Wokwi – Simulate IoT Projects in the Browser (opens in new tab)

if you're building a similar tool for browser-simulation please, pleaaaaaaase:

do not require me to have an account to enter to simulate, this reduces friction 100000x

i work with children

trust me

Wokwi – Simulate IoT Projects in the Browser - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32488739 - Aug 2022 (10 comments)

Wokwi – Online Arduino Simulator - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28069770 - Aug 2021 (2 comments)

I just wish if people would add more comments to their code, at least those that get to be featured. Lots of beginners' time gets wasted on decrypting the logic behind blocks of code that are often very common patterns in IoT programming, and have already been explained in the documentation in the great detail. Simple one-line comment pointing what to search for in the docs would turn the code to be so much more newbie friendly.

[1]: https://www.joshka.net/pio-for-midi-with-raspberry-pi-pico/

For example: suppose that I'm emulating some microcontroller running my firmware. On the actual board, this firmware will interact with a sensor. Is it doable to create a virtual hardware device simulating the sensor and connect its pins to my microcontroller?

I usually shy away to buy such boards, as I don't have a real purpose for them, however this would be a great way to dive into coding them, without that consumist feeling for buying hardware for nothing.

Plus is a great away to play with hardware designs without killing the boards.