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Show HN: Circuit Artist – Circuit simulator with propagation animation, rewind

rafinha

Comments (19)

  • jacquesm
    What a beautiful visualization. I will try this on my electronics loving child, see if it takes.If at all possible: add resistors and capacitors. With those two added you can make many more interesting circuits (Schmitt triggers, a-stable stuff).
  • zamadatix
    This seems awesome! I wish this had come out a few weeks ago so I had time to tinker with it waiting for the Turing Complete rewrite. I particularly like the implementation of Elmore delay to give some meaning to the spatial layout.I'm not 100% sold on the bitmap editing style of circuit layout vs something like the automatic wire pathing in Turing Complete though. It's something I'll need to play with to get a real opinion on though.Purchased to have some fun with this weekend. Thanks for publishing the source as well!
  • falsaberN1
    It's kind of like Wireworld, a cellular automaton type, similar to Conway's Life but more oriented to circuits. I always loved these things.
  • pjc50
    Having Elmore delay in this is fantastic - many "proper" educational simulators don't bother with this important aspect. It also forces people to deal with fanout, as you say.Plus it looks really cool with the neon.
  • SilentM68
    This is nice. I wish I had something like this when was taking Electronics courses. The visual component would have been very helpful. Merging this with a course on electronics would be a great resource.
  • simgt
    What a gem. That seems super fun and I love the Paint aesthetic :)
  • ckmiller
    I've written simulators as a career for more than a decade, and I'm stunned at what a good job you've done. The simulation engine is excellent and the visualization is prettier (and more intuitive!) than any I've ever seen.
  • random_duck
    Oh wow, this is such a great project! I love how we can elegantly simulate propagation <3 Congratulations, I will defiantly purchase it from stream just to help it's development.
  • NwtnsMthd
    Love the aesthetic, even more, that you published the source! I bought a copy on Steam, thank you for your work!Any plans to add more advanced campaigns, say, to build up to a simple processor?
  • goku12
    Beautiful work on an interesting subject!
  • boobsbr
    Holy moly.