Simulator

Arduino Nano simulator, in the breadboard

Mokxi is a free Arduino Nano simulator that runs in your browser, with nothing to install and no account needed. The Nano is the Uno's ATmega328P on a board small enough to push into a breadboard. Wire the circuit, write the sketch, press Run: the firmware runs on our own AVR core, not on an interpreter standing in for one.

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Arduino Nano: blinklive0.000 s 0.00x
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Real firmware, running right now on our own core. Click it to open the circuit in the editor.
What is modeled

The numbers, not the marketing

Taken from the board's own contract document and put in plain words.

The coreEvery ATmega328P mnemonic, at 16 MHz, with the datasheet cycle count for each one. The same chip as the Uno, so the same firmware runs on both.
Timers and I/OThree timers in every waveform mode including hardware PWM, USART0, external and pin-change interrupts, sleep and EEPROM, and an eight-channel ADC.
A6 and A7Two analog inputs the Nano's package bonds out and an Uno has no pad for. They read with analogRead and nothing else: no digitalRead, no output driver, no pull-up.
Go further

The full board page

Every peripheral area, every example and the wiring notes, in one place.

Arduino Nano simulatorBlink, a button and the serial monitor, running.
Guides

Step-by-step guides for the Nano

Each one has the parts, the wiring and the code, and ends in a circuit you can run.

How it works

Three steps from a blank tab to a running circuit.

  1. Open the editor

    It runs in your browser tab. Nothing to install, and you need no account to start.

    Your first project
  2. Wire it and write the code

    Drag parts onto a breadboard, run each wire from pin to pin, and write the sketch beside it.

    Wiring
  3. Press Run

    Your sketch compiles in the tab and runs on a model of the chip, with the Serial Monitor beside it.

    Run and serial
Reviews

What makers say about Mokxi.

“The AI checker helps check and correct my circuits, and it has way more components than Tinkercad. As a student I really appreciate the tool.”

ChloeEngineering student

“I’d been looking for a real online electronic simulator that was intuitive and complete when I found Mokxi. I was able to quickly import a Fritzing file and my Arduino sketch and start testing. Mokxi has all of the makings for the best online Arduino simulator I have been able to find!”

JayModel builderFeatured in his DioramaOS post

“I’m using Mokxi to develop and simulate an STM32-based four-wheel-drive robot car before building the actual hardware. It allows me to experiment with DC motor control, PWM, RPM measurement using photointerrupters, and different acceleration, braking, and reversing strategies, helping me understand and refine the system before implementing it in real life.”

NusretRobot car builder, Hamburg

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Which Nano does this simulate?

The Nano v3, on the ATmega328P. Not the Nano Every, the Nano 33 or the Nano ESP32, which are other chips entirely.

Is it the same as the Uno simulator?

The same chip, a different board. The Nano pushes into the breadboard and has A6 and A7; everything else, down to the ELF, is shared.

Will my sketch run on a real Nano?

The model uses the real register map for supported peripherals. Test the finished sketch on your Nano before relying on it.

Is it free?

Yes, all of it, with no card and no account needed to try it.

Simulators for one kind of circuit

A servo, a display, a motor driver or a rectifier, each already running.

Try your own firmware on the Nano

What you build here runs on the board on your desk, unchanged. Nothing to install and no account needed.