Atanua is a real-time logic simulator designed for educational use. It has an intuitive, OpenGL accelerated user interface, with which the user can place components and wires. Components include all common logic blocks, including gates, latches and flipflops. Additionally Atanua simulates about 30 different 74-series chips, as well as an 8051 microcontroller variant. Simulated and pure logic parts can be mixed in the same circuit. On the I/O front, Atanua includes several different frequency clock inputs, constant level inputs as well as buttons that are bound to the user's keyboard. LEDs in various colors as well as 7-segment displays are also included. There is also a simple logic probe for debugging. The simulated parts are designed to resemble their real-world counterparts, which is more attractive for the students than pure schematics. The students can practice lab experiments using the simulated chips. The simulation shows the signal state of each wire in real time. In addition to high and low signal level, parts may output "invalid" signal, stating that there is a problem with the circuit, such as outputs connected together, or missing wirings from some chip. Additional parts can be made using the plug-in interface. As an example plug-in, a driver for the Velleman K8055 USB experiment board is provided, with which the user can mix simulated and real-world components. An anti-cheating tool is also available for teachers who wish to use Atanua for homework.
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 1.2.1 posted on 2011-05-18
Lots of various bugfixes and feature enchancements, including higher simulation clocks. - Version 1.0 posted on 2008-03-27
Program Details
- Category: Education > Computer
- Publisher: Jari Komppa
- License: Free Trial
- Price: $25.00
- Version: 1.2.1
- Platform: windows
EULA
Atanua is not free software. For licensing, please see http://atanua.org Atanua, real-time logic simulator Copyright 2008-2011 Jari Komppa All rights reserved. The copyright holder hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferrable license to use the Software for a two-week trial period. After this period, a license must be acquired. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Plug-ins The provided plug-ins and their sources are freely modifiable and redistributable. They are provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of the plug-ins. Permission is granted to anyone to use the plug-ins for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, as long as any altered source versions are plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.