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BitForBytes
Every bit counts....
9 followers
Every bit counts....
9 followers
BitForBytes is a free, browser-native hardware engineering platform for students to learn digital design and concurrent logic simulation. It eliminates the need for heavy software downloads or expensive license keys, allowing users to synthesize code into physical gate topologies and trace signal propagation directly within a single browser tab.
Tried sketching out a simple counter and the gate topology showed up instantly, which honestly surprised me for something running entirely in the browser. Signal tracing feels snappy too.
Browser-native gate simulation is a clever idea, and it actually ran smoothly in Chrome without any setup. Toggling the signal traces helped me follow the propagation step by step, which felt surprisingly intuitive for a free tool.
Would love to see a built-in library of common reference designs like a basic ALU or UART that students can load and step through. Having working examples to dissect alongside the empty canvas would make it way easier to learn how signal timing and gate propagation actually fit together in practice.
as a student who struggled with timing diagrams in my digital logic class, a built-in waveform viewer that syncs with the simulation would honestly be a game changer, basically letting you step through clock cycles and see signal states change visually right next to your gate topology
Ran a quick AND gate test in Chrome and the signal trace animation actually made timing delays click for me in a way Verilog textbooks never did. Surprised something this capable runs entirely in the browser without a single install step.