[HN Gopher] Show HN: Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired...
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       Show HN: Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's
       6502
        
       Author : Tejotron
       Score  : 116 points
       Date   : 2021-01-19 17:57 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | CyberDildonics wrote:
       | This looks both impressive and very useful.
        
       | mattowen_uk wrote:
       | This is brilliant. Bookmarked for when I have time to play with
       | it properly. I particularly love being able to step through the
       | assembly code whilst it's running.
        
       | loa_in_ wrote:
       | Says to use desktop Firefox, while I'm on desktop Firefox 76.0
        
         | nagyf wrote:
         | Same here. With chrome it worked.
        
         | majik_ wrote:
         | I believe it makes use of WebAssembly Threads which only came
         | in to Firefox around version 79ish
        
         | morsch wrote:
         | Works fine in Firefox 84.
        
         | CyberDildonics wrote:
         | The current version is 84 so you might need an update.
        
         | the_pwner224 wrote:
         | Works fine for me in Firefox Nightly as long as I enable WebGL
         | - with WebGL disabled it gives that same error message.
        
       | helph67 wrote:
       | I'm using FF 78.6.1 but only get the `use Firefox' msg!
        
         | hansvm wrote:
         | A sibling thread mentioned that FF >=79ish is required. Sounds
         | like they could do with a more specific error message though.
        
       | jcun4128 wrote:
       | Dumb question, when you first load it are you able to just push
       | play? Guess don't see if it needs a battery or something to run.
       | Maybe assumes rails have power.
        
         | wccrawford wrote:
         | You have to press "start", which is the button to the left of
         | play. Then you can press play.
        
       | nickmain wrote:
       | Does not support Safari.
        
       | x0 wrote:
       | Oh this is fantastic. Good job!!
        
       | gregschlom wrote:
       | OT, but I'd be curious to know what kind of frameworks are used
       | to make this site.
        
         | elitepleb wrote:
         | Dear ImGui running with wasm by the looks of it
        
       | StillChill wrote:
       | Splendid work
        
       | vascofazza wrote:
       | Check out my homemade 8bit CPU! Code and schematics:
       | https://github.com/vascofazza/8bit-cpu
        
       | dheera wrote:
       | Great work! This is interesting, but perhaps even more useful
       | might be a virtual PCB so that one could irritate on the design
       | in-browser and then just get the PCB made with a click or two.
       | And of course a bigger library of components (ESP32!) or the
       | ability to create a component simulation in plain JS.
        
       | ExcavateGrandMa wrote:
       | Am not very fan of running my things with a web browser...
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       | But virtual hardware is a nice way to avoid pollution...
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       | Good job :)
       | 
       | a standalone app maybe?
        
       | lxe wrote:
       | Wow. Amazing work. What is this written in? Would love to check
       | out the code.
        
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