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SimulIDE 0.4.13

63 points by app4soft 6y ago

app4soft 6y ago
About SimulIDE[0] FLOSS app: > SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator, intended for hobbyist or students to learn and experiment with simple electronic circuits and microcontrollers, supporting PIC, AVR and Arduino. > This is not an accurate simulator for circuit analysis, it aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, this means simple and not very accurate electronic models and limited features. > Simplicity and ease of use are the key features of this simulator. You can create, simulate and interact with your circuits within minutes, just drag components from the list, drop into the circuit, connect them and push power button to see how it works. > SimulIDE also features a code Editor and Debugger for GcBasic, Arduino, PIC asm and AVR asm. It is still in it's firsts stages of development, with basic functionalities, but it is possible to write, compile and basic debugging with breakpoints, watch registers and global variables. Source and binary builds available for Linux, macOS & Windows.[1] There is official YouTube-channel[2] (also many videos uploded on YouTube by users), Tutorials[3] (textual) and Forum[4]. For those who interested in contributing there is also "Contributing Guide".[5] [0] https://www.simulide.com/p/home.html https://www.simulide.com/p/home.html [1] https://www.simulide.com/p/downloads.html https://www.simulide.com/p/downloads.html [2] https://www.simulide.com/p/blog-page.html https://www.simulide.com/p/blog-page.html [3] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4QSL5PGN15wk41AVjgRdg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4QSL5PGN15wk41AVjgRdg [4] https://simulide.forumotion.com/ https://simulide.forumotion.com/ [5] https://www.simulide.com/p/contribute.html https://www.simulide.com/p/contribute.html
mosselman 6y ago
Very cool, I will be checking this out! Thank you for your work. I hope this will make the brainstorm phase of creating arduino-like projects easier. Is there a reason for 0.4.13 not having a macos build?
- app4soft 6y ago
  > Is there a reason for 0.4.13 not having a macOS binary build? I don't know, but you may ask it on forum: - https://simulide.forumotion.com/ https://simulide.forumotion.com/ OR compile it itself from sources: - https://mailfence.com/pub/docs/santigoro/web/SimulIDE_0.4.13/SimulIDE_0.4.13-SR5_Sources.tar.gz https://mailfence.com/pub/docs/santigoro/web/SimulIDE_0.4.13...
childintime 6y ago
This program came up in Portuguese on my English Windows desktop. Fortunately I speak Portuguese. I tried it for a bit, it has potential, but isn't there yet. Like the clunky competition, the interface needs to be improved. It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). In my view the benchmark for usability and responsiveness is (surprisingly) a web app: http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/circuitjs.html http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/circuitjs.html. It falls flat for accurate simulations, but is an excellent tool to quickly evaluate schematic ideas. Edit: see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17599728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17599728
- Nicksil 6y ago
  >It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). Why is it a pity this software was written in C++, using Qt, rather than in Flutter?
- app4soft 6y ago
  > It falls flat for accurate simulations If you read SimulIDE description, it already clarified on home page: "This is not an accurate simulator for circuit analysis, it aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, this means simple and not very accurate electronic models and limited features." > but is an excellent tool to quickly evaluate schematic ideas. Yes, it is. And that is why SimulIDE is what I'm looking for years ;)
- slezyr 6y ago
  > It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). Seriously??? > Flutter support for Windows desktop is now in alpha (along with macOS and Linux support)! - https://flutter.dev/ https://flutter.dev/ It just started to have some kind of desktop support.
ksangeelee 6y ago
This looks absolutely stunning. The range of components is impressive, and the UI is really quite intuitive (I got a simple circuit running with measurements in a minute or so). Looking through the changelog, it seems that MCU simulation includes peripherals like I2C, PWM, and all sorts of low level stuff like power modes (sleeps, wake). There are lots of situations that don't demand highly accurate simulation, especially for educators and hobbyists, and accessible software like this makes experimentation a joy.

