It's me!
I just want to know what is the software because this style of visualization is much better to understand imho. I don't plan to use the software as a substitute for real-life, but I don't want to risk my Arduino, so, at least for the firs tests, i'm gonna use a software and study very carefully every part of the scheme to avoid possible damage.
If a schematic or assembly diagram is displayed or drawn incorrectly, assembling it the same way won't prevent damage.
You need to learn to understand and visualize how a standard schematic relates to the assembly on your breadboard or on a real PCB. Not only that, but you need to know how to read a schematic to be able to assemble it on a board, as well as how to understand how and why parts are connected in the schematic (and their values) - to understand if a particular schematic handed to you is valid and will work, or will just completely fail (sometime spectacularly!).
A wiring diagram or assembly diagram can help, but recognize them for the training wheels they are, and learn to ride that bike properly, as quickly as you can!
Thank you.
PS: The frietzing wires rendering (poly-shaped) is not only boring, but also very confusing when lots of wires are near. (ihmo)
I think anything that shows a real physical layout is, in the end, going to ultimately look like a "rats nest" after a certain level of complexity. This includes even a PCB view; fortunately those can be set up to only display certain layers as needed, so it isn't so cluttered.
Fritzing's layout was probably chose to route as it does because normal jumpers for breadboards are straight wires (that are not supposed to be bent, period). It is possible to make a very dense board with many parallel "bus" lines, that is very easy to follow - provided one uses the same color of wires for the jumpers, color coding everything, in fact - along with proper layout (and leaving plenty of space - so many people cram way too much on a single breadboard, instead of spending the money on extra breadboards). Really, the flexible wire jumpers you see out there, while useful, seem to sometimes only serve to create more severe "rat's nest" wiring, thus causing further confusion.
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/then there's wire-wrap...