Simulate on breadboard

jnpcgo · March 19, 2021, 11:03am

Hello guys and thanks for the program, im new on this world and i just bought the program, i know that maybe im asking a lot but build in a simulator on bread borads would be PERFECT!
hope u guys cand send me a feedback about this subject.
Greetings from Portugal

fai · March 19, 2021, 12:06pm

Maybe there will one soon. I made a super basic one which has been merged in the fritzing repository (its own branch). If you are able to compile it from source, you can try out. It still needs some work and we cannot forecast when it will be released. There are ways to contribute, some require programming, but others not. Check the documentation if you are interested.
The simulator branch:

Some documentation:

github.com

fritzing/fritzing-app/blob/simulator/src/simulation/SIMULATOR_README.MD

# Simulator Description #

This document describes the features of the implemented simulator in Fritzing. The purpose of the simulator is to teach electronics to beginners. Therefore, the current capabilities are very basics. In the future, we could extend this code to handle advanced analyses, but currently it is not a priority. If you want to help us, please, contact us to discuss collaborations (see the contribute section of this file). 

## Use ##

The simulator is disabled by default. To enable it, go to Edit->Preferences, select the "Beta Features" tab and check the enable simulator checkbox. This option will be saved and you only need to activate the simulator once. Of course, you can still disable at any time in the prefences dialog. Now, a new button called "Simulate" should appear at the bottom bar (next to the "Share" button).

In order to use it, build a circuit as usual and add a multimeter to measure something (voltage, current or resitance).  Then, press the "Simulate" button and the screen of the multimeter will show the result of the simulation. The parts not being simulated are greyed out. If any device is out of specifications, a smoke appears over it. You can modify the circuit as usual and press again "Simulate" to perform a new simulation. In order to remove all the artifacts from the simulator, click on the small arrow in the "Simulate" button and select "Reset Simulation". Thus, all the items of the simulation disappear (smoke images, text in multimeters and grey out of the non simulated parts).

## Features ##

The current implementation performs a dc analysis (operating point). By default, there is no output of the voltages or currents in the circuit. To be able to measure them, you should use the multimeters of the core bin. There are five multimeters but currently only the dc multimeters work (voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter). 

### Currently supported devices ###

Currently, a very limited types of devices are supported:

* Resistors
* Capacitors

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jnpcgo · March 19, 2021, 12:23pm

Thanks Fai i will take a look and try to do it.

jnpcgo · March 19, 2021, 12:33pm

No beta option on preferences … any solution? i whent to githup and open all your links but i didnt made any changes to my program because i cant see a beta option to enable on preferences

fai · March 19, 2021, 12:36pm

Unfortunately, it has not been released yet. That means that you have to compile the source code to be able to try it. This could be quite tricky if you are not a developer… Check the wiki in the github, if you want to try.

jnpcgo · March 19, 2021, 12:53pm

Well i whent down and i read it but is too much for me unfortunately, i thought that if i had the same directories i could just make a copy paste and the problem was solved but i really dont think that is a option. https://github.com/failiz/fritzing-app i whent there and i even downloaded the simulator branch but after i look and compared with the files i have from the last version in my pc it doesnt look like i can just trow them to my directory… well fai thanks for your time i appreciate it a lot but im a noob to do what u purposed

Melotmaker · January 20, 2022, 11:47am

If only Fritzing would have indicated UPFRONT that there is no simulation available, I would not have wasted my time and money.
Maybe this shortcoming is indicated somewhere on their website and I simply did not see it. That would be my fault which I will gladly own if this was teh case.
The preferences on my version also does not offer the simulation.
Really annoying.

fai · January 20, 2022, 2:45pm

I am really sorry that you had high expectations. It doesn’t say that there is no simulator, but it specifies what it does: " allows users to document their prototypes, share them with others, teach electronics in a classroom, and layout and manufacture professional PCBs."

As discussed in this thread, there is a vary basic simulator in development, which has not been released yet. That is why there is no simulation option in the preferences menu of your version. However, the code is there and you can try it out if you know how to compile the program (which is not easy if you are not a developer).

In any case, I hope that the simulator is released soon. Just to be very clear, it will not simulate Arduino code or transient analysis, only DC analysis and for very limited number of parts. And it is a beta feature, so there will be things to fix.