environment with it.
    14. TorTor Posts: 2,010
      edited 2011-07-26 02:33
      Git version control.

      -Tor
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