Getting familiar with breadboards

  1. Find simulator. Google:

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  2. Choose Nr 3. (why?) Nr 1 is not a simulator, Nr 2. have nothing to deal with breadboards

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    Get this free breadboard simulator software here.

    http://ds0.me/csim/BreadboardSim_v1.0.zip

  3. Learn Resistor strip code used in simulator (slightly differs)

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  4. First impressions: buttons, switches, LEDS:

    Inouts: SPDT switch means Single Push Double Throw (so it's classical one pole thumbler with 3 contacts. Push switch means Momentary Push button with contact zones shown below:

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  5. The biggest inconvenience is that the wires should only be drawn strictly vertically, or strictly horizontally. Therefore, in order to be able to draw at least something, enough space should be reserved for 90-degree turns of the connections.

    Built in digital IC-s:

    4001 NOR  (Peirce's base)
    4011 NAND (Sheffer's base)
    
    4070 XOR  (Zhegalkin's base)
    4081 AND
    
    4069 NOT  (Boole's base)
    4071 OR
    4081 AND
    
    4013 D-flip-flop
    4017 Decade Counter
    4024 Binary Counter
    4511 Display Decoder
    

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  6. Use Output Devices -> Oscilloscope Probe to see time diagrams:

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    First attempt shown above (2-bit binary counter) can be downloaded here:

    http://kirill.tpt.edu.ee/src/push-spdt.bbrd

  7. Further development:

Forks found:

  1. https://github.com/gabrielefilipp/BreadboardSim

    on Apr 23, 2021

    Added new BreadBoard layout (sorry old layouts will no work anymore)

  2. https://github.com/PollockT/BreadboardSim

    on Jan 8, 2021

    PollockT Making windows 10 update