

but I can make a great start on the overall road to success with the simulator. If I can "do" the LED in the simulation, I've solved the Arduino and software problems for doing the door lock in the real world. FOR THE SIMULATION, I doubt that there is a door-lock-thingie "device" in the simulator.

In the final product, the Arduino will make an output high to make the door-lock-thingie unlock. "Stuff" boils down to inputs and outputs.įor a maybe-almost-too-simple example: Suppose I was using the simulator to develop software for a system to unlock my front door if I press the right buttons on a keypad. I would encourage people using the simulator to teach Arduino use to encourage a good design/ development skill along the road to coping with the fact that the simulator probably WON'T simulate every possible bit of external kit: How does it handle complex external hardware?
