Capacitor Coder

Capacitor Coder is a lightweight Windows application designed with a single goal in mind: to help you calculate the electrical capacitance and tolerance of any capacitor code.

The advantages of being portable

Since this is a portable program, it is important to mention that it doesn’t leave any traces in the Windows Registry.
You can copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices, and take it with you whenever you need to perform capacitance calculations on the breeze, without having to go through installation steps.

Minimalistic looks and basic functionality

You are welcomed by a small panel that offers only a few configuration settings to tinker with.
Capacitor Coder gives you the possibility to input the numeric capacitor code directly into the primary panel for each digit, as well as pick the tolerance. As soon as you have finished setting up the aforementioned parameters, you need to press the “Calculate” button for viewing the results.
The tool is able to calculate the capacitance in microfarads, nanofarads, and picofarads. On the downside, the results cannot be copied to the clipboard and exported to a file.
Since it doesn’t require much computer knowledge to set up the dedicated parameters, even rookies can learn to master the entire process with minimal effort. Needless to mention that this small utility leaves a minimal footprint on system resources, so your computer performance is not hampered.

Bottom line

To sum it up, Capacitor Coder offers a simple yet efficient software solution for helping you calculate the electrical capacitance for any capacitor code. However, it would have been useful to see support for exporting options, so you can easily save data on your computer.