Super cool.
A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
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Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
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It blew my mind that the microcontroller I'm now using has a 1000+ page datasheet.
I recently came across a reference manual for an SoC that came in at over 24,000 pages - a new personal record. The tools for working with such large PDFs generally suck.
It seems like any PDF viewer that runs in a browser just can't handle big documents and often will be terribly slow on even medium sized ones. I always have to use standalone viewers to get them to load.
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
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I recently came across a reference manual for an SoC that came in at over 24,000 pages - a new personal record. The tools for working with such large PDFs generally suck.
Preview.app used to be very good for large pdfs, back in what I suddenly realize must be considered "the early days" of OS X, maybe 8 years ago. Now? Eh, Firefox. If that doesn't work, well, find an old Mac which hasn't been "upgraded" I guess.
SumatraPDF works far better than Firefox for me for service manuals (half a gigabyte or so usually).
It doesn't have fancy features but it's very quick to load and render.
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
#154The competition might look ancient, but IMO, a 2D interface would be much more productive and easier to work with. This site is completely unusable for me in Firefox (it does work in Edge though).
So many times this. There is a reason why engineers use schematics instead of assembly diagrams or renderings when designing circuits or discussing how they operate. In particular, layouts on solderless breadboards tend to become incomprehensible for any sort of even mildly complex circuit.
> layouts on solderless breadboards tend to become incomprehensible for any sort of even mildly complex circuit.
Translating non breadboard circuit schematics to a breadboard is definitely something some people struggle with, It would be useful to have a tool that could do that for you.
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
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I believe another web-based tool which can do this already is https://www.flux.ai I've noodled around with it and I like it, but I actually find working with pencil, paper, and the actual components to be more efficient than panning and zooming around a 3d environment. It's not always an option so these simulators are very useful, but I've come to realize I'm far better off by planning not to use these tools, I guess…
flux founder here thanks for the plug! We are working on making our schematic editor so good...you'll never go back to paper :)
I’m realizing I didn’t give flux the credit I should have. I actually interviewed to work on it because as far as I can tell, this stuff is the future. So that aside, it doesn’t fit my workflow well today but I don’t doubt that it will, and for many people it already does.
I’m glad to hear good things are coming! I’ll definitely keep checking in. Apologies for being dismissive of the hard work your team does, especially after seeing the kinds of technical challenges you take on and working with similar technologies myself these days.
High performance, user-friendly collaborative tools in the browser are not a free lunch, and what flux does today is already impressive.
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#157Noted. I guess in the future I will continue to look for things made in 2003, because this is entirely useless for any actual circuit simulation and/or design.
Looks great if you're trying to impress some of your beginner friends, though.
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
#158The competition might look ancient, but IMO, a 2D interface would be much more productive and easier to work with. This site is completely unusable for me in Firefox (it does work in Edge though).
On Chrome on 2019 MBP, nothing loads until 5secs later. Zooming lags 2+ secs. Probably only good for making a presentation on a beefy machine, not useable otherwise.
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
#159for anyone looking for something like this, especially for teaching - TinkerCAD has a circuits app that is extremely similar but without the janky 3D. https://www.tinkercad.com/circuits
Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
#160I wish I understood electronics