BOOLR
Learning and science
digital logic simulator
SHOW HN2017
136points
21comments
#292of 2,242 in 2017
Top 14%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks impressive and well done
From 4 comments
Your work is amazing, very well done.
_Codemonkeyism on HNThis is very impressive
iampims on HNThis seems like one of the few software projects where using Electron is actually reasonable... Sorry! Couldn't resist ;) Joking aside, this looks really cool.
Xophmeister on HNWow, this is pretty cool, I can definitely see myself using this over Quartus for experimentation. It would be even better if it supported displaying logic gates in the ANSI…
yunyu on HN
Objections
Rewiring requires removing connections and rewiring manually
From 2 comments
How to rewire? "Remove connection" and then wire again?
childintime on HNYes, unfortunately there is no easier option to rewire... We will definitely make a more efficient and more stable wiring system in BOOLR 2.0 with also, for example, options to…
GGBRW on HN
Requests
Export or compile to VHDL/Verilog
From 1 comment
I have two questions: ``` 1. Does your code support a place where someone can implement a logic optimizer/compiler pass 2. Can you compile to VHDL/Verilog ```
gravypod on HN
ANSI-style logic gate display
From 1 comment
Wow, this is pretty cool, I can definitely see myself using this over Quartus for experimentation. It would be even better if it supported displaying logic gates in the ANSI…
yunyu on HN
Questions
Can the full working computer be simulated?
From 2 comments
Nice work. One question: were you able to simulate the full working computer (that you originally planned to make) in this simulator? And some advice: you might want to gain some…
amelius on HNLooks like they did. Take a look under "Download Boards" part of the site.
OnACoffeeBreak on HN
How does it compare to Logisim?
From 1 comment
This looks great! Did you try Logisim when you were trying out other tools? How does this compare? We've used Logisim for a long time teaching 61C at Berkeley (e.g.…
sagark on HN
Alternatives named
Logisim
From 3 comments
I also wanted to make a computer in a logic simulator. However, I found http://www.cburch.com/logisim/ was good enough for my needs. It allowed me to create a 16bit simple cpu…
mrguyorama on HNThis looks great! Did you try Logisim when you were trying out other tools? How does this compare? We've used Logisim for a long time teaching 61C at Berkeley (e.g.…
sagark on HNYou should try Logism!
zeusk on HN
Quartus
From 1 comment
Wow, this is pretty cool, I can definitely see myself using this over Quartus for experimentation. It would be even better if it supported displaying logic gates in the ANSI…
yunyu on HN
QUCS
From 1 comment
I've used QUCS for this purpopse, which allows inclusion of Verilog/VHDL modules via FreeHDL.
_pmf_ on HN
Tk Gate
From 1 comment
Its pretty old now but has anyone tried out Tk Gate?
pkaye on HN