Electronic Circuit Builder and Simulator
Made by 2 Computer Science students in year 1
Note: At the moment, the app only runs on Windows x64 platforms.
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Download "Electron_64X.rar" from our latest release
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Extract "Electron_64X.rar"
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Run "ELECTRON.exe"
- Place the components on the grid
- Connect the components by dragging on their blue and orange connection points
- Simulate the circuit by pressing the start button at the top (only the Voltage Source generates an electrical signal)
- Blue points are for INPUT and orange points are for OUTPUT (electrical current should COME OUT of the OUTPUT points and go IN the INPUT points
- Save files are stored in .txt files
We recommend taking a look at the Development Guide in the next section as well.
Since the Component types haven't been decoupled from the app's code, adding new components will involve modifying the source code.
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Creation of the component:
Inside TipuriComponente.cpp > InitializareTipuriComponente() you'll need to add a new line for adding your new Componentvoid TipuriComponente(){ ... tipuri_componente[10]->functie_procesare = procesare_connector; puncte.clear(); //-----EXISTING CODE ENDS HERE //-----YOUR NEW CODE IS HERE CreazaComponenta("path/to/your/bmp/image", Vector2(MARIME_COMPONENTE, MARIME_COMPONENTE), puncte); //------EXISTING CODE CONTINUES ... }
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Increase the number of components inside TipuriComponente.h
int const nr_componente = 12; //Increased this by 1 (there are originally 11 components) //make sure it matches the number of calls to CreeazaComponenta(...) made in TipuriComponenta.cpp
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Create the associated button in Aplicatie.cpp > InitializareUI (The "footer_butoane" region)
Buton* sursavoltaj = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/sursavoltaj.bmp", 0, "voltage source"); Buton* rezistor = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/rezistor.bmp", 1, "rezistor"); Buton* intrerupator = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/bec.bmp", 2, "light bulb"); Buton* andGate = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/andgate.bmp", 3,"and gate"); Buton* capacitor = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/capacitor.bmp",4 ,"capacitor"); Buton* dioda2linii = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/dioda2linii.bmp", 5, "varicap diode"); Buton* diodacerc = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/diodacerc.bmp", 6, "diode"); Buton* impamantare = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/impamantare.bmp",7, "ground"); Buton* tranzistor = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/tranzistor.bmp", 8, "tranzistor"); Buton* splitter = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/2splitter.bmp", 9, "2 way splitter"); Buton* connector = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "Desenecomponente/2splitter.bmp", 10, "2 way connector"); //ADD YOUR COMPONENT BUTTON HERE-(COPY THE CODE ABOVE)-------------------------------------- Buton* your_component = CreareButon(Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(latime_buton, inaltime_buton), culoare_btn, culoare_comp, "path/to/component/icon", INDEX_OF_COMPONENT (should be 1 more than the last) , "name of component"); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(sursavoltaj); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(splitter); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(connector); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(rezistor); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(intrerupator); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(andGate); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(capacitor); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(dioda2linii); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(diodacerc); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(impamantare); footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(tranzistor); //REGISTER YOUR NEWLY CREATED BUTTON HERE----------------- footer_butoane->AdaugaButon(your_component);
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Create your connection points inside TipuriComponente.cpp
void TipuriComponente(){ ... tipuri_componente[10]->functie_procesare = procesare_connector; puncte.clear(); //-----ADD THE CONNECTION POINTS ABOVE YUOR CREATION CALL /// their position is relative to the top left corner of the cell, and ranges from 0 to 1 puncte.push_back(new PunctConexiune(Vector2(0.3f, 0.5f), nullptr, STANGA, PunctConexiune::OUTPUT)); puncte.push_back(new PunctConexiune(Vector2(0.7f, 0.5f), nullptr, DREAPTA, PunctConexiune::INPUT)); /// You can add as many as you want, but only 4 at a time will be able to maintain connections CreazaComponenta("path/to/your/bmp/image", Vector2(MARIME_COMPONENTE, MARIME_COMPONENTE), puncte); //------MAKE SURE TO CLEAR THE LIST AFTER YOUR CALL puncte.clear(); ... }
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Create your functionality inside the same function
void TipuriComponente(){ ... //-----ADD THE CONNECTION POINTS ABOVE YUOR CREATION CALL /// their position is relative to the top left corner of the cell, and ranges from 0 to 1 puncte.push_back(new PunctConexiune(Vector2(0.3f, 0.5f), nullptr, STANGA, PunctConexiune::OUTPUT)); puncte.push_back(new PunctConexiune(Vector2(0.7f, 0.5f), nullptr, DREAPTA, PunctConexiune::INPUT)); /// You can add as many as you want, but only 4 at a time will be able to maintain connections CreazaComponenta("path/to/your/bmp/image", Vector2(MARIME_COMPONENTE, MARIME_COMPONENTE), puncte); //------MAKE SURE TO CLEAR THE LIST AFTER YOUR CALL puncte.clear(); //DECLARE YOUR PROCESSING FUNCTION HERE tipuri_componente[YOUR_COMPONENT_INDEX (11 for the first one you add)]->functie_procesare = your_processing_fuction ... }
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Creating the processing function
The processing function takes in as parameters the input connections that already receive electricity, and returns a list of the output connections that should receive, based on the logic you implementThe function's template is this:
auto your_processing_function = [](Componenta* comp, bool* puncte_curent) -> bool* { bool* output_valid = new bool[comp->nr_pct_conexiune]; for (int i = 0; i < comp->nr_pct_conexiune; i++) { output_valid[i] = false; } //YOUR CUSTOM LOGIC START HERE //The order in which you register your connection points matters, since it indicates their index in the puncte_curent //and output_valid arrays //AND ENDS HERE return output_valid; };
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Adding the icon
The icon should be in .bmp format. You can put it in any location inside /bin; /bin/Desenecomponente is recommended Then you should replace all the "path/to/your/icon" strings in the code you added with the actual path to your icon, relative to the bin directory (e.g. "Desenecomponente/your_component.bmp")
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