Falstad Circuit Simulator Applet
by Paul Falstad
A browser-based circuit simulator that animates current flow and voltage as you edit a schematic, with a built-in oscilloscope and hundreds of prebuilt example circuits. Lets you test how a design behaves before wiring anything on a breadboard.
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