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Not only since Ben Eater and his YouTube series many of us like to play around with 5V logic chips on breadboards. In fact, we are currently building a breadboard based project that will hopefully see the light of day later this year.

But if you don't have breadboards available, or you are missing exactly the chip you need, simulators can help.

Well known is for example LogiSim in its countless versions or the great Digital by Helmut Neemann. Both are very capable logic and circuit simulators written in Java.

Lesser known is the Breadboard Simulator. The Windows software by @gatecatte can also be run on Linux or MacOS using Wine, and may be an interesting alternative.

So if you always wanted to play with electronics on breadboards without having to buy electronics and breadboards, this program might be a possible solution.

Give it a try.