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Ohmeris and Tinkercad Circuits
Tinkercad Circuits is a free, friendly breadboard simulator built for classrooms. Ohmeris picks up where it stops: an editable schematic, more instruments and chips, and PCB layout with export files you can review before ordering.
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Where Tinkercad Circuits is better
- Free, with no subscription
- Built for K-12 classrooms, with mature class management
- Breadboard view and block coding for complete beginners
Where Ohmeris is different
- An editable schematic with ERC, PCB layout with DRC, and fabrication exports
- More chips (AVR, PIC16, RP2040) and a logic analyser with decoders
- Analog analyses: AC (Bode), DC sweep, operating point
- Benchmate AI with a clear list of every change
Side by side
| Area | Tinkercad Circuits | Ohmeris |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. [product] | Basic $15, Pro $29 or Premier $69 a month after a 7-day trial. |
| Who it is for | K-12 and introductory students, teachers and Arduino beginners. [product] | Hobbyists and students who want to go from a circuit to a working board. |
| Microcontrollers | Arduino Uno and micro:bit, with block or text code. [product] | AVR (ATmega328P), PIC16 and a supported RP2040 path, with compiled firmware. |
| Instruments | Multimeter, oscilloscope and function generator on a breadboard view. [DigiKey tutorial] | Basic includes a 2-channel oscilloscope and a multimeter, with up to two bench instruments at once. Pro and Premier add a 4-channel oscilloscope, a logic analyser with I²C/SPI/UART decoding, a signal generator and more, with no instrument limit. |
| Schematic | Breadboard first; the schematic view is read-only. [comparison] | An editable schematic with ERC is the main view. |
| PCB and manufacturing | No PCB layout or manufacturing files in Tinkercad itself; a circuit can be moved to Autodesk Fusion for PCB layout. [Autodesk forum] | 2- or 4-layer PCB with DRC; Gerber, ODB++, pick-and-place and KiCad export. |
| Classrooms | Classroom-ready, with class management. [product] | Teacher classes and assignments exist but are early; not yet proven in real classrooms. |
| AI | No AI assistant found in the sources checked. [product] | Benchmate drafts and edits schematics; every edit lists what changed and what it kept. |
Which one should you pick?
Pick Tinkercad for a first lesson or a K-12 class that needs a free breadboard. Pick Ohmeris when you want to design the real circuit and board, test firmware against it, and review the fabrication files before ordering.