Electronics Tutorial Project

  • Denderth
    10th Feb 2023 Moderator 3 Permalink
    Hey, so in essence, something I intend to do for this half term and such is to complete (And in future, potentially expand) the Wiki's Electronics Tutorial, as there's a few entries near the bottom that haven't got information in them, but also seem rather important for understanding how to design computers ingame. How I want to go about this is to pool information from the community in regards to those incomplete entries and to use said information to complete those entries to make things easier for players who want to get better at electronics.

    I hope to, in future (Provided we can get those currently empty entries completed), expand the tutorial further so it can get to a point where, long story short, it explains how to assemble and wire together a computer, either from devices from the previous entries or in a new tutorial page for computers. The reason for this is that I feel that one of the main barriers for players to build computers or much more complex devices ingame is that they don't know how and because they may not understand how real computers function. Sure, there's youtube videos to explain all that, but I think one such problem is that they won't know how to recreate those functions and mechanisms within the powder toy with the elements on hand.

    What I hope to do is write entries that are easy for anyone to understand, as I know that FILT can be kind of complicated to those who may not quite know how to make them work.

    So, as mentioned, I want to hear some explanations for the following incomplete entries, images or gifs optional:
    Binary Counters

    FILT ROM

    Faster Logic Gates

    CRAY RAM

    ARAY and FILT Wavelengths

    Better FILT ROM
  • MachineMan
    11th Feb 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    I'm glad someone is filling in the gaps of the electronics turorial; I'd do it myself, but I'm not an expert on complex tpt electronics. 1+

    Edited once by MachineMan. Last: 11th Feb 2023