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Working title: Control engineering

  • This is an existing term for something that roughly matches the goals of the addon

Bus wires

  • Combine 4 RS wires into one
    • Having only 16 signals has been a limiting factor in 1.12
  • Local net handler analogous to RS local handler
    • Possibly with deterministic delay (updating values in handler tick)?
      => Logic Boxes
  • Connectors
    • Relay
    • Line Access Connector
      • Extracts one RS wire
    • Bus Interface connector
      • Bus equivalent of Bundled RS connector from IE

Control panels

  • Components
    • Mostly as in 1.12
  • Ideally get rid of panel connector blocks
    • Problem: Makes some designs infeasible
    • Possibly double-height version with dummy blocks?
  • Access to signals is only possible locally
    • Using Bus Interface Connector
  • Creation: Using text-based format on paper tape
    • Concept: BUTTON X 5 Y 3 COLOR FF00FF LATCHING YES;
    • CNC mill with integrated pick+place for actual creation
    • Solves the problem of creating multiple of the same panel (hard to impossible in 1.12)
    • Probably will need to implement a nice UI for it later on...
    • CNC creates panel "surface", panel chassis is created separately

Logic Boxes

  • Mostly as described in gist from 2018
  • Circuit creation GUI ideas:
    • Traditional circuit layout UI
      • Complex to implement
      • Might be counter-intuitive (only some signals are valid input)
    • Topological order UI
      • Multiple columns of cells
      • Each column can only use outputs of previous columns as input
      • Might be a bit clunky
      • Bad representation of independent signal paths
    • Idea: Mix of traditional and topological
      • Cell placement on fine-ish grid
      • Grid is visible to user
      • Only allow connections to cells placed further to the right
      • Automatically enforces some degree of organization in layouts

5 8 hole paper tape

  • Two items with variable length: Punched paper tape and new paper tape (TODO names)
  • Punched tape can be read without machines
    • Concept: Left spool, right spool, tape with visible holes in between, desc above (color+intensity or char)
  • Can be glued together and cut
  • All holes: ignored in text mode
  • Creation:
    • Typewriter
      • Manual
      • Text based
      • Limited to 3? chars/second
      • On-screen keyboard, but still supports physical kb
      • Maybe: Also usable as TTY?
    • Transcriber (name TODO)
      • Copies book to paper tape
    • Manual puncher
      • Used to create "binary" tapes
      • Item with UI
      • Either direct binary or color+intensity
  • Sequencer
    • Accepts an RS interface connector
    • Reads tape one char at a time
    • 4 bits color, 4 bits intensity
    • Clock module (also used for logic boxes)
      • Determines when the tape advances/the LB steps
      • Swapped in-world, has its own UI as necessary
      • Edge-triggered
      • Types:
        • Free: Every x ticks
        • External
        • Gated: Every x ticks while RS input is high
    • Ideas:
      • Fast mode: two tapes, set every channel to binary value at once