erratic-gate/docs/tutorials/basic-operations.md

Basic opeartions

To demonstrate the basic usage of the simulator we will construct one of the simplest logic gates: the buffer gate.

First of all we need to create something called an integrated circuit. You can think of integrated circuits like a box containing some components. You only put the components there once and can then reuse that box as many times as you want.

To create an integrated circuit, click on Create simulation, then on integrated circuit and type in the name of the circuit - in this case buffer.

You should see something like this:

Now we need to actually add some logic gates. To do that you need to:

1. click on Logic gates, which should bring up a screen which looks similar to this:

   

2. Click on the logic gates you want to add to your integrated circuit! In our case we need to add a button and a light bulb

   After you add any logic gate you should get a confirmation message which looks something like this:

3. To go back to the simulation view click the Back to simulation button. Now you should see something like this:

   

4. As you probably noticed, the components are on top of eachother. You can use your right mouse button to drag them around!

   Note 1: while your mouse is outside of gate you can start a selection. After you selected some gates you can use your mouse to drag all of them.

   Note 2: this isn't limited to movement. In the future you'll learn about many actions you can perform which also work on multiple gates :D

   Note 3: While we're on the topic of selection: You can use ctrl + a (or command + a on macs) to select everything