THE FIRST HARDWARE SERIES *for clubs
Traces is a you ship, we ship hardware series for clubs: Pick from the selection of projects, follow the in-depth guides, design and simulate real circuits in Wokwi, add your own components, and we'll grant you the parts to build it for real. No breadboard required to get started, just a browser and an idea.
a circuits YSWS,
built for clubs.
Most YSWS programs ship you a kit and say good luck. Traces is different, follow the guide, learn circuit design in Wokwi, then add your own components and we'll grant you the real parts to build it in the physical world.
Everything starts in Wokwi, a free in-browser simulator for Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, and more. Wire up resistors, sensors, displays and microcontrollers, hit run, and watch the simulation light up. Mess it up? Undo and try again, nothing actually smokes up. Once you ship a project with your own custom components, we send you the hardware to build it for real.
- No parts to buy up front
- Runs in any browser, on any laptop
- Real schematics, real code, real debugging
- Finish a project, earn a hardware grant
the path from
schematic to solder.
There's one guide, but where you take it is up to you. Work through it solo or with your club, then add your own twist, extra LEDs, sensors, whatever you can dream up in Wokwi. Ship it, and we'll fund the parts to bring it off the screen.
follow the guide
Open the Traces guide and work through the steps in Wokwi. Learn schematics, code, and debugging, all in the browser.
make it your own
Take the base circuit and add your own components a LED, a sensor, a display, a motor. Experiment freely, nothing burns out.
ship your project
Submit your finished circuit like any other YSWS. Show us what you built and what parts it needs.
get your hardware grant
Approved? We send you a grant to buy the real components so you can build it for real.
Ready to get started?
Open the guide, build something in Wokwi, add your own twist, and ship it. If it's solid, we'll grant you the parts to build it for real.
already running a club? say hi in #first-traces-help on Slack ยท start a Hack Club