63 points by app4soft 6y ago

About SimulIDE[0] FLOSS app: > SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator, intended for hobbyist or students to learn and experiment with simple electronic circuits and microcontrollers, supporting PIC, AVR and Arduino. > This is not an accurate simulator for circuit analysis, it aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, this means simple and not very accurate electronic models and limited features. > Simplicity and ease of use are the key features of this simulator. You can create, simulate and interact with your circuits within minutes, just drag components from the list, drop into the circuit, connect them and push power button to see how it works. > SimulIDE also features a code Editor and Debugger for GcBasic, Arduino, PIC asm and AVR asm. It is still in it's firsts stages of development, with basic functionalities, but it is possible to write, compile and basic debugging with breakpoints, watch registers and global variables. Source and binary builds available for Linux, macOS & Windows.[1] There is official YouTube-channel[2] (also many videos uploded on YouTube by users), Tutorials[3] (textual) and Forum[4]. For those who interested in contributing there is also "Contributing Guide".[5] [0] https://www.simulide.com/p/home.html https://www.simulide.com/p/home.html [1] https://www.simulide.com/p/downloads.html https://www.simulide.com/p/downloads.html [2] https://www.simulide.com/p/blog-page.html https://www.simulide.com/p/blog-page.html [3] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4QSL5PGN15wk41AVjgRdg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4QSL5PGN15wk41AVjgRdg [4] https://simulide.forumotion.com/ https://simulide.forumotion.com/ [5] https://www.simulide.com/p/contribute.html https://www.simulide.com/p/contribute.html

mosselman 6y ago

Very cool, I will be checking this out! Thank you for your work. I hope this will make the brainstorm phase of creating arduino-like projects easier. Is there a reason for 0.4.13 not having a macos build?

app4soft 6y ago
> Is there a reason for 0.4.13 not having a macOS binary build? I don't know, but you may ask it on forum: - https://simulide.forumotion.com/ https://simulide.forumotion.com/ OR compile it itself from sources: - https://mailfence.com/pub/docs/santigoro/web/SimulIDE_0.4.13/SimulIDE_0.4.13-SR5_Sources.tar.gz https://mailfence.com/pub/docs/santigoro/web/SimulIDE_0.4.13...

childintime 6y ago

This program came up in Portuguese on my English Windows desktop. Fortunately I speak Portuguese. I tried it for a bit, it has potential, but isn't there yet. Like the clunky competition, the interface needs to be improved. It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). In my view the benchmark for usability and responsiveness is (surprisingly) a web app: http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/circuitjs.html http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/circuitjs.html. It falls flat for accurate simulations, but is an excellent tool to quickly evaluate schematic ideas. Edit: see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17599728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17599728

Nicksil 6y ago
>It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). Why is it a pity this software was written in C++, using Qt, rather than in Flutter?
app4soft 6y ago
> It falls flat for accurate simulations If you read SimulIDE description, it already clarified on home page: "This is not an accurate simulator for circuit analysis, it aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, this means simple and not very accurate electronic models and limited features." > but is an excellent tool to quickly evaluate schematic ideas. Yes, it is. And that is why SimulIDE is what I'm looking for years ;)
slezyr 6y ago
> It's a pity it isn't written in something like Flutter (uses QT). Seriously??? > Flutter support for Windows desktop is now in alpha (along with macOS and Linux support)! - https://flutter.dev/ https://flutter.dev/ It just started to have some kind of desktop support.

ksangeelee 6y ago

This looks absolutely stunning. The range of components is impressive, and the UI is really quite intuitive (I got a simple circuit running with measurements in a minute or so). Looking through the changelog, it seems that MCU simulation includes peripherals like I2C, PWM, and all sorts of low level stuff like power modes (sleeps, wake). There are lots of situations that don't demand highly accurate simulation, especially for educators and hobbyists, and accessible software like this makes experimentation a joy.