Tinker Cad Circuits

Do you know Tinker Cad Circuits already? Tinkercad Circuits is part of the free online CAD program Tinkercad from Autodesk. It works equivalent to Fritzing. You can build, program and even simulate your arduino project in a simple way!

Tinkercad is able to simulate the code you enter. This means that your setup will work digitally. Lights go on and off and even sensors function in Tinkercad! Below you can see a video in which we are Knight Rider project build, write and simulate!

Our experience

We really liked Tinkercad Circuits. It is intuitive and therefore easy to learn. There is an extensive range with an LCD display, motors and multiple logic gates. We saw that you only have the Arduino Uno can use. This limits the possibilities, but most sketches can be converted to a Arduino Uno for a test.

Unfortunately, at the moment you can only Arduino Uno in Tinkercad Circuits, but you can still test a lot of sketches here before building anything. And now that Fritzing costs money, it is certainly an attractive option. At the moment the Tinkercad Circuit database contains some sample sketches, three batteries, the Arduino Uno and an extensive range of components.