Hi HN,I kept wiring Ben Eater's 8-bit computer wrong, so I built a realistic virtual breadboard editor.Some of the nice features are side-by-side diff, scope, schematics auto-sync, auto-router (BBRouter stands for breadboard router), and my favorites: upload from the real Arduino IDE and connect to your AI with MCP, let Claude & co build it or help you troubleshoot.The link is the SAP-1 running. You can orbit it, probe a hole with the scope, slow the clock down, play with the virtual displays for debugging, then you can actually build it following the step-by-step instructions.A side-goal is to create a community, there are quite a lot of simulators out there but mostly offline / too abstract to realistically use it for a real build. I also never found one that had a decent UI/UX and worked well on mobile or with a trackpad.Happy to answer anything, and tell me what breaks.p.s. Maker plan is $7/month; code HACKERNEWS makes the first month free and then $5/month for as long as you keep it.
Show HN: BBRouter – Ben Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards
A project by @bbrouter on BBRouter, the 3D breadboard editor and simulator: open it to look around and run it.
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BBRouter allows users to connect to Ben Eater's 8-bit computer simulation via an MCP server.
- Users can connect via MCP server with OAuth sign-in.
- BBRouter enables interaction with the 8-bit computer simulation.
- The project's availability is uncertain due to sharing issues.
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