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I used to try and imagine the placement of components on the board and the required connections. This was quite the mental exercise, took time, and didn't always result in a good layout. With Circuit Canvas, I can now place the components virtually, and draw any manual connections needed. This makes prototyping much easier!

You can use Circuit Canvas to teach electronics. It's easy and quick to draw out a circuit to demonstrate a concept or to have your students build as an experiment. The app also has many features that will help you as an electronics teacher. In this article, I'll go through some of the highlights.

Circuit Canvas is a great tool for creating circuit diagrams for electronics tutorials. It has a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface and simple export functions to easily integrate into electronics tutorials. It also offers handy features like Export To Clipboard for seamless copy-pasting into your preferred editing software.

When I decided to create Circuit Canvas, I put a lot of thought into developing a tool that truly simplifies drawing electronic circuits. Along the way, I've also explored other tools like TinkerCad, so why didn't I just use that app instead of creating someting from scratch?

Drawing schematics is very easy with Circuit Canvas - even easier than drawing with pen and paper. Just drag the components you need into the Schematic canvas, and click on the pins to draw wires between them. I often need a simple circuit with 3-4 components to show an idea. Now I'm able to do this in less than 30 seconds.

You can design your own custom component in Circuit Canvas by simply creating a vector drawing of your component in SVG. But to make it snap into the grid and automatically recognize connection points, there are a few details that you need to pay attention to.

Fritzing has long been popular among teachers and electronics enthusiasts for creating and documenting circuit designs. However, after they placed it behind a paywall and stopped developing it further, many have been searching for a Fritzing alternative.