Circuit Playground User Reviews

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Has useful stuff

Some handy knowledge is present, but some other entries could be added for rf/si topics quite readily

Really good, wish they’d update

The little calculators are great, especially for beginners. I wish they’d update it, though.

Not what I expect.

Very disappointed, so requested an immediate refund. Why did I buy it?

Need to update USB TYPE C

Probably a few other updates are needed.

Almost

Does not let me decide which values must be fixed and which must be computed, and usually gets it wrong, requiring much fiddling to get the answer desired. Does not have a way for handling LEDs in parallel. Otherwise, really useful piece of software, especially for teaching.

Crashing

The content is fine. Just a handy version of content you can find online. It crashes a lot though. I’ll give it 3 stars when it stops crashing.

So handy

Much more convenient than searching the Internet and handy when checking all kinds of things like USB connector pinouts.

Bugs [Requires ‘Patch/Update’]

Major Issue = [Crash to Home Screen];

Cause’1of2’= /Component Values/Multiple Capacitors [Crash on opening]; FIXED

Cause’2of2’ = /Circuit Calculators/LED Resistor/i”Help Menu” [Crash on opening];

Minor Issue = [No Operation];

Cause’1of1’ = /Wavelength to Colour [Slider inoperable till ‘Wavelength:”...”’ text field activated] FIXED

Resolve = [5 STAR REVIEW]
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Just what I needed

I mainly got this for the resistor codes but I have no doubt I'll put the other tools to use too. It's a nice little app and I'm happy to support Adafruit software!

Excellent Quick Tech Reference..

Found this app to be an excellent reference for my hardware projects. Clean, simple, with lots of spec info for simple circuits. Would like to see more pin layouts for more boards but great resource as it is now.

Where has Document Folder gone?

Where has the document folder gone in version 2?

Handy reference tool

Thanks for keeping this app alive with updates. Circuit calculators and pinouts are very handy.

Update 2.0.2 is still broken :(

I don't know what happened, but now the capacitor code function is broken. Type in "0.0056 uf" and it defaults to "10 uf". I used to love this app but wish I could downgrade to a previous version. Please fix it.

Very useful app

Love it. Would like to see more info e.g. Transistor pin outs and a very basic bit of code to help user understand where to start programming.

Useful but limited

If you need help with one of the circuits in the app then this is good. Unless you want to convert numbers, then you are limited to only converting the number 50. It doesn't seem to accept anything else.

Good for resistors and capacitor coding and some very basic circuits.

Great App

Please update for iOS 11!

Update

Very helpful app with electronic construction. Apparently needs to be updated according to apple

Great help

I'm new to electronics and have found this app very helpful.

Very good app but now it's outdated!

Very good app but now it's outdated!

Adafruit, please update it.

Terrible do not buy

This app is a list of information you can google for free. No significant gain to purchasing this product. Do not waste your money on this dismal app.