NQ6U
02-28-2012, 03:46 PM
Just got e-mail from Nerdkits; they have launched something called Circuit Lab (https://www.circuitlab.com/), browser-based circuit design software. Here's the blurb they sent me:
CircuitLab makes sketching circuits as easy as sketching on a piece of
paper, produces beautiful PNG and PDF schematics, and allows you to simulate
your circuit right in your browser to see how it would work in real life!
You can then tweak, design, test, and iterate -- all in one tool, all in
your web browser, before even going to a breadboard.
Circuits that are made public in CircuitLab can be shared by simply copy &
pasting a URL, so with a few clicks you can link someone from a forum to
your CircuitLab circuit to get some feedback. That person can then open your
circuit, try it out, learn from it, and possibly tweak things and post it
right back. This should enable a flavor of online learning and collaboration
that has not been possible with circuits until now.
We hope CircuitLab is going to become a great educational resource to
beginners in the DIY Electronics space, as well as a great tool for veterans
to rapidly tinker and develop with as they become more comfortable with more
advanced circuits.
I haven't tried it out myself but I thought that those of you who are more advanced in this sort of thing might find it useful or, at least, interesting.
CircuitLab makes sketching circuits as easy as sketching on a piece of
paper, produces beautiful PNG and PDF schematics, and allows you to simulate
your circuit right in your browser to see how it would work in real life!
You can then tweak, design, test, and iterate -- all in one tool, all in
your web browser, before even going to a breadboard.
Circuits that are made public in CircuitLab can be shared by simply copy &
pasting a URL, so with a few clicks you can link someone from a forum to
your CircuitLab circuit to get some feedback. That person can then open your
circuit, try it out, learn from it, and possibly tweak things and post it
right back. This should enable a flavor of online learning and collaboration
that has not been possible with circuits until now.
We hope CircuitLab is going to become a great educational resource to
beginners in the DIY Electronics space, as well as a great tool for veterans
to rapidly tinker and develop with as they become more comfortable with more
advanced circuits.
I haven't tried it out myself but I thought that those of you who are more advanced in this sort of thing might find it useful or, at least, interesting.