SmithTool is an interactive Smith Chart desktop application for RF impedance matching and matching-network design, built with C++17 + Qt 6 Widgets.
- Interactive Smith chart visualization
- Source/load impedance editing (rectangular and polar)
- Matching element design (series/shunt R/L/C)
- Matching wizard (L/Pi/T and additional topologies)
- Touchstone file import (
.s1p,.s2p) - SPICE netlist export
- UI language selection: English / Simplified Chinese
- CMake >= 3.16
- C++17 compiler
- Qt 6 (
Core,Gui,Widgets)
Install toolchain and Qt6 in MSYS2:
pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-base mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-toolssudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake ninja-build qt6-base-dev qt6-base-dev-tools qt6-tools-dev-toolscmake -S SmithTool -B SmithTool/build-msys -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=E:/msys2/mingw64
cmake --build SmithTool/build-msys -j4cmake -S SmithTool -B SmithTool/build-linux -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build SmithTool/build-linux -j$(nproc)- Windows executable (example):
SmithTool/build-msys/SmithTool.exe - Switch language in menu:
Language -> English / Simplified Chinese - Language preference is saved and applied after restart.
- End users do not need to install Qt separately.
- Use one of the packaged deliverables:
- Windows installer (
Setup.exe) - Windows portable bundle (
windows-portable.zip)
- Windows installer (
- These packages include required Qt runtime and MinGW runtime DLLs.
- Do not distribute/use a standalone bare
SmithTool.exewithout its bundled DLLs.
- Windows installer (
.exe): Inno Setup pipeline - Debian package (
.deb): CPack/DEB pipeline
See details:
This project is intended for open-source distribution with Qt6 dynamic linking. Before release, complete the checklist and include notices/licenses in artifacts:
MIT License. See LICENSE.