Elec Class

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About Elec Class

The author

Elec Class is designed and developed by Alcala Web: websites, applications and teaching tools, from the first idea to going live. This simulator is one of its projects; the Alcala Web site presents others.

Teaching goal

Handle to understand: build a circuit as in the lab, measure, make mistakes safely, then practise every part of a general-electricity course (basics, Ohm's law, resistor networks, real generators, Kirchhoff, measurement...). Three modes: sandbox, game by learning paths, graded practice.

What the simulator idealises

  • Components without tolerance: a 220 Ω resistor is exactly 220 Ω.
  • Perfect instruments by default (1 GΩ voltmeter, 0.1 mΩ ammeter), adjustable to study measurement error.
  • Steady DC on the board: no simulated transients or AC. The capacitor, induction, AC and RLC chapters are worked through calculations and quizzes.
  • A lamp "blows" above 1.2 × its rated voltage and recovers as soon as the voltage drops.

Teaching sources

The topic split and the guided-problem format (unknown, formula, units, data, result) are inspired by general-electricity courses at pre-technical-college level, including the "Électricité préparatoire" course of ISL (Liège). No statement or figure from those courses is reproduced: all content is original, written by Alcala Web. Symbols follow IEC 60617.

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Everything is stored in the browser (localStorage), with no account or server: progress, coins, marks, language. Progress is tied to this browser on this device; it disappears if you clear the site data or browse privately. No usage data is sent; the contact form only sends what you type, and the technical context only if you tick the box.

Licence

Content and code © 2026 Alcala Web, all rights reserved. Free use in class and for personal purposes; no redistribution or reproduction of the content without agreement.

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Simulated time00:00:00
Q = I·t-
W = P·t-

Circuit diagram CEI 60617

How does it work?

Each big hole is a circuit node: you push one leg of a component into it. The 4 small holes around it are connected to it: chips and leads plug in there.

  1. Place a component Drag it from the palette: it snaps onto the grid. R rotates it.
  2. Bridge neighbouring holes Pick the jumper chip (or C) and drag on the board: bridged holes become a single node.
  3. Draw a lead For long links and the power supply: from one big hole to another, or to a terminal.
  4. Close the loop The circuit is solved live (Ohm, Kirchhoff) and the diagram follows.

Shortcuts

Del
delete
R
rotate
C
chip brush
Esc
cancel
wheel
zoom
0
fit the board
drag background
pan

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