# Documentation

`rftoolkit` is built to just work for RF engineers. 
Working as an RF engineer, I realized how bloated many of the tools we use are and wanted a simpler solution.

My goal is also to help new people get into RF engineering, so these tools are built to teach you as well:
Most of the inputs and outputs can be clicked to see relevant equations, references, and explanations of how they're computed.

> The docs are just getting started. Detailed walkthroughs are coming soon.

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## Start here

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### Install it

### Watch the tour

### I have an `.s2p` file open right now

## The apps

### PAView

Phased-array exploration, electronic steering, tapers, and grating lobes.

### SNPView

Touchstone inspection, trace comparison, Smith charts, markers, and exports.

### CascadeView

RF cascade analysis for gain, noise figure, compression, intercept points, and headroom.

### Parts Library

One organized home for your S-parameter files, shared with every app.

### SignalView

System building with measured networks: connect Touchstone files and library parts, then follow
power and gain through every block of the signal path.

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