Digital Circuit Simulator Lite
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | Amran AlQasmi | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The app based on basic digital building blocks, logic gates. No knowledge of logic gates or digital circuits is required.
It offers the basic building blocks, wiring tools and a flexible plane to create live real-time digital circuits, ideal for anyone who wants to learn the basic principles of how computers work - especially students of digital engineering, learn how to create simple logic gates, latches, flip-flops, adders, shift registers and counters. it can help them perform complete lab experiments.
► Features:
- AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, XNOR, Buffer, NOT, j-k Flip-Flop, D Flip-Flop, T Flip-Flop, Switch, Clock, Vcc, GND, VLink-Out, VLink-In, LED, 7-Segment Display, LED Stack Bar, and Label.
- Flood gates (3 & 4) inputs for the gates (AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, XNOR).
- Multi-Color smooth curved wires.
- Ability to add Virtual Links for tidy circuits.
- Unlimited scrollable plane space, for extra large projects.
- Run mode for clean circuit look, while operating live.
- Circuit Lock, for safe Run.
- Two switch operation modes (Toggle or Pulse).
- Switchable synchronized digital waveform clock generators. with adjustable frequency.
- Switches can be linked to work exclusively together.
- Both Positive edge & Negative edge triggering supported for flip-flops, with indicator.
- Configurable LED light color.
- Live value indicators at each leg, for easy analysis.
- Customizable tag for elements.
- Customizable labels can be added anywhere.
- Design-Time snap grid for easier alignment and cleaner look.
- Zoom in & out, Also can be automatically zoomed to Show Circuit extents.
- Persistent Circuit, it saves current circuit automatically to be completed later.
- Save and load circuits using file manager.
- A library of ready made circuit examples for quick jump start.
- Circuits Can be shared and printed.
- Re-assignable circuit diagram origin.
- Append another circuit to the current circuit.
- Highlight the gate wirings while dragged.
- Select, deselect, duplicate, move & delete gates in groups.
- Groups of elements can have distinctive Color and Label with customizable font and font color.
- Auto scroll the plane when reach the edged while wiring, dragging or selecting.
- Elastic selection rectangle to easily select elements.
- Undo functionality, with 10 steps backward.
- Direct wiring to use with Apple Pen.
- Support to Pick'n Drop.
- Boolean function viewer for each Gates & LED, while in run mode.
- Live Timeline Viewer.
Reviews
Not Useful
peo_hi
The lite version simply suckers you in to purchase the full version ($2.99 US). I tried to test this app out with a half-adder (5 gates) and didn't have enough room to add the inputs or outputs. Not very a useful test if you can't even put in a simple adder.
Why?
JoeyB1700
This is the laggiest app I have ever used, and how are you supposed to connect parts together, you can change the color of the thing that is nonexistent, how does this make sense?
Useless without premium
Tortlegamer
I wasn't able to put more than one AND gate therefore limiting me from building simple circuits, if I did something wrong I will rerate but otherwise it's not worth it.
Great idea, needs some work
Blaze624
The app idea is great and I wouldn’t mind paying a few dollars for it, however there is some work that needs to be done. The app itself is very laggy, and the controls seem unintuitive. Just slight things like this need to be done. Maybe a grid lock feature where the whole diagram doesn’t fly around when you tap it by accident? Or possibly just two fingers to move the whole thing. Quick animations will make the whole app seem quicker such as clicking where the gates are or the wiring. Overall though, this is the only app of its kind and has a very niche audience. However, the app has a strong foundation and I look forward to future updates and optimizations.
Update: most problems fixed, but iPhone X notch causes problems
Patrickl27
UPDATED REVIEW: The new update fixes most of the problems I originally noted, making this app much more friendly to use ?. It’s great that the developer listens to and acts on user feedback. However, on the iPhone X many of the top bar’s buttons are mostly blocked by the phone’s “notch”, resulting in users needing to tap randomly in that area and memorize the position of the different functions. Once this bug is fixed I will definitely use this app often. Overall this is a great update, with just this one pain point for some devices. Another nice-to-have but not essential feature would be the ability to open multiple circuits at once and connect them together/combine them, which would allow modular design that could be connected when complete. A good example of its use is with the multiplexer and demultiplexer example circuits, which could be combined together to better demonstrate their function. ORIGINAL REIVEW:This app works, but is not very user friendly. It would be much more useable if you could zoom in an out, as another review mentioned, you can barely fit any useful logic in a single screen before needing to scroll. It would also be useful to have an alternate method to long tapping, for example 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and newer. Also there seems to be no way to move a gate after placing it other than by deleting it and placing another one. (Edit: they can be moved, but it was at first unintuitive how; and not emphasized much in the help page, I did not initially spot it.) With these things fixed and a few other small things (e.g. a typo, the Help menu is labeled "Halp"). Also the developer should really be more kind to users, rather than accusing them of "not having common sense", instead realize that perhaps the app could communicate functionality better. Also it is not made clear what the difference is (if any) between the free and paid versions. The ability to save and load projects is also critical in this sort of app. Overall the app works, but is not user friendly enough for regular use, but with a few minor improvements as mentioned above it could be incredibly useful! I hope the developer takes my advice in this review, this app has the potential to be great!
Function
HayHayJh
I finally know how to use this app and it is so great now that I know how to wire! This app is so fun to use! Good job! P.S thx for telling me how to wire
Once you find out how to do it, it’s great!
Max5923
This is as good as doing it on a computer! It has flip flops and all gates. I haven’t built anything yet in it so I will see about lag. Also I’m not for sure if you can create a intergrated circuit. But it’s really good for it being free! Scrolling with a circuit/gate is a bit too fast.
Dont get
jason robert fortier
There are probbably better apps than this, its extremely laggy, the graphics are extremely bad, and its very unclear how to actually use the app.
