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I really like proteus from labcenter electronics. It isn't as pretty as this tool (by a million miles), but it can actually simulate microcontrollers and even f

I really like proteus from labcenter electronics. It isn't as pretty as this tool (by a million miles), but it can actually simulate microcontrollers and even full-fledged ARM processors. You can construct an arduino, as in drag it together in an editor similar to this one, run the USB port emulator on your local machine and run the arduino IDE against your simulated circuit, and program stuff to control servos or relays. They've got such drivers for USB, serial, parallel (if you install a version of windows ancient enough to support parallel ports) and ethernet if memory serves. No wifi though. I loved developing like that.

mwambua 10y ago
Proteus can be very expensive if you want to go legitimate though. A single VSM license is upwards of $200. In most cases it's cheaper for a hobbyist to just buy the components and test out the circuit than to run the simulation. That being said... it's super useful tool. I used a bootleg version of Proteus during undergrad. Coming from a third-world country where electronics labs are often severely under-equipped... it went a long way towards helping me understand the material I was covering.
- Cyph0n 10y ago
  > A single VSM license is upwards of $200 That's actually regarded as "dirt cheap" in the world of circuit simulators.
- aidenn0 10y ago
  said hobbyist also needs to buy an oscilloscope though. Granted they'll likely need that down the road, but still...
fake-name 10y ago
Proteus may be nice as a "babby's first electronic" program, but as an actual EDA capture tool it's a fucking disaster (we use it at work, I wish we didn't). If you want to make a LED blink, buy a actual arduino. If you want to simulate actual analog electronics, bite the bullet and learn SPICE. If you want to actually layout circuit boards, buy ANYTHING else. Basically, as soon as you have an actual, complex board, the DRC system shits itself, and you wind up having to manually, visually check your layout before manufacturing, rather then letting the software that's supposed to do it do the checking.
- F2 10y ago
  Shoutout to the open source KiCad EDA project.
- candiodari 10y ago
  Do you know another program that can emulate microcontrollers and preferably also other chips together with actual electrical components in a circuit and make them programmable and simulatable without actual real components ?
- chillingeffect 10y ago
  brief note: LTSpice is free and graphical. The learning curve is shorter than pure Spice.
Keyframe 10y ago
https://circuits.io/ https://circuits.io/ from Autodesk also has an Arduino. It works inside a browser. Nifty learning tool!

mwambua 10y ago

Proteus can be very expensive if you want to go legitimate though. A single VSM license is upwards of $200. In most cases it's cheaper for a hobbyist to just buy the components and test out the circuit than to run the simulation. That being said... it's super useful tool. I used a bootleg version of Proteus during undergrad. Coming from a third-world country where electronics labs are often severely under-equipped... it went a long way towards helping me understand the material I was covering.

Cyph0n 10y ago
> A single VSM license is upwards of $200 That's actually regarded as "dirt cheap" in the world of circuit simulators.
aidenn0 10y ago
said hobbyist also needs to buy an oscilloscope though. Granted they'll likely need that down the road, but still...

fake-name 10y ago

Proteus may be nice as a "babby's first electronic" program, but as an actual EDA capture tool it's a fucking disaster (we use it at work, I wish we didn't). If you want to make a LED blink, buy a actual arduino. If you want to simulate actual analog electronics, bite the bullet and learn SPICE. If you want to actually layout circuit boards, buy ANYTHING else. Basically, as soon as you have an actual, complex board, the DRC system shits itself, and you wind up having to manually, visually check your layout before manufacturing, rather then letting the software that's supposed to do it do the checking.

F2 10y ago
Shoutout to the open source KiCad EDA project.
candiodari 10y ago
Do you know another program that can emulate microcontrollers and preferably also other chips together with actual electrical components in a circuit and make them programmable and simulatable without actual real components ?
chillingeffect 10y ago
brief note: LTSpice is free and graphical. The learning curve is shorter than pure Spice.

Keyframe 10y ago

https://circuits.io/ https://circuits.io/ from Autodesk also has an Arduino. It works inside a browser. Nifty learning tool!