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Circuit Coder app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7800 ratings )
Games Education Educational Puzzle
Developer: Tricycle Design HB
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 09 Jan 2012
App size: 22.27 Mb

Circuit Coder is a challenging game and simulator for building digital circuits. Given a set of inputs your task is to produce a certain output, by embedding logic gates, flip-flops and various other components. The game comes with 60 problems, everything from easy to really difficult. The game also allows free circuit simulation as well, so that you can build whatever you want and interact with it through buttons and LEDs.

In the beginning, you are given simple problems, such as creating a circuit that will determine if a number is divisible by 4. After a while, the problems will become more challenging and a time aspect will be introduced. With a time aspect, you can store memory inside the circuit using flip-flops. Are you ready to create a simple register or a bitshift operator?

There are many difficult topics introduced in this game and you might have to complement the in-game information with information you find online. This is not just a game. It is study tool for university-level topics.

Features:
- 60 problems and sandbox levels for aimless fun.
- A natural progression, that will gradually introduce new topics.
- Sandbox levels, which feature interactive components, such as buttons and LEDs.
- Universal for iPhone/iPad.
- 32 different components, including logic gates (OR, AND, NOR, etc.), flip-flops (SR, T, D, JK, master-slave) and more.
- Almost all components can be built from scratch.

Pros and cons of Circuit Coder app for iPhone and iPad

Circuit Coder app good for

If you like the how It works within, you will likely love this one. Its about boolean logic, electronics and how to produce useful processing units from basic functions such as AND gates, 3-state buffer and the like. Usually you scroll between possible input signals combination but also timeframe for clock-sensitive designs. If you just have a curiosity for electronics or computing, you will probably learn a lot. And its quite fun !
This is one fantastic app, if you ever got in touch with inner side of digital world. You do not have to be an expert to get involved, as it is well graded. I wish authors move to some fpga stuff, as it is hard for me to understand it, being in different world, but still curious
I stumbled across this app while looking for digital logic design tools. Normally, I dont really use my iOS devices for playing games on. Though there are plenty of times where Ill use them to keep me entertained. So this fits very nicely into that niche, as its engaging in a way that I really appreciate. Nice work.
I stumbled across this app looking for circuit design apps hoping to get a head start on my next year of studies (Electrical/Computer Engineering). I have to say this app is probably the best game Ive come across in a while. Its challenging but is intuitive (for someone with only a little background in symbolic logic and programming). My only suggestions would be to provide an option to turn off the double tap to enter wiring mode, and a way to lock the circuit board from moving, because a lot of the time when trying to select and move a component it interprets it as a double tap and enters into wiring or else it just moves the back ground.
I lucked across this app. Anyone interested in logic circuits will find this both entertaining and educational. 5 stars for sure
Cool app but I think that there should be a better education component because it is pointless to have a sandbox if you dont know you to build circuits. Besides that its a very fun app.

Some bad moments

App muss gekauft werden und trotzdem sind In-App Käufe vorhanden. Jedoch kann man sie nicht kaufen. Man kann nur NOR Gatter verwenden und sonst nichts .. Nie wieder kaufen!! :-( You have to pay for this App and for several function... without the function you can so almost nothing
I love it! Since downloading the app, I cant stop playing! This is the perfect app for the EE or CS major. Great app for 99 cents.
Difficult & fun. Like most iPad games it is lacking in documentation. But very playable.
I love this game, because its a great way to kill some time while still keeping your brain on edge. Not to mention I enjoy solving digital circuits, haha. Seriously, cudos to the developer for thinking of this! I would have paid $5 for it. As far as user interface goes, I like it, I havent seen anything wrong with it.
... Fun for a few seconds, until You get past the first few levels. Theres NOT enough explanation/documentation once you get into the more difficult topics. The author should stop calling this a "game", its not. Include better docs, explanations aimed for logic beginners, and a hint system and Ill give more stars.
Clever logic puzzle game. Feel so good when finish each level all by myself, even though sometime one puzzle will cost me several days to think. Love this awesome game!