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March 19, 2021, 12:06pm
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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.
# 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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