What is Curvo Studio?
Curvo Studio is a free, browser-based app with interactive 3D simulators for motors, diodes, LEDs, MOSFETs and transformers. See what it does and who it is for.
Read the guide →Guides
Guides
Plain-language explanations of how components behave, how the simulations work and how to get the most from Curvo Studio.
About Curvo
How the simulations in Curvo Studio work
The equations behind each Curvo Studio simulator, from the Shockley diode model to motor slip, and why they are lesson models rather than SPICE simulations.
Read the guide →Using Curvo Studio in the classroom
Ideas for teachers: live demos, student activities and PDF or CSV lab reports with Curvo Studio's free browser-based electronics and electrical simulators.
Read the guide →Learn
How to read a diode I–V curve
Learn to read a diode I–V curve: forward region, knee voltage, reverse leakage and breakdown, with the Shockley equation and numbers you can reproduce.
Read the guide →How to calculate an LED's series resistor
Calculate the series resistor for an LED with R = (Vs − Vf) / I. Includes a worked 5 V example, power rating and why forward voltage depends on colour.
Read the guide →Zener diode voltage regulator: how to design one
Design a Zener diode shunt regulator: size the series resistor, handle the load range and check power dissipation, with a worked 5.1 V example you can verify.
Read the guide →Slip and the torque–speed curve of a three-phase induction motor
Understand slip in a three-phase induction motor: synchronous speed 120f/p, the slip formula, a worked example and how load changes speed, current and stall.
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