BBRouter puts Ben Eater's 8-bit computer on 3D breadboards you can rewire in the browser

BBRouter launched a browser-based 3D breadboard simulator that runs Ben Eater's SAP-1 8-bit computer live, generates build sheets from virtual wiring, and lets Claude inspect and rerun circuits through MCP for $7 a month, the maker announced in a November 1 Hacker News post. The maker said the project began after repeatedly wiring Eater's 8-bit computer incorrectly, and the tool is positioned to rehearse physical builds by printing cut wire lengths and exposing the circuit to AI assistants for testable changes.

BBRouter puts Ben Eater's 8-bit computer on 3D breadboards you can rewire in the browser The browser simulator runs Eater's SAP-1 live, generates build sheets from virtual wiring, and lets Claude inspect and rerun circuits through MCP for $7 a month. By RuntimeWire Staff https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff · Published Primary source: Hacker News https://bbrouter.com/bbrouter/ben-eater-sap-1 Why it matters Breadboard computers fail in physical details that schematic simulators hide: a wire one row off, a floating input, a missing decoupling capacitor. BBRouter rehearses the real build in 3D, prints the cut lengths, and gives AI assistants direct access to inspect and run the circuit, turning agent help into testable changes. The maker of BBRouter https://www.bbrouter.com/?ref=runtimewire started with a familiar failure. "I kept wiring Ben Eater's 8-bit computer wrong, so I built a realistic virtual breadboard editor," the maker wrote in the November 1st post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321522&ref=runtimewire introducing the project.… When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards . This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.