Arduino is a great platform to get people start learning programming and designing circuits. But inevitably beginners might do something wrong and damage components. Also for students budget is always a problem when it comes to buying new electronic parts, and you have no idea if it’s going to work until you spend money on it! Arduino Simulator provides a solution to these problems, no damage done to your components, no money spend on hardware, faster circuit prototyping and no mess with cabling at all! :-) Some Simulators even allow line to line debugging, so you know exactly which line goes wrong.
There are many available Arduino Simulators, exist in free or paid versions, based on Linux, Windows, Mac OS. I will list them here and provide information on the price and supported OS. If you have come across any good ones I missed here please comment and let me know.
Although it’s useful to have an Arduino Simulator, it’s important that you fully test your circuit on the physical hardware as well. Because there are situations where the physical world cannot be fully, perfectly simulated by the software.
The app has everything from simple resistors, to switches, to MOSFETs, to digital gates. The app features a multimeter that you use to probe around the circuit to instantly read voltages and currents. If you want to see how a value changes over time, then you can add values to the built-in oscilloscope. ECG simulator using iPad and Arduino. Contribute to alexishf/iOS-Arduino-ECG development by creating an account on GitHub. iCircuit is the premier iPad and iPhone app for designing and experimenting with circuits and Arduinos. Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers. Simduino: iPad Arduino Simulator Simulator Arduino - Simulator bayar yang dikembangkan untuk digunakan pada ekosistem perangkat pintar Apple. Simulator Komprehensif yang memungkinkan belajar tentang pemrograman dan elektronika di Platform Arduino. While you can get a taste of this by using an ATMega328 based board such at the venerable Arduino UNO or a Metro 328, but it's not quite the same as using a 6502 or a Z80. You can go all the way to the hardware level and get something like the RC2014 Z80 computer kit for the full experience, or you can stick with an emulator on your desktop.
I have to say, a lot of these Arduino Simulator authors need to be more creative with the names! most of them are called “Arduino Simulator”! and I have to differentiate them by the platform! (only joking :-) , it’s great that you guys created these awesome apps for everyone! – only if it’s free and open source)
Arduino Simulator Online
1. Open Source Arduino Simulator
Free? Yes
OS: Windows
Link: https://github.com/Paulware/ArduinoDebugger/
For tutorial videos, someone is kind enough to post them all in one page.
2. Arduino Simulator on iPhone / iPad
Free? No
OS: iOS
Link: http://schogini.in/app-websites/arduino-simulator/
I have not tested it but from the videos, it looks quite rich in terms of components and well documented. But you obviously can’t use this tool if you don’t have an iPhone. However they only scored 2 in the app store review, so read reviews before you spend money.
3. ArduinoSim
Free? Yes!
OS: Windows, Linux
Link: http://arduinosim.sourceforge.net/
4. Simduino
Free? Yes!
OS: Windows
Link: http://code.google.com/p/simuino/downloads/list
5. Arduino Simulator on PC
Free? No
OS: Windows, Linux
Link: http://www.virtronics.com.au/Simulator-for-Arduino.html
There is a hardware options menu that lets you select the type of Arduino you want to use – Due, Leonardo, Mega or Nano. You can also use an LCD display. However you cannot add custom hardware and shield. So you are pretty limited in terms of choice of components.
6. Emulare
Free? Yes!
OS: Windows and Linux
Arduino Simulator Download
Link: http://emulare.sourceforge.net/download.php
This seems to have the longest development period of all the simulators I have seen (since early 2010). A good feature of it is allowing users to simulate multiple Arduino’s at the same time.
[mrburnette] on this thread made a very good point about paid arduino simulator.
Arduino Simulator Mac
At this point, I do not personally think that most Arduino users will benefit from non-free tools. And professional developers are likely using professional tools for AVR and programming outside the confines if Wiring. There is a tremendous benefit for the new programmer-maker to THINK their way through issues without throwing money and new toolsets toward the problem.