websitehotSubmit

Saved community observations are available for this site. Latest collection: 2026-11-02 (UTC). This does not confirm the website is still available.

BBRouter

Ben Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards

BBRouter preview

About BBRouter

A project by @bbrouter on BBRouter, the 3D breadboard editor and simulator: open it to look around and run it.

Before you try it

Checked against linked sources. Prices and requirements may change; unknown means not verified. Filters include checks from the last 180 days.

Main use
Not verified
Pricing
Not verified
Open source
Not verified
Platforms
Not verified
Login
Not verified

In the maker’s words

Hi HN, I kept wiring Ben Eater's 8-bit computer wrong, so I built a realistic virtual breadboard editor. Some of the nice features are side-by-side diff, scope, schematics auto-sync, auto-router (BBRouter stands for breadboard router), and my favorites: upload from the real Arduino IDE and connect to your AI with MCP, let Claude & co build it or help you troubleshoot. The link is the SAP-1 running. You can orbit it, probe a hole with the scope, slow the clock down, play with the virtual displays for debugging, then you can actually build it following the step-by-step instructions. A side-goal is to create a community, there are quite a lot of simulators out there but mostly offline / too abstract to realistically use it for a real build. I also never found one that had a decent UI/UX and worked well on mobile or with a trackpad. Happy to answer anything, and tell me what breaks. p.s. Mak…
creack, launching on Hacker News

Where people found it

Saved source observations

Latest observations from the last 14 UTC days. Each sample counts the retrieved posts from the collection’s 30-day window; votes and stars use different units. Missing dates or sources are gaps, not zero activity. Samples are not a traffic or growth measurement.

  • Hacker News

    Activity
    48 points
    Comments
    10
    Posts
    1

More sites like BBRouter