The Arduino Simulator has been drastically changed the way you use a simulator. By communicating with the Arduino board we can simulate the IO on your screen. It's designed to optimally simulate your (IO) projects with a graphic aspect on top.

We provided enough components so you can simulate your project or replace the missing parts with software ones. To make everything as easy as possible we created a library that allows users to simulate it by changing 1 letter of there code.

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Arduino IO Simulator Drag, Drop & Draw

You can also combine simulated inputs/outputs from the pc and real Arduino IO, now you have made a little HMI (Human Machine Interface).

The Simulator has a lot of components that are required to test your projects, we have even been able to integrate more parts into this simulator. If you want a specific sensor then we can build this for you in our simulator.

You bought an Arduino, What now?

This Arduino Simulator is different from all the other simulators. If you don’t have components like sensors, LEDs..., then this program will simulate the components for you. You need a real Arduino board for testing your programs with your computer and just change some codes to work with the simulator components.

You can drag and drop the components in a worksheet and you can draw everything you want around it. It is also possible to load a background into the worksheet.

The simulator gives you numerous benefits:

Get the ability to build your projects out anywhere at anytime

Unlocking the full true potential of your Arduino board
A live interface for you to interact with your Arduino

It takes less money and time spent building your projects
Simulate projects through serial or WiFi TCP connection
Get a new approach to project planning

Drag & Drop

Drag the parts in place with our drag & drop system

The border of the component will turn red, this means that you can drag it into the drawing sheet. The top side and sometimes the component itself is used to reduce the component, this causes the settings to disappear so you get more space to use.

Drawing tools

Draw and create your own simulation in a more realistic way

The simulator has got a big redesign and we added drawing tools as well. You can choose between various types of arrows, circles, rectangles, squares… in every color you want.

There is also a possibility to place texts in different fonts of your choice to make realistic simulations.

Save and restore settings

Save your work for later, restore it at any time

After testing your project it's possible to save your simulation with one click and use it back whenever you want.

The simulator can also be used as a drawing program. Just save the drawing with the save button.

Connect with serial or TCP

Simulate through serial or TCP

It is possible with the TCP server/client communication to simulate the IO with a ethernet shield or through WiFi connection. There are some thernet/Wifi boards that work with the simulator. You can use a Geekcreit W5100 wifi shield or the Arduino UNO Wifi rev2.

TCP simulation has the advantage that if the port forwarding is set correctly in the router you can operate the simulation from anywhere through the public IP address. Everything is explained in the user manual and support page.

Simulate your projects

Simulate your IO on your screen

Write your project in the Arduino IDE. Add the Simulator library and change the codes.

Upload the code to the Arduino board. Select your inputs and outputs in the simulator. Simulate your project.

Use your creativity to make a realistic simulation of your project without having to connect the IO on the board.

It's also possible to connect real IO and combine them with virtual IO.

This Simulator is built

for beginners and creators

Test your code whenever you want

Whether you are building an Arduino project or just started working with Arduino, you can use this simulator to test your ideas without any electrical or almost no components. We have the most used parts available and we are still developing new parts.

Get free updates

We have an updater built in to provide you with the latest updates quickly and easily so that you can test your projects even better. If you would like to see a part in the simulator, you can ask us, we will investigate whether it is technically possible to add the new feature.

Just change the first letter and you're ready to test

Change the first letter in your code to use the simulators test library

In order to let the Simulator understand the code, we have devised our own instructions. To maintain the usability, we have decided to change the current instructions a little bit and replace only the first letter with a capital letter. We have modified the instructions with a point so that the point may be omitted.

Example:

digitalWrite(13, HIGH); -> DigitalWrite(13, HIGH);

lcd.print("x"); -> lcdprint("x");

Minimum requirements:

— 4GB's of memory (RAM)

— Intel Core i3 or AMD E1-6010 APU with AMD Radeon Graphics or Intel Atom

— Windows XP

Versions

Version 1.3

08/01/2020

New connection type added: TCP ethernet - WiFi connection
New test sketches added
Updater file permissions improved for 1.3
Small bugs fixed and code improvements

Version 1.2.1

13/10/2019

LCD-display optimized
Small bugs fixed
7-segment display pins changed (D0-6 -> D2-8)

Version 1.2

04/05/2019

Improvements in connection with the Arduino board
Synchronization between Simulator and Arduino optimized
Stepper motor 28 BYJ48 added with 2 and 4 coil support
Serial monitor with search and send option
In and outputs can use an analog pin as in- & output
Serial communication optimized (speed x2)
Buzzer works together with other components
New example sketches for the stepper motor, serial monitor,...
Internal fixes and improvements

Version 1.1

23/12/2018

Improvements in connection with Arduino board
Synchronization between Simulator and Arduino optimized
The double use of in-outputs improved
LCD functionality optimized
Little bugs in design and functionality solved
Reset IO button added in the menu bar
Option for constant sending value on the slider
Restore files are updated
New Arduino sketches added
Menu bar adjusted
RGB led and slider added
Collapse and expand IO added in the menu bar
New 'More IO' button added
Connection break warning message added
Numbers keypad design changed
Save work pop-up before closing simulator

Java JDK information

JavaFX will be removed from the Java JDK (Java Developers Kit) as of JDK 11, which is due in September 2018. It is bundled in the current JDK 9 and will remain in JDK 10, due this spring. Commercial support for JavaFX in JDK 8 will continue through at least 2022. Featuring a set of packages for graphics and media, JavaFX has been part of the JDK download since 2012.

We are currently developing our application with the Java JDK software. We use JDK 8 and because Oracle will stop publishing free JDK updates, we will be able to develop our application up to JDK 10. newer JDK versions will not be used to develop our applications.