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gorilla nest

30 Oct, 2014 @ 12:56pm

Computers in Contraption Maker

There was a thread from a little over a year ago as a gathering place for people that want to discuss logic circuits in Contraption Maker. The thread is pretty outdated now, and a lot of the linked contraptions no longer work. I want to start an updated version here.

This is where you can discuss cool logic based contraptions, and any ideas you have for building CPUs, counters, clocks, and more!

Here are some examples of current laser logic contraptions in the community:

Logic Gates & Flip-Flops:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=318865188&searchtext=

Alternate Logic Gates:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283365587

3-bit Counter:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283797817&searchtext=

Counting Objects Using an 8-bit Counter:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=319136174

Laser Ball Sorter:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=314409941

Ticker Display:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=284472953

Minute Clock With Full Display:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=324957347

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MacBernick has Contraption Maker

24 Nov, 2014 @ 8:26pm

Hi guys !

I'm very happy to see the work on logic in CM in going on !

What you still miss to move forward is an ALU, which I should have made along time ago but life being what it is, I couldn't.
So... I'm starting working on it now, hope to have some revelant results soon, I'll post evrything here.

MacBernick has Contraption Maker

1 Dec, 2014 @ 6:45am

First, after a bit of work, a laser version of the 8 bits adder.
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=349647932

Edit : impossible to move the balls in play mode or see the rest of the contraption ?
Not very useful in this state if it's the case. :/

Last edited by MacBernick; 1 Dec, 2014 @ 7:23am

gorilla nest

1 Dec, 2014 @ 9:29am

Originally posted by MacBernick:
First, after a bit of work, a laser version of the 8 bits adder.
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=349647932

Edit : impossible to move the balls in play mode or see the rest of the contraption ?
Not very useful in this state if it's the case. :/

With contraptions in the Workshop, people can click the "i" icon in the lower right to flip the card over. On the back they can click the pencil icon to open it up in Make Mode and play with it.

MacBernick has Contraption Maker

1 Dec, 2014 @ 4:37pm

Oh perfect. It's been a while I didn't really play this game actually ^^' Loads of improvements, nice job !

Still no way to interact directly with the simulation during runtime ? Like push buttons, levers or things like that ?

Last edited by MacBernick; 1 Dec, 2014 @ 4:40pm

gorilla nest

2 Dec, 2014 @ 11:11am

Originally posted by MacBernick:
Oh perfect. It's been a while I didn't really play this game actually ^^' Loads of improvements, nice job !

Still no way to interact directly with the simulation during runtime ? Like push buttons, levers or things like that ?

We had that feature back in Alpha, but it was causing a lot of problems so we removed it. It is something we would like to bring back as an optional "advanced user feature" at some point. It would be fun to interact with things like computers in real time.

brickey.8

2 Dec, 2014 @ 3:23pm

It seems like that should be doable with the modding tools you already added. The tricky part would probably just be designing an intuitive way of selecting which switch you want to flip.

MacBernick has Contraption Maker

7 Dec, 2014 @ 5:34pm

Hi guys, I improved my adder, can now subtract. Select the desired operation with the lever in the middle : off will add the two operands, on will subtract.

Enjoy.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=353032276

Now working on a multiplier.

Last edited by MacBernick; 7 Dec, 2014 @ 5:34pm

PolyVinalDistillate has Contraption Maker

14 Jan, 2015 @ 8:57pm

8-bit reloadable counter. First draft (at least one improvement is to reduce the number of edge detectors from 8 to 1). http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375279249

PolyVinalDistillate has Contraption Maker

15 Jan, 2015 @ 6:41am

This is a version of the above counter with 7 edge detectors removed (and other minor simplifications). http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375403929

MacBernick has Contraption Maker

15 Jan, 2015 @ 6:42am

Awesome !

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PolyVinalDistillate has Contraption Maker

15 Jan, 2015 @ 8:30am

Couldn't resist trying out an idea for an adder! Mixed in a couple of solar panels for OR gates. http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375447435

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PolyVinalDistillate has Contraption Maker

15 Jan, 2015 @ 11:02am

Added an octal display for fun! Decided to design my own octal-7 seg decoder, but I think there are better decoders out there that are far more efficient than mine! http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375503009
(I couldn't be bothered reminding myself of Karnaugh maps today)

Last edited by PolyVinalDistillate; 15 Jan, 2015 @ 11:03am

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PolyVinalDistillate has Contraption Maker

15 Jan, 2015 @ 1:42pm

I've spent a lot more time on this today than I should have! Ball Random Access Memory device: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375594992

Last edited by PolyVinalDistillate; 15 Jan, 2015 @ 1:42pm

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gorilla nest

15 Jan, 2015 @ 4:39pm

Originally posted by eng761:
I've spent a lot more time on this today than I should have! Ball Random Access Memory device: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375594992

Wow, you're on fire today! I need to check all these out when I get some time.

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